Breaking Silence: A Hearing on Girls of Color
5 videos • 227 views • by African American Policy Forum Breaking Silence: A Hearing on Girls of Color presented by the African American Policy Forum (http://www.aapf.org) and Girls for Gender Equity (http://www.ggenyc.org). Hosted by Columbia Law School’s Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies on October 11th, 2014 Read the letter from 1,500+ women of color http://www.aapf.org/recent/2014/06/wo... Sign the letter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16IbC... Read the letter from 250+ black men http://www.aapf.org/recent/2014/05/an... Sign the letter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16IbC... Read and Sign GGE's Letter to Mayor de Blasio https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eMAO... Read and Sign the Letter of Solidarity https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z... Follow the #WhyWeCantWait thread on twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/whywecant... Breaking Silence: A Hearing on Girls of Color October 11th, 2014 Moderated by Kimberlé Crenshaw - Co-Founder African American Policy Forum Hosted by Joanne N. Smith - Founder Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) Called to Order with Spoken Word from Urban Word NYC Zaira James Black/Body/Image poem Crystal Valentine Crystal Sexual Assault COMMISSIONERS: Host Joanne N. Smith, Founder Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) Special Guest Letitia “Tish" James, Public Advocate The City of New York Moderator - Kimberlé Crenshaw, Co-Founder African American Policy Forum City Council Laurie Cumbo, Member District 35 Dorchen Leidholdt, Esq., Director, Center for Battered Women's Legal Services Sanctuary for Families Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of NoVo Foundation Leslie Ann Dunn, Division of Equity and Access for the NYCDOE EXPERT TESTIMONY Panel 1: School Push-out/ Overly-Disciplined/ Youth Speaker: Danielle Gary Panelist: Jamilia Blake, Ph.D Panelist: Octavia Lewis Panel 2: Foster Care/ Aging-out of Care/ Homelessness Youth Speakers: Margaret Gilliam; Daniella Carter Panelist: Brittany Brathwaite Panel 3: Criminalization/Incarceration Youth Speaker: PKay Johnson, Mel Harris Panelist: Nala Simone, Elise White Panel 4: Gender-Specific Burdens, Domestic and Teen Dating Violence (care-taking, pregnancy, etc.) Youth Speaker(s): Tarra, Aisha Soumouro, Elizabeth Panelists: Farah Tanis, Whitney Richards-Calathes Panel 5: Human Trafficking of CSEC and Sexual Assault Youth Speakers: Odley, Tee Emmanuel, Jordan Panelist: Danielle Gary Closing Poem, Sore Agjabe "Poem for Women" Closing Circle, Brittany Brathwaite "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains." - Assata Shakur Thank you co-sponsors: NoVo Foundation A Long Walk Home, Inc. Ali Forney Center Black Women’s Blueprint Columbia Law Center CONNECT Dignity in Schools Girls for Gender Equity The Laura Flanders Show on GRITtv Move to End Violence Ms. Foundation for Women National Council of Negro Women, Inc. – Manhattan Section New York Foundation Sauti Yetu Teachers Unite Trans Women of Color Collective Urban Justice Center Urban Word NYC Ya-Ya Network Directed & Edited by Alex Schein http://skyhuntermedia.com