On November 19 at 8pm, WQED TV will broadcast the premiere of a new documentary, Childhood Lost: The Adultification of African-American Girls. The film will explore adultification, a form of racial bias where Black girls are viewed as less innocent and more adultlike than their white peers. Researchers found that … Read More >
FISA Foundation’s grantee and partner, Gwen’s Girls, and the Black Girls Equity Alliance released a new report: Disrupting the Pathways to Juvenile Justice report. Local data presents a stark picture of the ways Black youth and students of color with disabilities are disproportionately arrested and cited at school, often for minor offenses. Read More >
The Black Women’s Policy Agenda (BWPA) launched listening sessions today to determine what impact the double crisis of COVID-19 and anti-Black violence is having on Black women in the Pittsburgh region. The goal is to check in on the social, emotional and financial health of Black women during these turbulent … Read More >
