For Black Girls And Women Joy Is A Democratic Act [Op-Ed]

For Black Girls And Women Joy Is A Democratic Act [Op-Ed]

Source: Chanceé Lundy / Courtesy of Chanceé Lundy On May 16, more than 5,000 people gathered in Selma and Montgomery for the All Roads Lead to the South rally, marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest a wave of Republican redistricting designed to dilute Black voting power after the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais. The message from the stage was direct. The attacks on voting rights across the South are coordinated. An…

OpEd: Why Black girls deserve protection, not just praise

We praise Black girls for their strength before we ever teach them what safety feels like. From the moment they enter the classroom to the moment they navigate the world at large, Black girls are weighed down by an invisible, exhausting cultural expectation: Be resilient. Be the backbone. Be the fixer. Handle it. We applaud their ability to weather the storm, yet we rarely question why they are forced to stand in the rain without an umbrella in …