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There will be days when you don’t feel like fighting and that’s ok. You have a multitude of people worldwide behind you, at your left and at your right, in front of you and for sure under your feet as you stand on the shoulders of the fiercest warriors whom across centuries have fought to end sexual violence. We FIGHT for you and for us, until there is peace. #CosbyWatch #DearSurvivor

Our work here at Black Women’s Blueprint has been to act and speak against the sexual violence that too many of us have endured at the hands of those who swore an oath to serve and protect us. We’re constantly writing, and engaging in conversation on behalf of Black women and girls who are survivors of rape. We are continuously defending our right to dignity and to safety. Today, we are demanding harm-doers be held responsible, repositioning the blame on the rightful partie

Know that your unwavering stance whether in the courtroom, at home or in your heart is part of a long legacy of resistance by Black women survivors, warriors, healers and freedom fighters like Harriet Jacobs, Fannie Lou Hamer, Recy Taylor and Joan Little. Our prayers are that you know and understand you did nothing to cause this violence against you. Know that no matter what our state, what we wear, what we said, what or how we drive, you did nothing to cause sexual violence

Black Women’s Blueprint is committed to ending rape and to affirming all survivors, including any survivor whether or not she has come forward in the Bill Cosby case. A trial against any person who rapes creates the critical space needed for public reckoning in all communities, in our siloed movements and in relationships fueled by a persistent competition between race-based and gender-based violence where Black folks are concerned. When survivors speak their truths they crea

Recently Bill Cosby made his first public appearance in over two years during an interview with SiriusXM, which conspicuously coincided with the beginning of the jury selection process for his trial set for June 5th. Allegations of sexual assault, lodged against Cosby by over 60 women, first publicly circulated in 2014. Cosby has since vehemently denied these allegations, despite admitting to offering Quaaludes to women prior to engaging in sexual relations with them. The sol

Photo: Inquiring Minds - Girls and STEM -Here, children take part in a science class, Washington, March 1942 #CosbyWatch: Bill Cosby's trial is set for June 5. Thirteen survivors are courageously testifying. We #BelieveSurvivors and Center Survivors. Tweet with Us: This week Black Women's Blueprint hosted a Twitter Chat #Vision4BlackWomen @blackwomensbp. Type in the hashtag on Twitter to follow the conversation. It is not too late to add your voice! Click here to see the thre