Publications NREI Director Olajumoke Obayanju served as a contributing writer for the 8th Annual Black Women’s Roundtable Report, Black Women in the U.S. & Key States, 2021, entitled “Rebuilding Hope, Justice, Equity & Equality in A New Political, Racial & Social Justice Era!
We Need More Help: Black Women Leading The Movement Against The System Killing Them This essay highlights how Black women remain leaders and activists around policing reform and racial justice, standing at the forefront of a movement that routinely leaves them out of the social justice perspective. It offers suggestions of how to assist Black women in fighting for policing reform like restructuring policy agendas and dismantling sexist policies and practices that reduce
150 Years Later - The Radical Success of HBCUs
the number of Black women from becoming police officers and moving up into leadership positions.
Underscoring the significance and relevance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), this essay walks through HBCUs as “historical pillars, sacred places from which ingenuity and progress continue to be birthed.” It stresses that HBCUs are to credit for the massive Black talent and influence we see in every sector of the American and global society, and how HBCUs cultivate Black women in ways unmatched by any other institution.
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