Racial Justice & Police Violence Policy Statement

The deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, and too many other Black people at the hands of police are deeply intertwined with our nation’s long history of racial injustice and with our founding origins as a nation that prospered through the enslavement of Black people. As one of the nation’s oldest women’s organizations with a longstanding mission to eliminate racism and empower women, we are devastated by the police violence and systemic racism that continue to exist in our communities. Unless critical steps are taken, the trauma of racial violence will continue and reverberate across the next generations of children and families for whom we provide child care, job training, housing, and safety from domestic and sexual violence.