Black Feminist Future Explained

Black Feminist Future is a community initiative formed by members of the African American feminist community, with the aim of amplifying the power of black women and girls in community organizing and online engagement.[1] The group was formed in reaction to the aftermath of a police shooting at Ferguson, Missouri in 2014.[2]

In the aftermath of the shooting of Korryn Gaines, Black Feminist Future urged people across the country to build altars to honor black women.[3]

Initiatives

In wake of the 2016 United States Presidential election, the group launched an initiative named "Freedom Dreams: Black Feminist Visioning Our Political Future".[4] The initiative includes making "visioning salons" to build vision and movement that centers the African-American feminist lives. The aim is affecting politics and revising the laws which are believed to incorporate racial discrimination.[5]

Black Feminist Future is launching an organizing school in 2018 where they will provides resources for new Black feminists to analyze, train, and organize their own events and movements.[6]

People

Paris Hatcher is a founder of the movement.[7]

Jessica Byrd, founder of Three Point Strategies, a firm dedicated to recruiting more people of color to run for public office, is a board member of Black Feminist Future.[8]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About. Black Feminist Future.
  2. Web site: Black Feminists Respond to Ferguson. 22 August 2014 . ColorLines. August 22, 2014.
  3. Web site: Altars for Korryn Gaines, Other Black Women Killed by Police Pop Up in Several Cities.
  4. Web site: Visioning Salons. Black Feminist Future. en-US. 2018-04-05. 2018-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180702125914/http://www.blackfeministfuture.org/visioning-salons/. dead.
  5. Web site: Visioning Salons. Black Feminist Future. 2017-08-12. 2018-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180702125914/http://www.blackfeministfuture.org/visioning-salons/. dead.
  6. Web site: Black Feminist Organizing School. Black Feminist Future. en-US. 2018-04-05.
  7. Web site: Visioning Salons. Black Feminist Future. en-US. 2018-04-24. 2018-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180702125914/http://www.blackfeministfuture.org/visioning-salons/. dead.
  8. Web site: Meet the #NBCBLK28. .