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- Girls suffer childhood trauma more. New research shows how yoga can help heal them.
- Study: Black girls viewed as ‘less innocent’ than white girls
- The ‘Adultification’ of Black Girls: Less Protection, More Discipline
- How Black Girls Aren’t Presumed to Be Innocent
- Untrained Police Officers in Schools Focus on Girls of Color, Report Says
- How Teachers And Schools Can Help When Bad Stuff Happens
- Naomi Wadler Delivers Remarks
- Patchwork of programs serve child sex-trafficking victims
- Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school — and how to change that
- Georgetown Law highlights Flint girls, ‘Arts in Detention’ program in new national publication
- Reclaiming Black Girlhood with Hand Games
- ‘How They See Me Versus How I See Myself’: Girls’ Reflections from Inside the Justice System
- What ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ tells us about race and sexual abuse
- Cyntoia Brown, R. Kelly and the refusal to recognize black and brown female victims
- Women and Girls of Color Need Justice Too
- On The Criminal Justice System And Its Biases Against Black Women And Girls
- Reclaiming Black Girlhood with Hand Games
- How Should Schools Respond to Discipline Disparities Affecting Black Girls?
- R. Kelly arrest sparks discussion about societal response to black victims of sexual assault
- Naomi Wadler Continues Her Activism for Black Girls One Year After Walkouts
- We treat black kids differently because we see them as older than they are
- The school-to-prison pipeline is getting worse for black and brown girls
- Naomi Wadler on Standing in Her Power One Year After the March for Our Lives
- Naomi Wadler and Yara Shahidi want to stop the adultification of black girls
- Pushed out and punished: One woman’s story shows how systems are failing black girls
- What can be done to stop the criminalization of black girls? Rebuild the system
- Adults Are Failing Black Girls By Believing This Harmful Bias
- Adults Are Failing Black Girls By Believing This Harmful Bias, According To New Research
- Study: Black Girls Feel the Impact of ‘Adultification,’ Especially in School
- A new report shows how racism and bias deny black girls their childhoods
- What It’s Like to Be Labeled a Rude Black Girl
- A new report shows how racism and bias deny black girls their childhoods
- A Childhood Erased: Black Girls And Women Discuss Harsher Punishments Due To ‘Adultification’
- Black Girls Detail Harsh Consequences Of Being Seen As Older Than White Peers
- A Childhood Erased: Black Girls and Women Discuss Harsher Punishments Due to “Adultification”
- Entertainment News Black Girls Detail Harsh Consequences Of Being Seen As Older Than White Peers
- Research Confirms that Black Girls Feel the Sting of Adultification Bias Identified in Earlier Georgetown Law Study
- Adultification Bias: Study Shows Black Girls Are Treated More Harshly Than White Peers Of The Same Age
- Georgetown Law’s New Study Sheds Light on African American Women Affected by Adultification Bias
- Patriarchy In Prison: Exploring The Challenges Facing Incarcerated Women.
- ‘They are totally overlooked’: Young black girls viewed as less innocent, study finds. To that, I cry foul.
- Georgetown Study Shows Racism Erases Black Girls’ Childhoods Due To ‘Adultification’
- Black Girls Feel the Impact of Adultification, Especially in School
- For Poor Young Women of Color, Failure Has A Whole Other Meaning
- ‘They Are Totally Overlooked’: Young Black Girls Viewed as Less Innocent, Study Finds
- Schools ‘criminalize’ Black girls, jeopardizing their future success
- Schools ‘Criminalize’ Black Girls, Jeopardizing Their Future Success
- 13 sex trafficking statistics that explain the enormity of the global sex trade
- I Don’t Want To Be The “Bad Black Child:” The Erasure Of Black Girlhood In Schools And Its Far-Reaching Impact
- Video on Adultification Bias
- Cyntoia Brown, Now Free From Prison, Says She Wants To Help Other Victims Of Abuse
- What It’s Like to Become the Voice of Your Generation—at Age 12
- Attorney Carrie Goldberg’s Forthcoming Memoir, ‘Nobody’s Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls’
- Half of black girls report being sexually coerced. There are ways we can help protect them.
