BLACK WOMEN RADICALS
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BLACK WOMEN RADICALS 〰️
About
Black Women Radicals (BWR) is a Black feminist advocacy organization dedicated to uplifting Black women and gender expansive people’s radical political activism.
Rooted in intersectional and transnational feminisms and Womanisms, we are committed to empowering Black women and gender expansive activists and centering their political, intellectual, and cultural contributions to the field of Black Politics across time, space, and place in Africa and in the African Diaspora.
We are here and always have been.
BLACK WOMEN RADICALS
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BLACK WOMEN RADICALS 〰️
Our blog, Voices in Movement highlights the power of Black women and gender expansive activists around the world. By interviewing and sharing their stories and how they catalyze change in their respective communities, Voices in Movement serves as an online hub for discussion, transnational exchange, and communication on and about activism and issues/themes concerning Black women and gender expansive people.
Black Feminists Taught Me
A t-shirt capsule and collaboration between Black Women Radicals and Philadelphia Printworks, “Black Feminists Taught Me” is a living, breathing, and traveling exhibition and archive paying homage to the Black women and gender-expansive people who inspire us, touch our lives, shape our politics, and teach us–in a myriad of ways–about life, love, leadership, and legacy. To purchase from the capsule, visit here.
Photo of Evelin Rodrigues for Black Feminists Taught Me - Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Photo Credit: Anastácia Flora de Oliveira.
The Database
To overcome institutional and informational erasure, the Black Women Radicals Database (BWRD) historizes and visualizes Black women’s radical political activism in the African Diaspora in efforts to build academic, political, and community engagement, dialogue, and research about and on Black women’s significant legacies as socio-political agents and leaders of radical change.
By housing a database offer 100+ historical and transnational Black women activists and leaders, the BWRD seeks to overcome the erasure of Black women’s political leadership, organizing, theorizing, and socio-political movement building in Africa and in the African Diaspora that has often been ignored in favor of Black and white cis-heteronormative male charismatic leadership, especially in the field of Black Politics.
The SCHOOL FOR BLACK FEMINIST POLITICS
The School for Black Feminist Politics (SBFP) is a Black feminist political education initiative and hub powered by Black Women Radicals. Established in 2020, the mission of SBFP is to empower Black Feminisms in Black Politics by expanding the field from transnational, intersectional, and multidisciplinary perspectives. The SBFP’s goal is to illuminate what has often been obscured and neglected in regards to our Black feminist histories, political memories, and productions, so that our past, present, and future understandings of Black feminist thought and behavior can be understood more fully and completely. We currently have a fundraiser to open a physical location for The School for Black Feminist Politics in Washington, D.C.
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
Our Community Conversations are monthly community-engaged and informed events that concentrate on themes, politics, and more on and about Black women, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people. The purpose of our Community Conversations is to catalyze a safe, informative, and transformative space for Black women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people to freely communalize with one another and to discuss various topics as it pertains to our livelihoods, our politics, our activism, our emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being(s), our histories, our imaginations, and more.
Black and asian Feminist Solidarities PROJECT
A collaboration between Black Women Radicals, the Asian American Feminist Collective, and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, the Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities Project looks to Black and Asian American feminist histories, practices, and frameworks on care, community, and survival for the tools and strategies to continue to build towards collective liberation.
Youtube
Did you miss our events? Don’t worry–our past events are housed on our YouTube! Make sure to check out our past events featuring some powerhouse Black feminist activists including Denise Oliver-Velez, Ericka Huggins, Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Kinna Likimani, and more.
