Centering Black Women's Lives in the Matter of Justice: Where Do We Go From Here?

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

This panel will discuss the ways in which Black women have and continue to contribute to leadership and transformative efforts at addressing punishment and victimization against Black women and the communities they are invested in. In doing so, panelists will provide an overview of the role Black female criminologists have had in advancing social and systemic inequities studies both within and outside of academia. Additionally, panelists will discuss the ways Black women have been both victims and offenders in the criminal justice system and how Black women led organizations have addressed both issues. Lastly, recognizing that in order to promote true social change for all people, this panel will discuss solutions and strategies that includes racial and ally coalition building to promote transformative social change for all marginalized communities.

Sub Unit

• Area X: Perceptions and Responses to Crime and Justice / 61: Activism and Social Movements

Individual Presentations

• The Road Ahead: The Role of Black Females in Criminology/Criminal Justice - Helen Greene, Texas Southern University

• Using Black Feminist Criminology to examine the tactics of women organizing in the Digital Era - Kishonna Gray, Eastern Kentucky University

• From Slavery to Jane Crow to Say Her Name - Nishaun Battle, Virginia State University

• Situating Familial, Intimate, and Acquaintance Violence Against Black Girls and Women in the Movement for Black Lives - Hillary Potter, University of Colorado Boulder

• Black and Biracial: Afro-Latinas, Criminalization, and Inclusion While Centering Black Women - Cassandra Mary Frances Gonzalez, University of Colorado Boulder

Chair

• Nishaun Battle, Virginia State University

Discussant

• Allison Cotton, Metropolitan State University of Denver