Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender in the workplace: Speaking out about inclusion
Learning objective: Address workplace techniques to overcome those stereotypes
How do we honor individual beliefs and choice to protect business values and morale? Diversity and inclusion practices represent a corporation’s capacity to utilize an array of talents, cultures, and experiences. This allows organizations to gain access to creativity and problem solving far beyond what would be available in a monocultural environment. With this commitment, there is also a clear business value system that respects the rights of all to work in a safe environment
that values their contributions. 70 percent of surveyed LGBT community members report that they feel discriminated against and bullied at work. Over half have had to leave workplaces at least once in their careers because of related issues. Join us in this workshop for a candid discussion about unique challenges and explore strategies to create a LGBT friendly work environment.
At the end of this workshop:
a. Identify challenges and issue specific to the LGBT community (according to individual experiences and surveys)
b. Explore statistics and real world examples
c. Explore best practices in building friendly LGBT environments
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Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender in the workplace: Speaking out about inclusion
Learning objective: Address workplace techniques to overcome those stereotypes
How do we honor individual beliefs and choice to protect business values and morale? Diversity and inclusion practices represent a corporation’s capacity to utilize an array of talents, cultures, and experiences. This allows organizations to gain access to creativity and problem solving far beyond what would be available in a monocultural environment. With this commitment, there is also a clear business value system that respects the rights of all to work in a safe environment
that values their contributions. 70 percent of surveyed LGBT community members report that they feel discriminated against and bullied at work. Over half have had to leave workplaces at least once in their careers because of related issues. Join us in this workshop for a candid discussion about unique challenges and explore strategies to create a LGBT friendly work environment.
At the end of this workshop:
a. Identify challenges and issue specific to the LGBT community (according to individual experiences and surveys)
b. Explore statistics and real world examples
c. Explore best practices in building friendly LGBT environments
Nadia naffi-Learning About Oneself an Essential Process to Confront Social Me...Nadia Naffi, Ph.D.
Civic educators, social workers, curriculum developers, policy makers and parents concerned with the takeover of social media by hate speech proponents can apply these findings and help youth withstand manipulation and fight racism, hate speech, radicalization, and cyberbullying through the Get Ready to Act Against Social Media Propaganda model generated by this study. The model includes five iterative stages: Question, analyze, design, prepare and evaluate.
The Insights and Action Guide by Illuminative, provide distilled takeaways from the breakthrough research. Here you learn what narrative change is and how to deploy it with your messages. Breakthrough research is made accessible in this simple guide. Implement our user-friendly action tips to make a change in your community, organization, or company. Stand with Native peoples – amplify a new story and change the future!
Online Violence Against Women in Politics - Comparative Trends, Impacts and R...Gabrielle Bardall
Please cite as:
Bardall, Gabrielle. 2019. "Online Violence Against Women in Elections: Comparative Trends, Impacts and Responses". International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). Paper presented at "Breaking Gender Barriers: Taking USAID Programming to the Next Level". Washington, D.C. November 19, 2019.
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CHAPTER 2 AWARENESS OF CAMPUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE Raising awareness about sexual violence is crucial for eradicating it. When people do not understand the significance of a problem, they cannot work to address it. However, people must have accurate and complete information to effectively address campus sexual violence, which requires activists, scholars, and educators to operate from a power-conscious perspective. In this chapter, I provide a brief history of campus sexual violence awareness-raising on college campuses, followed by an analysis of a few current awareness-raising events and strategies. Finally, I conclude the chapter with a discussion of ideas for more effectively engaging in awareness-raising about sexual violence on college and university campuses. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Although people, and even more specifically women of color, have been organizing around issues of sexual violence for centuries (Giddings, 1984; Greensite, 2009; McGuire, 2010), many scholars identify the 1970s and 1980s as a significant turning point for addressing sexual violence on college campuses (Bevacqua, 2000; Bohmer & Parrot, 1993; Corrigan, 2013). During this time, activists worked to raise awareness about the problem of sexual violence, striving to interrupt myths about sexual violence and help people understand the nature of sexual violence. In the 1970s, feminists initiated and engaged in a variety of consciousness-raising groups, working to support women in coming to understand the ways they experience sexism. In addition to addressing sexism and sexual harassment in the workplace, reproductive justice issues, and political and cultural power of women, feminists also continued to raise awareness about interpersonal violence, including sexual violence (Bevacqua, 2000). Activists in the 1970s through the 1990s also engaged in a variety of activist campaigns designed to raise awareness about sexual assault, including marches, protests, and demonstrations, some of which still exist in some form today. For example, Take Back the Night, The Clothesline Project, and Vagina Monologues are examples of longstanding awareness-raising events related to sexual violence. In 2006, Aishah Shahidah Simmons released the film NO! The Rape Documentary reminding viewers about the unique relationship between racism, sexism, and sexual violence for Black women. Each of these events contributes to the on-going discussion related to sexual violence on college and university campuses today. Part of the awareness-raising related to sexual violence in the 1970s and 1980s was identifying the insidiousness of acquaintance sexual violence, which at the time, was referred to as “date rape” (Koss, 1985; Warshaw, 1988). Feminists in the larger community had already identified sexual violence as a part of the cycle of abuse in domestic violence. A breakthrough study in 1987 illuminated the problem of sexual violence in acquaintance or dating situations among college students. Koss a.