- Q&A with Youth Activist Naomi Wadler
- Center on Poverty and Inequality Sponsors “Girlhood Interrupted” at National Museum
- An education without oppression benefits everyone. Here’s what we can do
- Raped, Then Thrown in Jail: A Teen’s ‘Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline’
- When officers bring danger, not safety, to school campuses
- Remy Ma’s Comments On Antonio Brown Show That Conversations On Sexual Violence In Hip Hop Media Lack Range
- The U.S. Has Been Silencing Black Girls’ Voices for Decades
- Black students are punished more in school due to racism
- When ‘Incorrigible’ Teen Girls Were Jailed
- Giving City: Impact Austin announces new grant to address inequity
- Protect Black Girls Before It’s Too Late
- Why Sexual Assault Survivors Of Color Need Their Own Spaces To Heal
- Let Black Girls Be Girls Podcast
- Why the approval of the JCPS Females of Color STEAM Academy brought me to tears
- Schools Get Graded on Racial Equity
- Making Schools Safe for Girls of Color
- Do No Harm: Reflecting on a Legacy of Pain for Black Women and Girls in the United States
- Why Won’t Society Let Black Girls Be Children?
- The Reckoning Will be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls
- How to Keep the Stories of Black Women and Girls Alive Today and Every Day
- Why Society Should Stop Calling Black Women Strong.
- Defunding School Police Doesn’t Go Far Enough.
- More than Reduced Police Presence: Schools Must Commit to Implementing Restorative Justice.
- Society Has Trained Black and Latinx Girls to Only See Their Worth Through Their Bodies
- The Racial Divide: Inequity in Education
- Model Imaan Hammam speaks up about adultification of black girls
- 50 Black Women Share What Living In America Feels Like In Three Words
- Plight of Black girls in Wake County schools focus of town hall.
- NYC Pushes Toward Goal of Zero Girls in Detention With New Program.
- What Fuels the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison-Pipeline
- Listening to Black Girls in Delaware
- The Reaction to Megan Thee Stallion’s Alleged Shooting Is Misogynoir in Action: Experts.
- The Collective Identity Mentoring Program
- Through doll play, an L.A. therapist reminds Black girls of their innocence.
- How the Adultification of Black Girls Is Stealing Their Childhoods and Derailing Their Futures.
- Stop Calling Young Black Girls “Grown.” They’re Kids.
- When A Black Teenager Killed Her Rapist, Kenosha Had No Tolerance For Vigilante Justice.
- INSIGHT: Handcuffs Over Homework—The Criminalization of Black Girls
- ‘A Battle for the Souls of Black Girls’
- In Schools, Black Girls Confront Both Racial and Gender Bias
- Lesson of the Day: ‘A Battle for the Souls of Black Girls’
- MOSES: Oversexualization of Black girls, women must stop
- Racism, Implicit Biases Negatively Impact Credibility of Domestic Violence Survivors
- Analysis: In Schools, Black Girls Confront Both Racial and Gender Bias. What the Research Shows, and What’s Being Done to Stop It
- Did you miss our webinar?
- Black Herstory Month with Michelle Love-Day and Cierra Kaler-Jones
- Our new discussion board is live!
- Women’s Community Statement on President Trump’s Removal
- *TWO NEW 50-STATE SURVEYS*
- Case Study: Restorative Empowerment for Youth Pilot Training Program for Girls of Color
- New Journal Publication: The State of Restorative Justice in American Criminal Law
- ‘It’s More Than Just Tragic’: Ma’Khia Bryant and the Burden of Black Girlhood
- How The Adultification Bias Contributes To Black Trauma
- Research Report Release!
- Segment aired on WPFW FM (DC) on the adultification of Black girls, May 2021
- Race, School Policing, and Public Health
- School Police Reform: A Public Health Imperative
- Un hito racial para el MeToo: las activistas negras que acabaron con décadas de impunidad de la estrella del ‘soul’ R. Kelly
- ‘Reclaiming Girlhood’: Hattiesburg teen opens doors with win at national spoken-word event
- Young Women of Color Discuss Criminalization of Black Girls with Georgetown Law’s Kristin Henning
- Register for the School Mental Health Virtual Learning Series
- Opportunity for Schools to Partner with Trauma-Informed Design Society on Grant-Funded Project
- Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools is now open for registration
- Are “black girls less innocent”? Adultification explained
- The Center kicks off its 10th anniversary with a powerful performance of “a love letter to Black girls”.
- ‘Picturing Black Girlhood’: A Praise Song for Black Girls
- We were honored to be named as a Champion of Gender Equity by Archewell Foundation, founded by Prince Harry & Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
- The Youth Advisory Committee’s Bill of Rights to Support the Mental Health of Girls and Gender-Expansive Youth of Color in Schools
- Meet our Inaugural Youth Storyteller in Residence!
