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CORE ISSUES:
EveryBlackGirl Inc.
organizes and provides programming to address the conditions leading to BlackGirls being pushed out of schools and becoming at risk for arrest, confinement and incarceration. Specifically, EveryBlackGirl, Inc. is interested in creating change to prevent:
Disciplinary Referrals, Suspensions,
and Expulsions of
BlackGirls
State and Interpersonal Violence
Anti-Blackness and invisibilization of
BlackGirls
BLACK GIRLS are
3 X
more likely to receive
1 or more
suspensions
than white female students
suspensions
6 X
more likely than white girls to be
suspended
suspended
3 X
more likely than white
female students
to be restrained
restrained
2 X
3 X
more likely to receive
corporal punishment
than white female students
corporal punishment
more likely to be
referred to
law enforcement
than white females
law enforcement
2 X
more likely than white females to
be arrested
arrested
EveryBlackGirl Inc.
was founded as a response to the brutal attack of a BlackGirl by a school resource officer at Spring Valley High in Columbia, South Carolina in 2015.
The resulting arrest of the student who was being assaulted and a classmate, who dared to record the incident and speak out, made the incident at Spring Valley High a perfect example of how school pushout was impacting
Black Girls. ...
Joining with local organizers on the ground, EveryBlackGirl rallied against the arrests and demanded all charges be dropped against the arrested youth.
EveryBlackGIrl,Inc.’s efforts were recognized by local activists seeking to challenge the Disturbing the School law for South Carolina, which allowed for the student's arrests and age requirements for juvenile arrests.
...
These issues continue to be the core of EveryBlackGirl’s social change work. Various campaigns have been designed to ensure
Black Girls experience more justice.
VISION
EveryBlackGirl, Inc.
creates opportunities for BlackGirls to become leaders for justice and thrive while reducing the conditions leading Black Girls to be harmed, arrested, confined and jailed.