The Insights and Action Guide by Illuminative, provide distilled takeaways from the breakthrough research. Here you learn what narrative change is and how to deploy it with your messages. Breakthrough research is made accessible in this simple guide. Implement our user-friendly action tips to make a change in your community, organization, or company. Stand with Native peoples – amplify a new story and change the future!
Online Violence Against Women in Politics - Comparative Trends, Impacts and R...Gabrielle Bardall
Please cite as:
Bardall, Gabrielle. 2019. "Online Violence Against Women in Elections: Comparative Trends, Impacts and Responses". International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). Paper presented at "Breaking Gender Barriers: Taking USAID Programming to the Next Level". Washington, D.C. November 19, 2019.
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CHAPTER 2 AWARENESS OF CAMPUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE Raising awareness about sexual violence is crucial for eradicating it. When people do not understand the significance of a problem, they cannot work to address it. However, people must have accurate and complete information to effectively address campus sexual violence, which requires activists, scholars, and educators to operate from a power-conscious perspective. In this chapter, I provide a brief history of campus sexual violence awareness-raising on college campuses, followed by an analysis of a few current awareness-raising events and strategies. Finally, I conclude the chapter with a discussion of ideas for more effectively engaging in awareness-raising about sexual violence on college and university campuses. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Although people, and even more specifically women of color, have been organizing around issues of sexual violence for centuries (Giddings, 1984; Greensite, 2009; McGuire, 2010), many scholars identify the 1970s and 1980s as a significant turning point for addressing sexual violence on college campuses (Bevacqua, 2000; Bohmer & Parrot, 1993; Corrigan, 2013). During this time, activists worked to raise awareness about the problem of sexual violence, striving to interrupt myths about sexual violence and help people understand the nature of sexual violence. In the 1970s, feminists initiated and engaged in a variety of consciousness-raising groups, working to support women in coming to understand the ways they experience sexism. In addition to addressing sexism and sexual harassment in the workplace, reproductive justice issues, and political and cultural power of women, feminists also continued to raise awareness about interpersonal violence, including sexual violence (Bevacqua, 2000). Activists in the 1970s through the 1990s also engaged in a variety of activist campaigns designed to raise awareness about sexual assault, including marches, protests, and demonstrations, some of which still exist in some form today. For example, Take Back the Night, The Clothesline Project, and Vagina Monologues are examples of longstanding awareness-raising events related to sexual violence. In 2006, Aishah Shahidah Simmons released the film NO! The Rape Documentary reminding viewers about the unique relationship between racism, sexism, and sexual violence for Black women. Each of these events contributes to the on-going discussion related to sexual violence on college and university campuses today. Part of the awareness-raising related to sexual violence in the 1970s and 1980s was identifying the insidiousness of acquaintance sexual violence, which at the time, was referred to as “date rape” (Koss, 1985; Warshaw, 1988). Feminists in the larger community had already identified sexual violence as a part of the cycle of abuse in domestic violence. A breakthrough study in 1987 illuminated the problem of sexual violence in acquaintance or dating situations among college students. Koss a ...
