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The Black People's Project
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| Christine, CAT member for the Black People's Project, and her daughter, Cheyenne |
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The Black People's Project creates new ways of thinking and talking about rape and sexual assault in the context of self-identifying as African American, African, or Afro-Native in the Americas and abroad.
The BPP develops creative and radical ways to challenge rape culture as it connects to the experience of being Black in America. This includes presentations, curricula, and peer education about the American slave trade and culture; lynching movements at the turn of the 20th century and in contemporary USA; sexual abuse, torture and continued assaults on the black body as "object" and subject of loathing; disproportionality; the Criminal Justice System: police brutality, the prison industrial complex, the death penalty; and economic justice.
The Black People's Project uses the following organizing strategies:
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Organize against groups that coerces women of color and poor women to get sterilized. |
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Organize discussion groups and forums in Black churches and mosques to empower faith communities to use resources to support survivors and hold perpetrators accountable. |
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Work with homeless women to increase peer advocacy and self-advocacy skills for those who have been assaulted or harassed. |
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Organize community forums and dialogue on mental health, internalized racism, sexism, sexuality, and sexual violence in Black communities. |
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Create a 'zine as a forum for Black people to articulate their experiences of sexual violence, as well as sexual liberation, and distribute them in their communities. |
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