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On March 23, 2019, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF), Columbia Law School’s Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies (CISPS), Loyola Law School, and community leaders will join together to host “Breaking the Silence Los Angeles: A Town Hall on Girls and Women of Color” to elevate the inequalities experienced by girls and women of color for the public, policy-makers, philanthropic leaders, and other local decision makers.

The town hall hearing will elevate the voices and experiences of women and girls of color in Los Angeles to advance policy implementation that supports and meets their needs. Women and girls of color are negatively impacted across a range of indicators, yet unfortunately many dominant narratives about racial inequity fail to include women and girls and the disparities they face. Through this convening, we hope to create opportunities for local decision makers to listen to women and girls directly about the challenges they experience on a daily basis– in their homes, schools, and communities— and identify opportunities for intervention.

Five years ago, AAPF Executive Director Kimberlé Crenshaw (Columbia Law / UCLA Law), Professor Priscilla Ocen (Loyola Law), and Professor Jyoti Nanda (UCLA Law) hosted “Breaking the Silence: a Hearing on Girls of Color” in Los Angeles to uplift the voices of girls of color. The hearing became the precursor to the African American Policy Forum’s (AAPF) report Black Girls Matter. Launched in 2014, Breaking the Silence is a national town hall series focused on elevating the stories and experiences of women and girls of color across various intersections of identity. We are pleased to return the #BreakingTheSilence series to Los Angeles again for the first time since 2014.

Read on about the #BreakingTheSilence town hall series here and learn more about how your support helps us continue advancing gender-inclusive, racial justice programming.

Tomorrow's town hall is just the beginning! Join us all week long in Los Angeles for our fifth annual Her Dream Deferred: A Week on the Status of Black Women.