BLACK WOMEN GIVE TESTIMONY AND BEAR WITNESS TO A NEW CHAPTER IN HUMAN RIGHTS “When we construct universal notions of women or masculine notions of Blackness…when we claim only some forms of violence as central to our struggles, we are claiming or remembering particular histories. Central to constructing more radical political struggles is the reclamation and reconstruction of fuller, more complex histories.” -Dr. Elsa Barkley Brown, Black Feminist Historian and Activist ...On July 8 and 9, 2014, just a few days after the 50th Anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act, Black Womens Blueprint Executive Director, Farah Tanis and Creator of NO! The Rape Documentary, Aishah Shahidah Simmons both presented on behalf of Black Women’s Blueprint at the Civil Society Consultations at the US State Department on CERD, the Human Rigths Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination as well as the UPR, the Universal Periodic Review. Both activists testified about racial discrimination and the devastating impact on women and LGBTQ people of color...
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:32:27 +0000
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