COMMUNITY EVENT - NEW YORK CITY

Join us tomorrow, May 20th for the launch of AAPF's new brief, Say Her Name, and a series of events focused on elevating the names and stories of Black women and girls killed by the police Speak-Out and Roundtable Discussion  Wednesday, May 20 12:00PM 185 West Broadway (Room 520) New York, New York 10013 Featuring: Family Members of Rekia Boyd, Shelly Frey, Kayla Moore, Miriam Carey, Michelle Cusseax and Tanisha Anderson Kimberlé  Crenshaw and Andrea Ritchie, Lead authors of AAPF's new brief on Black women and police violence, Say Her Name  Moderated by GritTv's Laura Flanders Vigil in Memory of Black Women and Girls Lost to Police Violence Wednesday, May 20 5:30pm Union Square NYC  Featuring: Family Members of Alberta Spruil, Rekia Boyd, Shantel Davis, Shelly Frey, Kayla Moore, Kyam Livingston, Miriam Carey, Michelle Cusseax and Tanisha Anderson   Register HERE for the Speak Out If the loss of their lives matters;  If the grief of their families matters;  If the impunity with which all Black lives can be taken matters; Then we cannot allow these tragedies to remain unmarked, silenced and forgotten. Join us to mourn their loss and honor their memories. On the day prior to Black Youth Project's National Call to Action to End State Violence Against Black Women and Girls, join AAPF for a series of activities focused on raising their experiences. A speak out and roundtable discussion will be moderated by GRITtv's Laura Flanders and will feature Kimberlé Crenshaw, Andrea Ritchie, and family members of Black women who have lost their lives to police violence. The event will be filmed and later broadcast online. For the first time, family members of Tanisha Anderson, Rekia Boyd, Miriam Carey, Michelle Cusseaux, Shelly Frey, and Kayla Moore are coming together to create a space to honor their lost loved ones. The conversation’s aim is to uplift the stories of Black women who have lost their lives to police violence, and broaden dominant conceptions of who victims of state violence are, and what state violence consists of.   A new brief by AAPF and Andrea Ritchie, a Soros Justice Fellow and expert on police violence against women and LGBT people of color, entitled #SayHerName: Toward A Gendered Analysis of Racialized State Violence will also be released at the event and on AAPF's website. The brief argues that the inclusion of Black women’s experiences is critical to effectively combating anti-Black state violence. Say Her Name shares the stories of Black women who have experienced state violence, and provides some analytical frames for understanding their experiences for the media, organizers, researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders.   Afterwards, join us at Union Square in NYC for a vigil in remembrance of all of the Black women and girls who have lost their lives to police violence, but whose experiences are all too often relegated to the margins.  Family members of Black women killed by police violence will participate in the vigil to uplift their loved ones' stories. Click here to view the Facebook event. For a full list of BYP100's May 21st National Actions to End State Violence Against Black Women, click here.

FEATURED SPEAKERS: Martinez Sutton, Rekia Boyd’s brother. In 2012, off-duty Chicago police detective, Dante Servin, fatally shot 22-year-old Rekia Boyd in the back of the head. Servin was tried for Rekia’s death in April and cleared of all charges. Valarie Carey, the sister of Miriam Carey. Capitol Police shot Miriam with her baby in the car following a car chase in front of the White House in 2013. Maria Moore, the sister of Kayla Moore. Kayla Moore was a Black transgender woman who was killed by police when attempting to arrest her on a warrant for a person with the same legal name - but who was actually a man 20 years older. Sharon Wilkerson, the mother of Shelly Frey, who was shot twice and killed by an off-duty police officer in a Walmart parking lot where he was working as a security guard after her friend was caught shoplifting. Frances Garrett, Michelle Cusseaux’s mother, who was killed by police who were supposed to be transporting her to a mental health facility last year.  Cassandra Johnson, Tanisha Anderson's mother. Tanisha Anderson was killed by police in Cleveland in 2013 when officers pushed her to the ground and slammed her head on the concrete while transporting her to a medical center.   Co-Sponsoring Organizations: BYP100 Black Lives Matter NYC  One Billion Rising Justice League NYC The Stop Mass Incarceration Network  Stop Patriarchy  The Civil Rights Coalition on Police Reform BK Nation Judson Memorial Church The Precedential Group  The Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression CONNECT Donkeysaddle Projects Brooklyn NAACP  AF3IRM Yeah, That's What She Said Black Trans* Women's Lives Matter The Civil Rights Coalition on Police Reform Empowering Women of Color at Columbia Law School Sister Circle Collective The Revolutionary Communist Party Sadie Nash Leadership Project #SAYHERNAME #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKGIRLSMATTER #JUSTICEFORREKIA #WHYWECANTWAIT #HERDREAMDEFERRED

RECENT MEDIA FROM AAPF Help us build the public will to address the needs of Black women and girls by sharing these stories:    Black Women Aren't Just Secondary Casualties of Aggressive Policing -   The Nation, April 27 "Black Girls Should Matter, Too" The Atlantic, May 11 "Black Women Are Getting Killed by Police, Too- So Why Aren't More People Discussing It?" Mic, May 11 #BlackGirlsMatter and Kimberlé Crenshaw on GRITtv May 5th