Women's Leadership Project @WLProject2
South L.A. based Black #feminist #humanist gender justice program for Black girls and young women of color #Standing4BlackGirls coalition #LGBTQ #reprojustice womensleadershipla.org Los Angeles, CA Joined May 2015-
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Check out our upcoming spring events and activities amplifying Black girls and queer youth organizing and peer education on sexual and domestic violence prevention education, mental health, the arts and gender justice womensleadershipla.org
Thank you so much @DevineNews & the amazing editor for this segment 💕Highlighting my journey coming back to South Central, Los Angeles after college to build independent grassroots media🗞️ In honor of #womenshistorymonth 🎉❤️🎥 📸
Thurs Feb 22nd, check out .@ujimacommunity Roundtable on Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM). WLP youth will participate in a panel that explores best practices on supporting and uplifting teens and youth experiencing different forms of violence us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
#BlackHistoryMonth On Feb 29th, we'll be facilitating a Black Women's political issues forum examining the issues at stake for Black and BIPOC youth communities in the 2024 election cycle, from voting rights, repro rights, racial justice, LGBTQ+ equity, mental health and more!
What's your fave Afr Am fiction counterfactual? On 2/24 @the Book Jewel, I'll be reading my speculative fiction collection "The Roar of Distant Engines" & playing o.g. country rock songs like "Antebellum Surfboard" a counterfactual on a Black girl surfer summoned by the ancestors
Hats off to our amazing students who presented .@GLSEN LGBT+ school climate survey results to the faculty of King-Drew Magnet HS! The survey assesses campus conditions for queer and gender expansive youth around the curriculum, adult ally support and GSAs womensleadershipla.org/glsen-lgbtq-fa…
One of the highlights from 2023 was performing our #Standing4BlackGirls song at our June press conference to amplify the rise in violence against Black women and girls. Music by @sikivuhutch @zap_013 and vocals by Jasmine McGruder open.spotify.com/track/0PBP6stx…
Check out our "Defining Ourselves, For Ourselves" 2023 Year in Review written by 2022 King-Drew HS alumnus Kim Ortiz: "I love working with WLP. It has been a second family to me since early high school. They are also role models and mentors." womensleadershipla.org/womens-leaders…
#Standing4BlackGirls #JusticeforNiani Black women's domestic and sexual violence survivors' speak out Weds @LASDHQ in South L.A. calling on @CountyofLA Sheriff Robert Luna fire and prosecute killer cop Ty Shelton. Support Niani Finlayson's family here gofundme.com/f/niani-finlay…
By WLP youth writer-activist Liz Nsilu: "I have seen far too many social media posts bashing the few women who build up the courage to speak up about sexual violence they’ve experienced. The majority of these cases involve Black women in college, like me." womensleadershipla.org/from-fear-to-e…
Join us on Sunday, November 26th for our book club on Kacen Callender's "King and the Dragonflies", beautifully highlighting the coming of age relationships, family and friendships of a Black queer middle school boy Info: womensleadershipla.org/event/november…
TODAY #Standing4BlackGirls community action and rally to end rape culture and sexual violence in a nation where 60% of Black girls will experience sexual abuse by the time they are 18, we say no more! Protect Black girls at all costs! .@sikivuhutch @drrondahampton @YoungWomenFree
King-Drew students do a gallery walk exploring the connection between representations of Black women in TV, film, hip hop & rap and normalized anti-Black misogynist violence. How do we create safe spaces for Black women and girls and challenge misogynoir? womensleadershipla.org
Join us October 28th for our annual South L.A. Leimert Park #Standing4BlackGirls to end rape culture and sexual violence rally amplifying the lives and voices of Black women and girl survivors of sexual violence. Speakers and vendors needed forms.gle/TGWySA1qXrNNLE…
For our @WLProject2 "Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Youth" high school workshops we utilize .@IamGMJohnson book, amplifying his quote on the importance of "created family" and "chosen family" as safe spaces for queer and gender expansive youth who may not be accepted at home
Tomorrow, we're hosting an in-person focus group/listening session on preventing and addressing domestic violence in African American communities in partnership with the CA Dept of Public Health. Paricipants will receive $50 gift cards. tinyurl.com/WLPreg
#Standing4BlackGirls coalition song performance in front of the South L.A. office of Councilmember Marqueece Harris Dawson's CD8, after June press conference and rally amplifying the rise in violence against Black women and the unaccountability of Black elected officials .@mhdcd8
On Thursday, September 14th, we will be hosting a focus group/listening session on preventing and addressing domestic violence in African American communities. Info and registration, $50 gift cards for participation tinyurl.com/WLPreg
"South L.A.'s MLK hospital has relied on certified nurse midwives working with obstetricians to manage labors." Although the use of midwives &doulas significantly improves outcomes for expectant Black mothers, only 10% of hospitals births utilize midwives latimes.com/california/sto…
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#SayHerName 21 year-old #TakiyaYoung and her unborn child, murdered by Columbus police in a parking lot after being confronted for alleged shoplifting
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MUST READ by .@deardrewdixon "While my horrific personal experience does not reflect the entire culture, the undeniable truth is that hip hop has always reinforced toxic masculinity. Studies confirm that the prevalence of misogyny in hip hop has increased" bit.ly/3YYd0Ju
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We're beyond thrilled to announce Jay Silva as one of our $5k First in the Fam Humanist scholarship awardees: "This scholarship means so much to me as a Black student! I feel like my voice has finally been heard. My voice has been shut down for years, facing racism & homophobia"
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Madison, TN: Deneisah Goodner did not return home after her shift at Zaxby's, located at 2228 Gallatin Pike N. in Madison, Sunday, August, 6th. Deneisah was last wearing black pants, a blue Zaxby's uniform shirt and black shoes. #HelpUsFindUs
Some of the amazing youth artists and activists who participated in @WLProject2 recent art and wellness institute: "I have the courage to be vulnerable in my artistic expression and I have the power to accomplish anything I need to today"
Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, CA will end their maternity services October 2023, following outrage over the death of 30-year old April Valentine who passed during child birth in January, but her baby survived 🙏🏾 Her death speaks to the current Black maternal health crisis.