African American Policy Forum
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The intersectional think tank behind #SayHerName, #BlackGirlsMatter and #TruthBeTold. Led by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks). Support our work: https://t.co/u6Zmv2C9do
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'The same people who are trying to erase our history are literally trying to make anti-racism unspeakable and unreadable.' Kimberlé Crenshaw
Books Unbanned: From Freedom Riders to Freedom Readers
Featured Freedom Writer: Ibram X. Kendi
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11/9/22 | 7PM (ET)
On the eve of the SCOTUS hearing for the Harvard affirmative admissions case, Jeannie Park and African American Policy Forum shed an insightful light on the intricate support web behind conservative activist Ed Blum slate.com/news-and-polit…
“We are not just reading books. We are creating a community, the kind of community that we envision for America, where we can learn and grow together.”
- Heather Fleming #AAPF #BooksUnbanned
“So the same way that our hope is that not only you vote and you bring five people to vote, we're hoping that you read and join us in looking at & bathing ourselves in the truth – the forbidden knowledge that those who oppose democracy don't want us to have.”
- Kimberlé Crenshaw
“This has been my life's work: ensuring that kids see reflections of themselves, ensuring that Black kids know that they are worthy, that their lives are meaningful, and that they are worth being celebrated.”
- Brittany Hogan (Brittany Hogan)
'We have to continue beyond November... Liberation is not an individual exercise, it is something that we do together. It is a team sport. It is posse. It is all of us not only showing up for ourselves, but showing up and bringing other people to the table.”
- Kimberlé Crenshaw