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Michelle Cusseaux, and Tanisha Anderson were present and supported by hundreds of attendees, activists, and stakeholders. That same week, AAPF and CISPS, in partnership with Andrea Ritchie, released a report entitled Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women, which outlined the goals and objectives of the #SayHerName movement. The report provides an intersectional framework for understanding black women's susceptibility to police brutality and state-sanctioned violence and offers suggestions on how to effectively mobilize various communities and empower them to advocate for racial justice. Over the past five years, the #SayHerName campaign has expanded and increased its focus on direct advocacy. Since 2015, AAPF has hosted its annual #SayHerName Mothers Weekend in New York City, bringing together a group of mothers who have lost their daughters to police violence. The weekends served as a chance to learn more about the specific needs of the family members of Black women who are victims of racist state violence, and provide a space where these mothers can begin to construct a community of support and a network for activism. Including Black women and girls in police violence and gender violence discourses send s the powerful message that indeed all Black lives matter. If our collective outrage around cases of police violence is meant to serve as a warning to the state that its agents cannot kill without consequence, our silence around the cases of Black women and girls sends the message that certain deaths do not merit repercussions. Please join us in our efforts to advance a gender-inclusive narrative in the movement for Black lives. #SAYHERNAME CAMPAIGN email: info@aapf.org phone: (212) 854-3049 address: 435 W 116th St New York, NY 10027
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