CHAPTER 2 AWARENESS OF CAMPUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE Raising awareness ab.docxzebadiahsummers
CHAPTER 2 AWARENESS OF CAMPUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE Raising awareness about sexual violence is crucial for eradicating it. When people do not understand the significance of a problem, they cannot work to address it. However, people must have accurate and complete information to effectively address campus sexual violence, which requires activists, scholars, and educators to operate from a power-conscious perspective. In this chapter, I provide a brief history of campus sexual violence awareness-raising on college campuses, followed by an analysis of a few current awareness-raising events and strategies. Finally, I conclude the chapter with a discussion of ideas for more effectively engaging in awareness-raising about sexual violence on college and university campuses. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Although people, and even more specifically women of color, have been organizing around issues of sexual violence for centuries (Giddings, 1984; Greensite, 2009; McGuire, 2010), many scholars identify the 1970s and 1980s as a significant turning point for addressing sexual violence on college campuses (Bevacqua, 2000; Bohmer & Parrot, 1993; Corrigan, 2013). During this time, activists worked to raise awareness about the problem of sexual violence, striving to interrupt myths about sexual violence and help people understand the nature of sexual violence. In the 1970s, feminists initiated and engaged in a variety of consciousness-raising groups, working to support women in coming to understand the ways they experience sexism. In addition to addressing sexism and sexual harassment in the workplace, reproductive justice issues, and political and cultural power of women, feminists also continued to raise awareness about interpersonal violence, including sexual violence (Bevacqua, 2000). Activists in the 1970s through the 1990s also engaged in a variety of activist campaigns designed to raise awareness about sexual assault, including marches, protests, and demonstrations, some of which still exist in some form today. For example, Take Back the Night, The Clothesline Project, and Vagina Monologues are examples of longstanding awareness-raising events related to sexual violence. In 2006, Aishah Shahidah Simmons released the film NO! The Rape Documentary reminding viewers about the unique relationship between racism, sexism, and sexual violence for Black women. Each of these events contributes to the on-going discussion related to sexual violence on college and university campuses today. Part of the awareness-raising related to sexual violence in the 1970s and 1980s was identifying the insidiousness of acquaintance sexual violence, which at the time, was referred to as “date rape” (Koss, 1985; Warshaw, 1988). Feminists in the larger community had already identified sexual violence as a part of the cycle of abuse in domestic violence. A breakthrough study in 1987 illuminated the problem of sexual violence in acquaintance or dating situations among college students. Koss a.
Restorative Justice Women, Crime, Violence, and HealingJanuar.docxjoellemurphey
Restorative Justice: Women, Crime, Violence, and Healing
January 27/30, 2015
Treisha Hylton UOIT
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Agenda
Announcements (case review )
Lecture
Class Discussion
Break
Lecture
Student Support
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Feminism: An Overview And the Colonization of Diversity
Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share a common stated aim: to define, establish, and defend equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights of women rights. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist generally self-defines as advocating for or supporting the rights and equality of women. Feminist theory which emerged from feminist movements aims to understand the nature of gender inequality by examining women's social roles and lived experience; it has developed theories in a variety of disciplines in order to respond to issues such as the social construction of sex and gender. Some forms of feminism have been criticized for taking into account only white, middle-class, educated perspectives. This led to the creation of ethnically specific or multiculturalist forms of feminism.
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Feminism and the Law
Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share a common stated aim: to define, establish, and defend equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights of women This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist generally self-defines as advocating for or supporting the rights and equality of women. Feminist which emerged from feminist movement, aims to understand the nature of gender inequality by examining women's social roles and lived experience; it has developed theories in a variety of disciplines in order to respond to issues such as the social construction of sex and gender. Some forms of feminism have been criticized for taking into account only white, middle-class, educated perspectives. This led to the creation of ethnically specific or multiculturalist forms of feminism.
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Overview of Women’s Movement in Restorative Justice
Addresses Multiple marginality” is manifested by women of colour, poor women, First Nations women and women that identify as Queer (LGBT)
Framework rooted in violence against women
Recently First Nations women offenders
Corrective rape
Victim blaming and re-victimization (within the criminal justice system)
Emergence of victim’s movement
Health Care Needs of incarcerated women (HIV, Aids, and Trans-women)
Linkages between crimes committed by women and crimes against women
Addresses the different pathways to incarceration (women crimes of necessity)
Exploring the Intersectionality of Victimization and Criminalization of First Nation’s Women
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Restorative Justice: Women as Victims
Restorative justice may by an additional layer to a more complex issue of domestic violence, violence against women
Women's groups in Canada and the U.S. have raised concerns about the race and gender polit ...
