Double Checkboxes
Black women are often visible in slogans, invisible in budgets.
Work and Vanishing
Hundreds of thousands of Black women have disappeared from the workforce in recent years—burned out, pushed out, or never let in.
Holding Things Together
At the same time, Black women are overrepresented in roles that quietly hold everything together: care, public service, customer support, community work.
Underfunded Founders
Black women start businesses at high rates—but get a tiny slice of investment.
Lift the Floor, Lift the Ceiling
When you design systems that work for Black women, you don't just lift us. You lift everyone standing on the same floor.
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