Black girls matter

This data is so depressing to me! And even more depressing is that we have hard numbers like this, but still can’t convince legislatures to fund programs which we also know work to combat this kind of deep structural and institutional racism.

Here’s a webinar recording of a conversation amongst several scholar/activists about these issues:

"Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and Underprotected"- Report Launch Webinar, February 4th 2015 from African American Policy Forum on Vimeo.