✍🏾: @tiff.chey
This past Saturday, the ‘March for Black Women & Girls’ in Little Rock, AZ highlighted the rising number of Black women and girls who are murdered each year in America. The event started at 10 a.m. on Arkansas Baptist College’s campus where attendees reflected on those who are gone but not forgotten.
The movement began in 2021 under the T.U.R.N. Project, founded by Coffey Davis ( @coffyd ). “I started to notice that there was an awful lot of murders of Black women and girls going on, and it seemed to be unnoticed,” Davis told @KARK4News.
Due to the lack of awareness around the murders of Black women, Davis wanted to shine a light on good things that associate with and uplift Black women in the community. “We are important, we are needed in this community, and the community values us,” she said.
F.B.I. statistics show that at least four Black women are killed in America each day, and sadly often, their names are forgotten.
People marched to the state capitol, where the event concluded. Davis said, “The celebration of Black women is all-inclusive, so I really appreciate that.”
With year number 2 of the event being a success, David has noticed that all types of people are wanting to get involved with her movement! The audience is becoming more divers, so we can expect it to get bigger in years to come! The March for Black Women & Girls will be back for a third round next year and look forward to the turnout! #BWLM💕
