🎒 Distributed over 2,500 backpacks to ensure Black girls show up to school prepared and empowered. 💰 Granted over $100,000 to organizations statewide committed to the advancement of Black Women and Girls. 👑 Honored 214 Black Women Trailblazers , lifting up those who lead with power, purpose, and vision. 🌟 Produced 32 events celebrating our beauty , amplifying our stories, and affirming our worth. Engaged over 25,000 Black females across California— activating voices, building movements, and cultivating collective power. These are not just numbers. They represent a growing movement rooted in data, fueled by community, and led by Black Women.
But we cannot do this alone.
This report underscores the need for sustained targeted investment in the leadership, health, and economic wellbeing of Black Women and Girls. It calls on philanthropy, government, and the private sector go beyond performative allyship and embrace bold, equity- centered action. Because when Black Women rise, we bring families, communities, and the entire state with us.
We are not a problem to be fixed—we are a promise to be fulfilled.
As you read this report, I urge you to move from acknowledgment to action. Fund this work. Share these findings. Center Black Women in your strategies, your budgets, and your priorities.
Let this moment be a turning point. Not because we asked for charity—but because we’ve always deserved equity.
Together, we can ensure that the future of California is one where Black Women don’t just survive—we soar.
In power and purpose,
Kellie Todd Griffin President & CEO California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute
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