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Lead Like a Black Feminist Distinction Questionnaire

What is the level of government you are seeking?

What is the office you are seeking?

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Economic Justice

Heading into the 2024 election cycle, 58 percent of Black women identified the rising cost of living as the number one issue affecting the country. As of January 2024, Black women are 6.8 percent of the adult labor force and have an unemployment rate of 4.8 percent, which is substantially higher than that of white women.

With the perpetuation of pay inequity, rising costs of housing and other essentials, and general disparities in Black families' ability to access wealth:

Do you believe that elected officials have a role in ensuring community members have the financial resources they need to thrive with their families? (living wages, student loan forgiveness, affordable housing, etc.)

Yes No

Through your votes and policy priorities, do you commit to ensuring the communities you serve have greater access to financial safety through higher wages, lower costs, and innovative programs?

Yes No

Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice

We know that Black women have always fought for and been innovative about family planning. More specifically, abortion is a galvanizing issue for Black women and gender-expansive folks and an organizing opportunity in the upcoming election. Across age, education, and political party, over 40 percent of Black women said that they are more likely to vote for a candidate who is “pro-reproductive freedom.” To state it plainly, Black voters are six times more likely to vote for a candidate who supports abortion access than one who opposes it.

Through your votes and policy priorities, do you commit to removing barriers to accessing reproductive healthcare (birth control, abortion, IVF, etc) and defending the current protections that exist?

Yes No

Education

Black students are less likely than white students to have access to college-readiness courses like honors of advanced placement (AP) classes. And when they do have access, they are underrepresented in those classes.

Do you support increased funding for K-12 public schools that give equitable access to opportunities for all students?

Yes No

Do you believe that elected officials have a role in making every community member feel safe and affirmed through public policy?

Yes No

Are you committed to creating and supporting policies that prevent discrimination and affirm LGBTQ+ people and their inalienable rights?

Yes No

The Earth Around Us

We know environmental Justice is intrinsically tied to Reproductive Justice.

Black people are more likely to live in areas that are vulnerable to extreme weather including exposure to extreme heat and living in areas more likely to be hit by hurricanes. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has also found that race has the strongest relationship to access to safe water.

A report from the Center for American Progress found that there are fewer forests, streams, wetlands, and other natural places near where Black, Latino, and Asian American people live, and that families of color with children have less access to nature nearby than compared to the rest of the country, which has a direct impact on overall health.

Do you support policies that ensure every community member has access to clean water, clean air, healthy food, and environments free of toxins?

Yes No

Freedom From Violence

We believe that freedom from all forms of violence is a requirement in the fight for liberation. In the U.S., Black adult women are six times more likely to be killed than their white counterparts. Black girls aged 18-19 were four times more likely to be imprisoned than White girls. Girls and women of color are the fastest-growing populations in American prisons.

And even within systems that claim to keep communities “safe,” a 2020 study published in the National Library of Medicine found that Black and Latina women who experienced intimate partner or sexual violence were two to three times more likely to experience abuse or a neglectful response from law enforcement when reporting the incident.

Will you vote to support policies that protect Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people from violence in their homes, places of work, schools, etc, affirming their right to safety?

Yes No

Will you sponsor and support policies that protect Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people from state-sanctioned violence from the criminal justice system (police, prisons, etc)?

Yes No

Do you support policies that encourage community policing and neighborhood programs that create an innovative approach to safety?

Yes No

Healthcare

Today, Black people face ongoing disparities in health care and health outcomes. Our life expectancy is nearly five years shorter compared to white people, Black infants have a more than two times higher infant mortality rate than white infants, and Black people are nearly three times more likely than White people to die due to pregnancy-related reasons.

Our communities do not have access to safe, affordable, and easily accessible healthcare options, which has wide-ranging implications on Black women, girls, and gender-expansive folks.

Will you uplift policies that ensure every person has access to affordable and affirming healthcare that meets their medical needs?

Yes No

Decriminalization

Black women, girls, and gender-expansive folks continue to be overrepresented in jails, prisons, and detention centers. Data shows us that over the past two decades, girls' share of the juvenile justice system from courts through incarceration saw sizable increases: arrests increased by 45 percent

Because of the integral roles that Black women, girls, and gender-expansive folks play in our communities, overcriminalization causes a lasting generational impact on Black families.

Do you agree that our current legal system is broken and serves to be punitive while targeting Black and brown communities?

Yes No

Are you committed to abolition and creating a world based on true restoration and not purely discriminatory punishment?

Yes No

Will you sponsor or support policies that decriminalize drugs, release offenders from jail for lower-level offenses, and eliminate cash bail?

Yes No

Migration and Citizenship

The United States continues to proclaim that everyone is welcome - “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” - but we know the experiences of Black immigrants reflect a different reality.

Black immigrants make up 5.4% of the undocumented population in the United States, but make 20.3% of immigrants facing removal/deportation on the basis of criminal conviction. Black immigrants have been denied citizenship more often than any other racial and ethnic group.

Economically, nearly 20 percent of Black immigrants live below the federal poverty line. With Haitian women experiencing the largest economic gap, earning 18.6 percent less than White women.

Do you support a fair and equitable path to citizenship?

Yes No

Do you support ending wars (here and abroad) and emphasizing peace?

Yes No

Final Questions

Are there any of your answers that you would like to explain or elaborate on?

Would you like to share any other information with us as we consider your request for the Lead Like a Black Feminist Distinction?

I commit to governing with the demands, visions, and liberation of Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people at the center of every policy decision.