PinnedThe Time for Police-Free Schools is NowAn Open Letter to the People of New York — We have the opportunity to welcome New York City students back into a school environment that is safe, ripe with needed resources and free of policing and surveillance. …Remote Learning5 min read
PinnedCalling All Black Girls and Gender Expansive Youth: Organize with Us!By A National Agenda for Black Girls Team In November 2019, Girls for Gender Equity launched A National Agenda for Black Girls (NABG) to center the experience of Black girls and gender non-conforming youth in national conversations leading up to the 2020 elections. As evidenced by the record-breaking turnout during…Politics3 min read
Jan 7, 2021Threats to Democracy Affect Black GirlsBy A National Agenda for Black Girls Team Many of us have never experienced what happened yesterday ever in our lives. Many of us were taught to believe in the democratic process, we were taught to believe that voting in the United States was sacred and protected. …Nabg2 min read
Aug 13, 2020NABG and the Young Women’s Freedom CenterIn creating A National Agenda for Black Girls, Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) partnered with seven non-profit organizations whose missions reflected our own: to tangibly improve the lives of Black girls in this country through substantive advocacy, policy and culture-shifting work. Youth participants from each of these organizations were then…Nabg5 min read
Aug 12, 2020Issue 22: Fighting the good fight for Black girlsDear Community, On March 7, 1965, six hundred marchers of the Civil Rights Movement set out on a journey from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to continue to fight for the right to vote as Black Americans. …Nabg4 min read
Aug 12, 2020NABG Newsletter Issue 21: Let’s get ready for Election DayYou are reading the A National Agenda for Black Girls weekly newsletter. A National Agenda for Black Girls a Girls for Gender Equity initiative focused on centering Black girls in our national policies. Want to receive more NABG insights and updates? Sign up for the newsletter here. Dear Community, There…Nabg2 min read
Jun 25, 2020NABG Issue 20: Black Trans Voices To The FrontYou are reading an A National Agenda for Black Girls weekly newsletter. A National Agenda for Black Girls a Girls for Gender Equity initiative focused on centering Black girls in our national policies. Want to receive more NABG insights and updates? Sign up for the newsletter here. In our last…Nabg4 min read
Jun 24, 2020NABG Newsletter Issue 19: Reform v Abolition: What does it mean?You are reading an A National Agenda for Black Girls weekly newsletter. A National Agenda for Black Girls a Girls for Gender Equity initiative focused on centering Black girls in our national policies. Want to receive more NABG insights and updates? Sign up for the newsletter here. There is a…Nabg5 min read
Jun 24, 2020NABG Newsletter Issue 18: Our Uprising Will Lead To ChangeYou are reading an A National Agenda for Black Girls weekly newsletter. A National Agenda for Black Girls a Girls for Gender Equity initiative focused on centering Black girls in our national policies. Want to receive more NABG insights and updates? Sign up for the newsletter here. We have a…Nabg5 min read
Jun 1, 2020NABG Newsletter Issue 17: Black Girls need healing spaces and radical changeYou are reading an A National Agenda for Black Girls weekly newsletter. A National Agenda for Black Girls a Girls for Gender Equity initiative focused on centering Black girls in our national policies. Want to receive more NABG insights and updates? Sign up for the newsletter here. Our last newsletter…Nabg4 min read