Segment aired on WPFW FM (DC) on the adultification of Black girls, May 2021
Segment aired on WPFW FM (DC) on the adultification of Black girls, May 2021
Research Report Release! “Building Foundations of Health and Wellbeing in School: A Study of Restorative Practices and Girls of Color”
We are excited to announce a new report release,”Building Foundations of Health and Wellbeing in School: A Study of Restorative Practices and Girls of Color.” Authored by Rebecca Epstein and Senior Scholar Thalia González, this repot examines associations between school-based restorative practices and protective health factors for girls of color. Throughout the project, we found
New Journal Publication: The State of Restorative Justice in American Criminal Law
“The State of Restorative Justice in American Criminal Law,” recently published by Senior Scholar Thalia González, analyzes restorative justice infrastructure across the country. This article, published in the Wisconsin Law Review, Volume 2020, Issue 6, provides a “comprehensive empirical analysis of the legalization and operationalization of restorative justice within the American criminal justice system.” To
Case Study: Restorative Empowerment for Youth Pilot Training Program for Girls of Color
The Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality’s Initiative on Gender Justice & Opportunity has partnered with Restorative Empowerment for Youth (REY) to offer and evaluate a pilot online restorative justice program developed for girls of color to support more inclusive, culturally responsive, and connected learning environments in Fall 2020. Download the Case Study: Restorative
*TWO NEW 50-STATE SURVEYS*
On November 19, we released a 50-state assessment of the legislative landscape of Exclusionary School Discipline (ESD) and school-based restorative justice (RJ). Taken together, these fact sheets examine how states are limiting the removal of students from classrooms and which states are promoting restorative justice, which can improve school climate and reduce discipline disparities.
Women’s Community Statement on President Trump’s Removal
The Initiative on Gender Justice & Opportunity is proud to join this message from gender-justice organizations to Vice President Pence, members of Congress, and members of the Cabinet. Please find below the statement in its entirety, put together by the United State of Women. For more information please visit theunitedstateofwomen.org/statements. Women’s Community Statement on President
Did you miss our webinar?
Did you miss our webinar on Black Herstory Month with Michelle Love-Day and Cierra Kaler-Jones? Check out the recording of this informative, inspiring content in our webinar archives.
Analysis: In Schools, Black Girls Confront Both Racial and Gender Bias. What the Research Shows, and What’s Being Done to Stop It
As a result, Black girls are often either suspended for violating dress code policies or pulled out of the classroom to change their clothes. Black girls are also disproportionately pulled out of class for being too loud, too assertive, too sexually provocative, too defiant and too adult-like, according to a law center and Education Trust report titled
Racism, Implicit Biases Negatively Impact Credibility of Domestic Violence Survivors
My colleagues at New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), where I am a supervising attorney in the Domestic Violence Law Unit, and I often see that when clients of color report abuse to law enforcement—or engage with the legal system—they are more likely to risk being charged themselves (or mutually arrested with their abuser). They
MOSES: Oversexualization of Black girls, women must stop
The views that Black women are innately promiscuous and sexually predatory is exactly why Black girls do not have never had the liberty of being children. Instead, they are forced to live in a world that turns their innocence into a sex symbol. As children, Black girls worry about the clothes they wear, how much