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Black Feminist Future

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "About". Black Feminist Future.
  2. ^ "Black Feminists Respond to Ferguson". ColorLines. 22 August 2014. August 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "Altars for Korryn Gaines, Other Black Women Killed by Police Pop Up in Several Cities".[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Visioning Salons". Black Feminist Future. Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  5. ^ "Visioning Salons". Black Feminist Future. Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  6. ^ "Black Feminist Organizing School". Black Feminist Future. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  7. ^ "Visioning Salons". Black Feminist Future. Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  8. ^ "Meet the #NBCBLK28". NBC News.