<![CDATA[THE LAW AND POLICY GROUP: 5TH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATUS OF BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS – JUNE 5, 2008]]>The mission of the Law and Policy Group, Inc. is to analyze laws and policies which primarily affect the lives of  children, women, and people of color. This group’s findings are disseminated on their web-site, through community outreach programs, policy papers, theater and film, informational seminars, and the media.

The Law and Policy Group, Inc.’s first annual Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® provides a detailed overview of the state of an important, and often undervalued, demographic in America – Black females. The report is unique in that it covers areas that affect all Black women: Health, Employment, Housing, Education, Criminal Justice/Incarceration, Family Status, Spiritual Beliefs, Politics, Welfare, Military, and Consumer Habits. A national report on Black women and girls is a much needed instrument for research, advocacy, and action.

Black women and girls have been a very positive benefit to this country, no matter what anyone else may say or think. Black women and girls should be recognized for all they have contributed to this nation.

It is not very often such a report comes along that addresses the issues of black women and girls, without relegating them to the margins of invisibility, or third-class citizenship in research papers of documentation. Fifteen dollars plus shipping and handling is a small fee to pay for such a much needed report.

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The Law and Policy Group, Inc.’s Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® is the first ongoing report on the state of Black females in America. The Law and Policy Group has long believed that Black women and girls hold a valued place within both the Black community and the larger society.

 

 

 

 
This Report responds to a long awaited need to present the Black female as a whole person with achievements and challenges enabling agencies, individuals, and the media to better understand the progress and pressures of Black women and girls. It provides data on the complex world of Black women and girls from infant to elder in areas of health, education, religious beliefs, employment/income, family status, political participation, and criminal justice. 
 
The Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® is comprised of data from government, foundation, and commercial sources. The Report’s primary goal is to provide information on a demographic vital to America’s past, present, and future. In 1619, one year prior to the landing of the Mayflower, twenty Africans, including two women, arrived in the Jamestown Colony in Virginia.[1] Today, Black females number nearly 20 million and are active in every aspect of American life.  ‘Women hold up half the sky.’ In the Black community, women hold up much, much more.
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Payment by check? Mail your check or money order for $14.95 per Report to:

The Law and Policy Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 850
New York, NY  10002 

For 1-4 Reports, include $2.95 for postage and handling.
For more than five (5) Reports or bulk orders, contact info@lawandpolicygroup.org 
Press Release: June 5, 2008
 
The Law and Policy Group, Inc. 
Announces
First Annual Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®
  ____________________________________________________________
New York, NY; June 5, 2008— The Law and Policy Group, Inc. will present its Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®  at a press conference on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 6:00 p.m.  The location for the press conference and panel discussion is Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA),  80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
An ongoing national report on Black women and girls is a much needed instrument for research, advocacy, and action. The Law and Policy Group, Inc. is taking on this challenge because of the great need to provide an ongoing  national report, that is data-based, on the state of Black women and girls in America.  
The Law and Policy Group, Inc.’s first Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® provides a detailed overview of the state of an important, and often undervalued, demographic in America – Black females. The report is unique in that it covers areas that affect all Black women: Health, Employment, Family Status, Business Ownership, Education, Criminal Justice/Incarceration, Religious Affiliation, Family Status, Political Participation, and Military Enlistment. 
The efforts, discipline, creativity, and caring of Black women have been a benefit to the United States for centuries. There is a saying: ‘Women Hold Up Half the Sky.’ In America’s Black community, women hold up much, much more. Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® informs the reader about how much of the sky is held up by Black women as well as the level of assistance she needs to grow in strength, beauty, and wisdom for generations to come.’Copies of the Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® will be available at the June 26th press conference. Additionally, The Law and Policy Group, Inc.’s Founder and Executive Director, Gloria Browne-Marshall and others will be on hand to discuss the genesis and purpose of the Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®.  

The press conference is open to the public, to join us at this event, please RSVP at 212… or at info@lawandpolicygroup.org. Press/Media contact Ruth Morrison: 646…

About the Law and Policy Group, Inc.
Created in 2001, The Law and Policy Group, Inc. (L&PG) is a ‘think tank for the community’ providing policy information, speakers, public outreach, and legal analysis on issues which affect children, women, and people of color. L&PG bridges the gap between laws, policies, and the people governed by them.  L&PG has produced policy papers on issues such as the rights of female inmates living with HIV/AIDS, statutory rape laws as well as the conflict in Darfur, Sudan. The Law and Policy Group, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization. For more information about The Law and Policy Group, Inc., please visit www.lawandpolicygroup.org.
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Press Release: March 14, 2008
                                                                           
The Law and Policy Group, Inc. Announces First Annual Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®
 
 ____________________________________________________________
 
Brooklyn, NY; March 14, 2008— The Law and Policy Group, Inc., will use the occasion of Women’s History Month to announce that it is embarking upon a mission to provide an annual Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®  at a press conference on Thursday, March 27, 2008, at 11:00 a.m.  The location for the press conference is Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street , Brooklyn , NY 11201 .
 
