#SayHerName: Why We Should Declare That Black Women And Girls Matter, Too
“When we wear the hoodie, we know that we’re embodying Trayvon. When we
hold our hands up, we know we’re doing what Mike Brown did in the
moments before he was killed. When we say ‘I can’t breathe,’ we’re
embodying Eric Garner’s final words,” Gilmer said. “We haven’t been able
to do the same thing for black women and girls. We haven’t carried
their stories in the same way.” Rachel Gilmer, AAPF Associate Director
