Why Sexual Assault Survivors Of Color Need Their Own Spaces To Heal
Kelly Gonzalves
Research has found the “strong black woman” stereotypes can have significant consequences for black women’s mental health, including higher likelihood of depression and...
Black students are punished more in school due to racism
Jaclyn Ferguson
Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality released a study, Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood, in 2017 about perceptions of...
When officers bring danger, not safety, to school campuses
Britney Brinkman
Teachers may misinterpret trauma-related behavior — struggles to focus in class, sleeping in class, being irritable — as being disrespectful. In addition, adults...
An education without oppression benefits everyone. Here’s what we can do
Shree Paradkar
What little acknowledgment exists, is still geared towards boys’ perspectives. What about Black girls and trans students who experience racism quite differently? …A...
Center on Poverty and Inequality Sponsors “Girlhood Interrupted” at National Museum
The Center on Poverty and Inequality commissioned painter Ashley Joi and photographer Sancha McBurnie to create original works to complement the report, pieces...