Observation CollaborationThis week you will complete an observat.docxcherishwinsland
Observation Collaboration
This week you will complete an observation activity in your community. This activity will help prepare you for the Week 7 Assignment. This Forum is unique so read the instructions and point values carefully.
Write a 500+ word initial post that includes these components:
· Observation: 5 points
· Go to a public place and observe the people there for 25 minutes. What are the details of the location? Describe the general context (time of day, lighting, sounds, vibe/energy, etc.). Describe the people around you and their sociodemographic characteristics (age, race/ethnicity, gender/sex, socioeconomic status, etc.).
· Norms: 10 points
· Identify two or more social norms that people engaged in at the public place. A norm is a social rule. There are many norms that help to frame how we are supposed to behave in our daily lives, one example is gender norms (what are social rules we follow to 'be masculine' and to 'be feminine'); another example is standing in line (consider what would happen if you cut everyone in line at 8am in a Starbucks?).
· Concepts: 10 points
· How do these norms you observed in the scene fit with sociological concepts and theories we’ve learned so far in class? Some examples of sociological concepts we’ve learned about so far include gender roles and emotional labor. (What is a sociological concept? See below).
· Reflection: 5 points
· Reflect on your experience. How was this observing others through a sociological lens different from when you’ve “people watched” in the past? What perspectives do you think a sociologist can bring to our understanding of everyday human behavior?
· Active Forum Engagement: 10 points:
· Remember to write at least three 100+ peer responses. As with our other Forums, two responses need to be to peer posts and one response needs to be to someone who commented on your post. In any public scene, all of us will notice different things, and find different observations important or unimportant. In your peer responses, help one another identify sociodemographic characteristics, social norms, or sociological concepts that the classmate may not have noticed. Consider helping one another notice common themes in the types of public places you choose and your observations of people in those scenes.
· Active Forum Presence: 5 points
· Learner posts 4+ different days in the learning week. Initial post is made by Thursday 11:55pm ET of the learning week. Response posts are made by Sunday 11:55pm ET of the learning week.
· Writing Skills: 5 points
· Post is 500+ words. All posts reflect widely accepted academic writing protocols like using capital letters (“I am” not “i am”), cohesive sentences, and no texting language. Dialogue is also polite and respectful of different points of view.
What is a “sociological concept?” They are all the bold terms and phrases within the text, such as "socialization," "norms" and "folkways." Look at the bottom of the text page for the .
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WST 4930⎮DR. MOURA-KOÇOĞLU Image: cisco.com
Module 04
“Gender Violence in the U.S.”
Photo: Mia Fermindoza; African American Policy Forum, 2015
WST 4930 | Dr. Moura-Koçoglu
Women as breadwinners
Woman running food stall,
New Delhi, India.
Photo: Burhaan Kunu,
Hindustan Times, 2017
WST 4930 | Dr. Moura-Koçoglu
Violence and Male Dominance
White nationalists kick a protester in his head. Charlottesville,
VA, August 2017. Photo: Jason Andrew/Splinter
A member of the Taliban's religious police
beating an Afghan woman in Kabul, 2001.
Image: Revolutionary Association of the
Women of Afghanistan
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WST 4930 | Dr. Moura-Koçoglu
Underreporting of Violence against
Women in the U.S.
WST 4930 | Dr. Moura-Koçoglu
Intimate Partner Violence
by Race/Ethnicity, United States, 2011
Source: Women’s Policy Research Center
WST 4930 | Dr. Moura-Koçoglu
Missing and Murdered Indigenous
Women in Canada
Image: Brad Crowfoot Photography, 2016
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WST 4930 | Dr. Moura-Koçoglu
Image: EPA
Rape law of the
Muscogee (Creek) nation, 1824.
“And it be farther enacted that if any
person or persons should undertake to
force a woman and did it by force, it shall
be left to woman what punishment she
should satisfied with to whip or pay what
she say it be law.”
