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Youth-Led Mental Health Council Aims to Promote Healing Amid Pandemic & Racial Unrest
15 youth leaders & organizations awarded an opportunity to inform policy solutions that better serve the mental health of BIPOC youth
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Lift Our Voices
The “Lift Our Voices” blog features analysis and opinion from NBWJI’s experts on the latest issues and news.
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May 4, 20211 min read
NBWJI Book Club May Selection: A Little Piece of Light
“A Little Piece of Light: A Memoir of Hope, Prison, and Life Unbound” by Donna Hylton is our May selection for the NBWJI Book Club. In...
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Apr 20, 20212 min read
NBWJI Statement on the Police Killing of Ma’Khia Bryant
We are angry and anguished at learning that police in Columbus, OH, killed Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old Black girl. Ma’Khia called the...
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Apr 19, 20211 min read
NBWJI Statement on Verdict in Derek Chauvin Case
With today's verdict in the case of Derek Chauvin, we are thinking about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the many untold number of...
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Mar 10, 20212 min read
NBWJI Statement on Rochester Police Pepper-Spraying Mother with Child
NBWJI released the following statement responding to the report that the Rochester PD pepper-sprayed a Black mother with her child.
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Mar 9, 20212 min read
NBWJI Book Club Announcement: Arrested Justice
We recently put together a reading list of books by Black women that highlight the real impact of incarceration on Black women and girls....
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Feb 5, 20211 min read
Recommended Reading for Black History Month
During the past 30 years, the incarceration rate of women has skyrocketed. And Black women are incarcerated at nearly twice the rate of...
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Feb 4, 20212 min read
National Black Women’s Justice Institute Statement on Rochester Police Pepper-Spraying Young Girl
The National Black Women’s Justice Institute released the following statement from Executive Director Dr. Sydney McKinney responding to...
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