Women of Color Feminisms - US

This series of blog posts is an effort to archive stories of women of color harmed by state violence, domestic violence, and structural...

#SAYHERNAME By: Sabrina Johnson SANDRA BLAND’S STORY: Sandra Bland was a 28-year-old woman who was starting a new life and career at A&M...

Tasia Jewel Gabriella Nevarez: #sayhername Gabriella Nevarez was a 22-year-old woman who was fatally shot by the Sacramento police. 14...

Background On May 7th, 2018, Black Yale graduate student, Lolade Siyonbola, was independently writing a paper for her finals before...

HER STORY She went to school just like every other day and it was that day March 27th where she did not return home. Her name was RaNiya...

Her Story: At around 4am on March 21, 2019, L’daijonique Lee, a 24-year-old black woman, was brutally assaulted by a 30-year-old white...

Jazmine Headley On December 7 of 2018, Jazmine Headley, a single mother, had gone to a public benefits office in Brooklyn, New York to...

Get ready for a wild ride. The stories of women of color who are victims of violence are often hidden and shelved away, and the...

Rekia Boyd, was born in Chicago Illinois on November 5, 1989. At the time of this incident she was a twenty-two-year-old African American...

Latasha's Story: Latasha Walton, described by her brother as having a "heart of gold," was a young, ambitious mother of two, working to...

Who is Shalon Irving? Shalon Irving is what her mother Wanda Irving would describe as a “modern day renaissance woman.” Shalon Irving...

Around 10:30pm, December 20th, 2015, Barbara Dawson arrived at Liberty Calhoun Hospital in Blountstown, Florida with complaints of...

Her Story Roxana Hernandez, a 33-year-old transgender woman from Honduras died while in custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

What Happened to Loreal Tsingine? Loreal Tsingine, like so many native women before her, was the victim of a police system practicing...

Say Her Name | Hear Her Story Wakiesha Wilson was a 26-year-old mother who died in a Los Angeles jail under questionable circumstances on...

Her Story In December of 2016, Fort Worth received national attention for a video that went viral on Facebook depicting the violent...

The Story: At 17 years old, Chrystul Kizer was charged with the death of a man, Randall P. Volar III, whose body was found in his burning...

Who is She'Kierrah? Unfortunately, there are so many victims of state violence as well as domestic violence in America that their names...

Her name is Linda Dominguez. That is her name. It might not be the name she was born with (though she provided officers with that too),...

Background Alaris is a Latina woman from Louisiana who has been incarcerated for almost 20 years. She is one of many survivors of sexual...

Back Ground The year is 2004. There is a woman who is 20 years old with three kids, no degree and a more than abusive boyfriend. He...

Background and Importance Nabra Hassanen was a beautiful Muslim American 17-year old high school student from Reston, Virginia. On June...