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African American Policy Forum

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African American Policy Forum

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The intersectional think tank behind #SayHerName, #BlackGirlsMatter and #TruthBeTold. Led by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks). Support our work: aapf.org/donate

NYC & Los Angeles

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Joined June 2009

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Nov 5, 2020
Trump is fighting harder to stop the count than he did to stop the spread of COVID.
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Jun 13, 2020
In the span of a few days, both Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch were found hanging from trees in Southern California cities about 50 miles apart. There must be full and immediate investigations into their deaths.
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Sep 28, 2020
BREAKING: A member of the Breonna Taylor grand jury just filed a motion asking a judge to release the full proceedings of the grand jury. This is more evidence that AG Cameron's public statement contradict both the facts and what was presented to the grand jury.
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Jun 14, 2020
Less than two months ago, Garrett Rolfe, the officer who killed Rayshard Brooks, took a 9-hour de-escalation course. #DefundThePolice
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Jun 14, 2020
Tim Scott: Rayshard Brooks shooting shows de-escalation training is "so important" hill.cm/EIilY7R
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Aug 29, 2020
“Everything that you fought for was not for yourself, it was for those who came after you.” -Chadwick Boseman giving the 2018 commencement address at Howard University
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Sep 27, 2020
In a recent dissent, Amy Coney Barrett wrote that the right to vote and serve on juries belonged "only to virtuous citizens." Her opinion also suggests that all civic rights are subject to virtue-based exceptions.
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Oct 3, 2020
Today is a good day to think about empathy: who receives it, and who is always denied it.
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Jun 18, 2020
Det. Brett Hankinson: -Murdered Breonna Taylor -Has been accused of sexually assaulting two women -Sued multiple times for excessive force -Sits on the Louisville Police Merit Board (which reviews police disciplinary appeals) -Is still being paid by @LMPD -Has not been arrested
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Oct 25, 2020
This is the joy that so triggered Peggy Noonan that she wrote a column about how Senator Harris comes off as “insubstantial, frivolous.” Black joy is something they feel the need to attack.
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Nov 6, 2020
What if we told you that every city and state has organizers and leaders like Stacey Abrams, you just haven’t been listening to them?
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Jun 11, 2020
Brett Hankinson, one of the officers who murdered #BreonnaTaylor and who's been accused of sexually assaulting two women, is a member of the Louisville Police Merit Board, which reviews police officer disciplinary appeals. The officers who murdered Breonna must be arrested *NOW*
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Jun 12, 2020
Priscilla Slater died in police custody on Wednesday. Harper Woods Police Department are refusing to provide her family with full information. Call or email the Harper Woods Police Department to demand justice. #SayHerName Phone: 313-343-2530 Email: [email protected]
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Nov 6, 2020
Black and Latino voters in Philly, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Phoenix just ended Trump’s presidency. Don’t ever forget it.
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Nov 4, 2020
Black and Latino voters in Detroit, Milwaukee, Atlanta, and Phoenix will deliver this election to Joe Biden.