- We’re Hiring a Youth Engagement Associate!
- Applications to join the Youth Advisory Committee are open until 8/31
- Impacts of Invisible Caretaking Roles on Girls Are Revealed in New Research Review
- Students, share your ideas about mental health on our new Learning Network Discussion Board!
- The Center hosted its 10th Anniversary with a celebration of Black Girlhood featuring art, poetry, and youth performances!
- The Initiative is searching for an Undergraduate Intern!
- Bill of Rights to Support the Mental Health of Girls and Gender-Expansive Youth of Color in Schools
- Gender Justice and Opportunity Initiative receives landmark support from #StartSmall
- Schools face pressure to take harder line on discipline
- Critical Race Feminism, Health, and Restorative Practices in Schools
- What Early Puberty Is Like for Black Girls
- The Adultification of Black Girls
- Black Children Deserve to Be Children
- The police must see Black girls as the children they are
- Explore the Story Portal: Read and listen to powerful reflections and solutions to combat adultification bias
- Announcing Our Launch
- Criminalization of Girls who Experience Sexual Violence
- What Early Puberty Is Like for Black Girls
- Female victims of sexual abuse are unfairly criminalized for self-defense
- How sexually abused girls are still ending up in jail and prisons
- Students! Apply to be a Youth Advisor by May 19th
- Black Girls and the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline
- Armed School Police Make Schools Less Safe for Black Girls
- What Black Barbie Means to Black Women and Girls
- Georgetown researchers examine how Black girls are treated in the classroom
- Police suggested charging a child for her explicit photos. Experts say the practice is common
- From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice
- We were honored for our panel to be selected for SXSW-EDU 2024, alongside the National Women’s Law Center and Know Your IX
- Explore our Youth Storyteller’s Poem “I Can’t Breathe”
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- Screening, Discussion, and Book Signing of PUSHOUT
- In Solidarity We Rise Conference: Healing, Opportunity, and Justice for Girls
- In Solidarity We Rise Conference: Healing, Opportunity, and Justice for Girls
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- Officer I Live Here
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- The Bias Behind Labeling Black Girls as ‘Street Smart’
- Having an ‘Attitude’
- But He Came Up to Me
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- Resource: Cinematic Portrayal of Black Children
- When A Bad Call Brought Courtside Humiliation
- To be adultified..
- My child has feelings
- When I was 12 years old, I was in a car that was involved in a car crash.
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- Criminalized Survivors: Today’s Abuse to Prison Pipeline for Girls
- Critical Race Feminism, Health, and Restorative Practices in Schools: Centering the Experiences of Black and Latina Girls
- Fulfilling the Promise: A Blueprint to Build Police-Free Schools
- Indispensable But Overlooked: Girls’ Caretaking and Household Responsibilities and Their Effects on Girls’ Lives
- Building Foundations of Health and Wellbeing in School: A Study of Restorative Practices and Girls of Color
- Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
- Listening to Black Women and Girls: Lived Experiences of Adultification Bias
- Data Snapshot: National Data on School Discipline by Race and Gender
- Exclusionary School Discipline: State-by-State Analysis
- School-Based Restorative Justice: State-by-State Analysis
- Gender & Trauma: Somatic Interventions for Girls in Juvenile Justice: Implications for Policy and Practice
- The Sexual Abuse To Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story
- Blueprint: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Domestic Sex Trafficking of Girls
- I Am the Voice: Girls’ Reflections from Inside the Justice System
- Be Her Resource: A Toolkit About School Resource Officers and Girls of Color
- Fact Sheet: Black Women’s Financial Trauma
- Centering Girls, Young Women, and Gender-Expansive Young People
- The Innocence Initiative: Translating National Research into Local Action in Central Texas
- Case Study: Restorative Empowerment for Youth Pilot Training Program for Girls of Color
- Increasing School Connectedness for Girls: Restorative Justice as a Health Equity Resource
- Mental Health, School-Based Health Centers, and Girls of Color: Policy and Practice Recommendations
- The Promise and Challenge of School-Based Mental Health Care for Girls of Color
- Mental Health & Girls of Color
- Mental Health & Communities of Color
Resources
- Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
- Listening to Black Women and Girls: Lived Experiences of Adultification Bias
- Learning Module 7: Sex Trafficking/Commerical Sexual Exploitation
- Adultification Bias in #BlackAf
- Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school
- End Adultification Bias
- Girls of color experience disproportionate rates of school discipline. Read and share reports by @gtowngenderjust about the root causes of race & gender disparities: https://bit.ly/initiative_reports
- Girls of color are far more likely to be disciplined at school for offenses that can be influenced by implicit bias, such as dress code violations. They are suspended from school & even arrested at disproportionate rates. Read reports by @gtowngenderjust: https://bit.ly/initiative_reports
- In the sexual abuse to prison pipeline, girls of color experience sexual violence & trauma. But instead of providing support, they’re blamed for the crimes they’ve survived – locking girls in a harmful cycle. @gtowngenderjust, @rights4girls, @msfoundation https://bit.ly/SAPP_Report
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Discussion Board
- Does your school do a good job of addressing the mental health needs of girls and gender-expansive youth of color? Why or why not?
