A vigil was held in Union Square last night to bring attention to black women and girls victimized by police.
#SayHerName, a national day of action to end state violence against Black women was called by The Black Youth Project.
Sponsoring Organizations:
African American Policy Forum
BYP100
Black Lives Matter NYC
Justice League NYC
The Stop Mass Incarceration Network
Stop Patriarchy
One Billion Rising
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
th3e Revolutionary Communist Party
Sadie Nash Leadership Project
#BlackLivesMatter #BlackWomenMatter
Video by Zishun Ning.
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