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Living at the Intersection: Black Disabled Women and Girls
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Living at the Intersection: Black Disabled Women and Girls

This video features two Black disabled women—Eman Rimawi-Doster and Heather Watkins—who discuss the barriers they face.

Advancing Racial Equity and Justice, Strengthening Health, Disability, +1 More

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Black disabled women and girls face numerous structural barriers to gaining equitable access to economic security, education, and health care.

Black Women and Girls With Disabilities Series

This series examines the impacts of structural racism, sexism, and ableism on the education, health outcomes, and economic security of Black women and girls with disabilities in the United States.

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Authors

Mia Ives-Rublee

Senior Director, Disability Justice Initiative

David Ballard

Former Associate Director, Economic Policy

Producers

Hai-Lam Phan

Senior Director, Creative

Daniel Lafrentz

Alaa Sadi

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Disability Justice Initiative

We promote policies to ensure disabled people of color and those most marginalized by ableism and other forms of oppression can participate in the economy and democracy.

Racial Equity and Justice

We promote systemic reforms to dismantle structural racial injustices, give everyone an equal opportunity to thrive, and ensure society benefits from our nation’s diversity.

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A closeup of the hands of two students at a school for the blind.

This series examines the impacts of structural racism, sexism, and ableism on the education, health outcomes, and economic security of Black women and girls with disabilities in the United States.

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