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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.

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 announcement reads: “Under the leadership of Rebecca Epstein, the Center on Poverty and Inequality’s Initiative on Gender Justice & Opportunity develops innovative policy solutions and conducts groundbreaking

‘Picturing Black Girlhood’: A Praise Song for Black Girls

‘Reclaiming Girlhood’: Hattiesburg teen opens doors with win at national spoken-word event

Now a junior, Green said she wrote “Reclaiming Girlhood” to draw attention to the “adultification” of Black girls — the treatment of young girls as if they are older. The piece was inspired by a report from Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality, “Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood,” and from her

Un hito racial para el MeToo: las activistas negras que acabaron con décadas de impunidad de la estrella del ‘soul’ R. Kelly

School Police Reform: A Public Health Imperative

Article by Thalia González published in the SMU Law Review Forum.

Race, School Policing, and Public Health

Report by Thalia González published in Stanford Law Review

Segment aired on WPFW FM (DC) on the adultification of Black girls, May 2021

How The Adultification Bias Contributes To Black Trauma

“Examining patterns of police treatment towards Black youth highlights a prominent issue: the adultification bias, which is the phenomenon where adults perceive Black youth as being older than they actually are. When the adultification bias was examined, one study found that Black girls as young as five years old were perceived as being less needing

‘It’s More Than Just Tragic’: Ma’Khia Bryant and the Burden of Black Girlhood

“Because of layers of gendered racism, adults tend to view Black girls as more threatening, more aggressive, more mature and less innocent than white girls of the same age, robbing Black girls of the freedom to be children, according to a 2017 report by the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality. The report 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