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Why should policymakers center Black women? Black women are the core of the nation’s economy, holding the front-line jobs, running small businesses, and are more often the single heads of households. If we are elevated through policy, including everything from paid leave to stimulus programs, the economy and larger community will benefit. I Be Black Girl Take Action seeks to influence policy and the surrounding systems to center Black women, femmes and girls.

2021 Advocacy Agenda

Expand Childcare Subsidies & Raise Childcare Worker Wages Expand Access to Quality & Culturally Relevant Maternal Health Services Ban Natural Hair Discrimination in Workplaces & Schools Address the Pay Equity Gap through Paid Family Leave & Ban Salary History on Applications Support Black Women & Femme Founders through Capital Investment & Business Resources