04/20/2026
Black women and girls are being taken from us at alarming rates—through intimate partner violence, gun violence, and systemic neglect. This is not random. This is not isolated. This is a pattern rooted in misogynoir, where racism and sexism intersect to devalue Black women’s lives and silence our suffering.
As a community, we must be honest: protecting Black women and girls must be a priority, not an afterthought. That means believing survivors, holding abusers accountable, and challenging the harmful norms that allow violence to persist in our homes, our neighborhoods, and our culture.
We call on everyone, especially within our own community, to take this seriously. To speak up. To intervene. To protect Black women not just in words, but in action.
Our lives matter. Our safety matters. Our voices matter.
We stand together, in grief, in love, and in resistance. 🖤