- What is your schools doing well to support your mental health?
- What can schools do better to support your mental health?
- What would a school that supports the mental health of girls and gender expansive youth of color look like to you?
- Does your school do a good job of addressing the mental health needs of girls and gender-expansive youth of color? Why or why not?
- What is your schools doing well to support your mental health?
- What can schools do better to support your mental health?
- What would a school that supports the mental health of girls and gender expansive youth of color look like to you?
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- Photography Training & Submission Opportunity for Girls of Color: Life During COVID-19
- Restorative Practices Two-Part Training Series: Part One
- Restorative Practices Two-Part Training Series: Part Two
- Black Herstory Month Creating Curricula That Elevates the Leadership and Experiences of Black Women
- Restorative Justice in Schools
- Best Practices in School Mental Health
- Meeting Girls’ Needs through Radical Safety
- Mental Health and Policing: How Police Impact the Health of Girls of Color in Schools
- How the Care Economy Affects Girls: A Discussion about the Role of Schools in Supporting Girls
- Youth Advisory Committee Bill of Rights
- An Introduction to Reproductive Justice
- Today’s Rights Under Title IX
- Menstrual Health & Hygiene: Let’s Talk About Schools
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- Suspensions for Girls of Color By School District
- Changing the conversations about Sexual Assault
- Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected
- Gender Injustice: System-Level Juvenile Justice Reforms for Girls infographic
- Dismantling the Pipeline: Addressing the Needs of Young Women and Girls of Color Involved in Intervening Public Systems
- Fight for our girls
- Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
- Let Her Learn: A Toolkit to Stop School Push Out for Girls of Color
- Here’s How One Memphis School is changing the way it Disciplines Girls of Color
- BE HER RESOURCE: A Toolkit About School Resource Officers and Girls of Color
- Trauma-Informed Leadership in Schools: From the Inside-Out
- School Culture & Discipline Reform in Boston-Area Primary and Secondary Schools
- Dress Coded: Black girls, bodies, and bias in D.C. schools
- Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
- Black Girls Equity Alliance wants Pittsburgh Public Schools to improve its sexual harassment prevention and response
- Fostered or Forgotten Series
- Black Girls Punished More Often In Baltimore Schools, NAACP Study Says
- Childhood Trauma Can Mean Early Death. This California Mom Wants to Beat the Odds
- A Toolkit to Stop School Pushout for Girls Who have been Sexually Harassed
- Why Black Girls are Targeted for Punishment at School – and How to Change That
- The Impact of Early Life Trauma on Health and Disease
- Resilience-Building Schools for At-Risk Youth
- The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Survey Toolkit For Providers
- Beyond ACE
- Two Resources: Science of Learning & Development
- Expanding Our Frame: Deepening our Demands for Safety and Healing for Black Survivors of Sexual Violence
- Renewed push underway to expand California’s ban on some suspensions
- L.A. County Launches Innovative Model for Serving Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth
- The School-to-Prison Pipeline is Getting Worse for Black and Brown Girls
- What Should Judges Know About Federal, Tribal, & State Domestic Child Sex Trafficking Legislation?
- Learning Network One Pagers: Background & Youth Advisory Committee
- 4 Issue Briefs: Mental Health & Girls of Color
- Issue Brief: Restorative Justice as a Health Equity Resource for Girls of Color
- Podcast: Grief & Finding Meaning
- Guidance on Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Remote Education
- Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Family Engagement
- Guidelines for Securing Girls of Color
- How To Remain Strong, Smart, and Bold During These Times