Kirsten West Savali To Moderate ‘Her Dream Deferred’ Virtual Panel

In honor of Girls’s Historical past Month and the UN’s Worldwide Decade for Folks of African Descent, the African American Coverage Discussion board (AAPF) is inviting you to take part in Her Dream Deferred, a weeklong occasion sequence devoted to shedding mild on the challenges confronting Black ladies and women. iOne’s Vice President of Content material, Kirsten West Savali, shall be a speaker and moderator on the Beneath the Blacklight panel on March 27 at 8 p.m.

What shall be mentioned on the panel?

On Wednesday, be part of the AAPF for an unique episode of Her Dream Deferred’s Beneath the Blacklight: Within the Crosshairs of the Counteraction: Black Girls Defending Themselves, which is able to study how the anti-woke motion negatively impacts Black ladies. Whereas the anti-woke backlash permeated by right-wing leaders like former president Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has affected numerous communities, it’s clear that Black ladies are sometimes major targets.

This distressing sample is clear in assaults on the mental integrity of Black ladies and the authorized actions towards the Fearless Fund, a Black women-led enterprise capital agency that invests in ladies of color-led companies needing monetary help. The anti-woke motion has impacted high-profile Range, Fairness and Inclusion roles, resulting in the expulsion of Black ladies in vital jobs throughout leisure and media. 

On Wednesday, the AAPF’s particular version of Beneath the Blacklight: Within the Crosshairs: Black Girls Defending Themselves will unite Black ladies from numerous fields to not solely spotlight the vulnerability of Black ladies to assaults within the anti-woke battle, however this dialogue will even underscore how these assaults are a part of a broader agenda to undermine Black ladies’s societal standing throughout the context of a bigger assault on civil rights and democracy.

iOne’s Vice President of Content material, Kirsten West Savali, will be part of Karen Attiah, Jeanell English, Janel George, Katrina Gipson and Diana Greene to boost consciousness in regards to the vulnerability of Black ladies within the battle on anti-woke and what we are able to do to mobilize and strategize to guard Black ladies within the combat.

Safe your spot NOW for this digital occasion right here, and use the hashtag #HerDreamDeferred #HDD2024 to unfold the phrase! 

Since 2015, AAPF has been organizing Her Dream Deferred to raise the tales and views of Black ladies and women. The annual occasion options quite a lot of actions, together with panels, inventive performances, workshops, and lectures. This yr’s gathering will run from March 25 – March 29. Study extra about programming right here.

Completely happy Girls’s Historical past Month!

RELATED CONTENT: PSALMS FOR BLACK GIRLS: Neglect Ron DeSantis, We Can Train African American Research To Our Personal Rattling Youngsters