JOIN TODAY'S #HERDREAMDEFERRED EVENT NEGLECTED AT HOME AFTER SERVING ABROAD THE STORY OF BLACK WOMEN VETERANS
2:00 EST - FRIDAY APRIL 1
DID YOU KNOW?
A 2013 report conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office showed that 45% of homeless female veterans were Black women.
In 2008, the Women Veterans Summit revealed that veterans of color constituted 71% of the VA homeless women veterans program, and asserted that female veterans are more likely to experience ‘severe housing cost burden.’
Between 2007 and 2013, a study showed that Black transgender veterans were more almost twice as likely as cis-gendered veterans to have reported sexual trauma while serving in the military.
Even when they have more years of service, Black women in the military generally hold lower ranks than their white counterparts.
Black women who are sexually traumatized in the military are one of the fastest growing segments of the homeless population.
Black women suffer disproportionately to both Black men and white women from the effects of America’s poor support of our veteran population. Black women are subjected to prolonged mistreatment while in the armed forces, and the effects of the sexual harassment/assault epidemic are felt more by Black women veterans. We need to shed light on this under-recognized form of oppression.
Join us for a conversation where we explore the under-discussed marginalization and abuse of Black women who serve and protect our country featuring Anu Bhagwati, Marcel Edwards, Carolyn West, and other veterans and advocates. In recent years, Black women have been enlisting in the US military at higher rates than any other demographic, and Black women currently represent nearly a third of all women in the armed forces. Yet military culture uniquely harms Black women in myriad ways. Tune in to find out more and generate a much needed conversation on how to push back against the unjustifiable harm done to Black women who serve and protect our country.
Join the conversation on social media using the hashtags #WhyWeCantWait and #HerDreamDeferred!
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