(Waring, cited by Deer, 2005)
WST 4930 | Dr. Moura-Koçoglu
After completing Module 04, you will be able to:
§ Define intersectionality (Crenshaw).
§ Determine in what ways an intersectional approach is crucial for an
analysis of gender-based violence (Crenshaw).
§ Define intersectionality (Crenshaw).
§ Evaluate intersecting systems of oppression, the diversity of identity
categories, and toxic masculinity in increasing vulnerability to gender
violence.
§ Identify the multiple obstacles for women of color to report violence
and/or seek help and support (Crenshaw).
§ Explain the connection between gender violence and the assertion of
male power and control (Kimmel).
§ Define the concept of sexual terrorism (Sheffield) and assess its
impact on women’s lives, and society in general.
§ Examine why being an Aboriginal person in Canada exponentially
increases the likelihood to become a victim of violence.
To our Families
Reconstructing Political Theory
Feminist Perspectives
EDITED BY
Mary Lyndon Shanley and Uma Narayan
The Pennsylvania State University Press
University Park, Pennsylvania
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Intersectionality and Identity Politics:
Learning from Violence Against
W omen of Color
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Introduction
Over the past two decades, recognizing that the political demands of many
speak more powerfully than the pleas of a few isolated voices, women have
organized against the almost routine violence that shapes their lives. This
politicization in turn has transformed the way we understand violence
against women. For example, battering and rape, once seen as prívate
(family matters) and aberrational (errant sexual aggression), are now
largely recognized ...
Learning about “Otherness” in the Era of Radicalization: Disrupting the dialo...Nadia Naffi, Ph.D.
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Recentering Minoritized Voices: Social Media & Intersectional Sexual Violence Activism
1. (Re)Centering Minoritized Voices:
Social Media and Intersectional
Sexual Violence Activism
Chris Linder, PhD
University of Georgia, College of Education
Digital Dilemmas Conference, University of Waterloo
August 6, 2016
Thanks to Jess Myers, University of Maryland-Baltimore County;
Marvette Lacy, University of Georgia; and Colleen Riggle, Georgia
Institute of Technology for their contributions to the project as
members of the research team.
2. Assumptions & Foundations
• Informed by my salient identities: highly
educated, queer, white cis woman from
working-class background in the US.
• Sexual violence is a tool of power and
control.
• Sexual violence is highly racialized and
gendered.
3. Historical Context for Sexual
Violence Activism
• Myth: Sexual violence activism largely emerged in
the consciousness-raising days of second wave
feminism.
– Fact: Black women have been organizing around
sexual violence, from an intersectional perspective,
for hundreds of years (Giddings, 2007; Freedman, 2013; McGuire, 2010).
• Myth: Activists on college campuses have
historically led sexual violence organizing.
– Fact: Sexual violence activism largely emerged from
grassroots, community-based organizing, led by
working class and women of color (Bevacqua, 2000; Incite,
2006).
4. Sexual Violence Activism on Campuses
• Since 2014, increased attention to sexual assault
on campuses:
– Know Your IX
– End Rape on Campus
– White House Task Force
• Power and identity-”neutral,” woman-focused:
– Heavy focus on enforcement & compliance
– Excessive focus on (woman) victims and potential
victims rather than perpetrators or potential
perpetrators
– Invisibilization of white male perpetrators
– Rare mention of sexual violence directed toward
trans* people and men and same-sex sexual assault
5. Identity & Activism
• Responsibility, survival, or “burden,” not
activism (Linder & Rodriguez, 2012, p. 388)
• Non-intersectional (urgency, pain &
trauma, media)
• Administrators/educators privilege
service-learning and leadership over
identity-based activism
• Access to resources (time, money,
networks) (Altbach, 1989; Rhoads, 1997)
• Differential consequences for activism
(Linder, 2015)
6. Social Media & Activism
• Amplifies voices previously ignored (Bonilla
& Rosa, 2015; Yang, 2007)
• Creates space for connecting, community-
building, and healing (Conley, 2014; Rapp et al.,
2010; Williams, 2015)
• ....also additional space for hatred, bigotry,
and harm
• “mundane internet tool” (Nielsen, 2013, p. 173)
7. Current Study & Focus
• Overall Research Questions:
– What are the strategies of campus sexual
assault prevention and response activists?
– What role does social media play campus
activism?
• Power-conscious, Intersectional
examination
8. Methodology & Methods
• Internet-related ethnography (Postill &
Pink, 2012)
• Prolonged engagement online
– Know your IX (Facebook & Twitter)
– End Rape on Campus (Facebook)
– Surviving in Numbers (Facebook & Tumblr)
– HuffPost Sexual Assault Month
– Evernote Collection of News Articles
– White House Listening Sessions
• Interviews with Activists
– January-July 2014
9.
10.
11. Social Media as a Tool
• Intentionally Shaping Messages
(Amplifying Voices)
• Raising Awareness
• Connecting with other Activists &
Survivors
• Reducing Power Dynamics
15. So you believe that the only kind of real activism
involves putting your body and your life on the line?
That’s something that’s not really available to all people
and so the ability to step out into daylight and define
yourself as a survivor with whatever that term means to
you means that you ... [likely come] from an upper class
background, from a white background where you're like,
yeah, “I can say that about myself and I can claim these
experiences for me and no one is going to look at me
twice about it. I can say that I’m a survivor” and nobody
is going to say, “no, you're not.” You want to know
what that means? That means being a white,
cisgendered, straight woman who experiences an
opposite sex assault.
- Peter
16. And if we're talking about at risk communities,
marginalized communities, communities that have
been historically marginalized are not welcomed
into the same spaces and so to a lot of people the
only thing that they have access to and the only way
that they are able to participate is through social
media because of that anonymity that’s allowed that
isn't allowed for if you put your name to it…It's the
same as an international student not being able to
speak up for fear of losing their visa status, it's the
same as a trans person not wanting to speak up to
have to then come out, same with a queer person.
-Peter
17. Power, Identity, & Intersectionality
• Negotiating Disclosure of Personal
Identities
– Peter & Lynn
• Continuum of Understanding of
Intersectionality
– Textbook, cursory understanding to nuanced,
complex understanding and lived experiences
• Varied Commitment to Addressing Power
– “people don’t want to talk about it”
– Minimization
– Calling it out
18. So What?
• Experiences with minoritization results in
deeper understanding and commitment to
addressing power in sexual violence activism
(e.g., men, queer people, and people of Color)
• White women campus activists frequently re-
create the same mistakes as our predecessors,
minimizing power based on race, gender
identity, and sexual orientation.
19. Now What?
• Get off campus! This is bigger than a campus issue.
• Understand, examine, and teach history in activist
movements.
• Center minoritized voices – addressing oppression
at its roots works toward eradicating violence, not
minimizing it.
• LISTEN to each other. Focus on healing and
solidarity.
• Build coalitions to address issues of oppression
together. Consider BLM as an example:
20. “Sexual assault is the second most commonly reported
form of police misconduct, but the majority of
departments have no policy or measures in place to
prevent, detect or ensure accountability for this form of
police violence disproportionately affecting Black
women, cis and trans, gender nonconforming, and queer
people. Accountability for police sexual harassment,
assault, and violence is usually solely the responsibility
of police departments and prosecutors, preventing many
survivors from coming forward or obtaining
justice.” (https://policy.m4bl.org/community-control/)
21. “For Black girls, the U.S.’s failure to address gender-based
violence, which they experience at greater levels than any
other group, is paramount to the criminalization they
experience. In fact, sexual abuse is one of the primary
predictors of girls’ entry into the juvenile justice system, with
girls often being routed to the system specifically because of
their victimization. For instance, girls who are victims of sex
trafficking are often arrested on prostitution charges. The
punitive nature of this system is ill-equipped to support
young girls through the violence and trauma they’ve
experienced, which further subjects them to sexual
victimization and a lifelong path of criminalization and
abuse.” (https://policy.m4bl.org/end-war-on-black-people/)
22. Now What? (cont’d)
• Work outside current systems. Establish
community accountability systems. Do
NOT rely on police for accountability –
consider racism, classism, homophobia,
and transphobia in criminal justice
systems.
• Pay attention to social media – stay on top
of blogs like Crunk Feminist Collective,
Feministing, Colorlines, Black Girl
Dangerous.