The Law and Policy Group, Inc. is taking on this challenge because of the great need to provide an annual national report, that is data-based, on the state of Black women and girls in America.  Additional reasons for the report include, but are not limited to:
 
·      the March 8, 2008, United Nations mandate for member countries to invest in women and girls;
·      reporting the important contributions that Black women, in particular, have made to the United States ; and
·      the discussion of the extraordinary challenges that so many Black women and girls overcome as they seek to reach their potential as human beings while contributing to their communities, families, and workplace.
 
“The Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® includes a much needed examination of the state of Black girls as well as Black women,” said Gloria J. Browne-Marshall; Executive Director and Founder, The Law and Policy Group, Inc.  “It is important that the report include Black girls because they are valued young members of society who deserve to be protected, educated, and nurtured as well as being the foundation upon which a healthy, educated, and secure Black woman is developed.”
 
The Law and Policy Group, Inc.’s first annual Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® provides a detailed overview of the state of an important, and often undervalued, demographic in America – Black females. The report is unique in that it covers areas that affect all Black women: Health, Employment, Housing, Education, Criminal Justice/Incarceration, Family Status, Spiritual Beliefs, Politics, Welfare, Military, and Consumer Habits. A national report on Black women and girls is a much needed instrument for research, advocacy, and action.
 
The efforts, discipline, creativity, and caring of Black women have been a benefit to the United States for centuries. There is a saying: “Women Hold Up Half the Sky.” In America ‘s Black community, women hold up much, much more. Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® informs the reader about how much of the sky is held up by Black women as well as the level of assistance she needs to continue to grow in strength, beauty, and wisdom for generations to come.”   

Copies of the Executive Statement from the Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® will be available to the press at the March 27th press conference.  Additionally, The Law and Policy Group, Inc.’s Founder and Executive Director, Gloria Browne-Marshall and others will be on hand to discuss the genesis and purpose of the Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®.
 
The Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® will be released on Juneteenth, Thursday, June 19, 2008. 
 
The press conference is open to the public, to join us at this event, please RSVP at 212… or at info@lawandpolicygroup.org.
.
 
About the Law and Policy Group, Inc.
 
Created in 2001, The Law and Policy Group, Inc. (L&PG) is a “think tank for the community” providing policy information, speakers, public outreach, and legal analysis on issues which affect children, women, and people of color. L&PG bridges the gap between laws, policies, and the people governed by them.  L&PG has produced policy papers on issues such as the rights of female inmates living with HIV/AIDS, statutory rape laws as well as the conflict in Darfur , Sudan . The Law and Policy Group, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization. For more information about The Law and Policy Group, Inc., please visit www.lawandpolicygroup.org.


 

 

 

 

 
This Report responds to a long awaited need to present the Black female as a whole person with achievements and challenges enabling agencies, individuals, and the media to better understand the progress and pressures of Black women and girls. It provides data on the complex world of Black women and girls from infant to elder in areas of health, education, religious beliefs, employment/income, family status, political participation, and criminal justice. 
 
The Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® is comprised of data from government, foundation, and commercial sources. The Report’s primary goal is to provide information on a demographic vital to America’s past, present, and future. In 1619, one year prior to the landing of the Mayflower, twenty Africans, including two women, arrived in the Jamestown Colony in Virginia.[1] Today, Black females number nearly 20 million and are active in every aspect of American life.  ‘Women hold up half the sky.’ In the Black community, women hold up much, much more.
_______
Payment by check? Mail your check or money order for $14.95 per Report to:

The Law and Policy Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 850
New York, NY  10002 

For 1-4 Reports, include $2.95 for postage and handling.
For more than five (5) Reports or bulk orders, contact info@lawandpolicygroup.org.
Press Release: June 5, 2008
 
The Law and Policy Group, Inc. 
Announces
First Annual Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®
  ____________________________________________________________
New York, NY; June 5, 2008— The Law and Policy Group, Inc. will present its Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®  at a press conference on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 6:00 p.m.  The location for the press conference and panel discussion is Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA),  80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
An ongoing national report on Black women and girls is a much needed instrument for research, advocacy, and action. The Law and Policy Group, Inc. is taking on this challenge because of the great need to provide an ongoing  national report, that is data-based, on the state of Black women and girls in America.  
The Law and Policy Group, Inc.’s first Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® provides a detailed overview of the state of an important, and often undervalued, demographic in America – Black females. The report is unique in that it covers areas that affect all Black women: Health, Employment, Family Status, Business Ownership, Education, Criminal Justice/Incarceration, Religious Affiliation, Family Status, Political Participation, and Military Enlistment. 
The efforts, discipline, creativity, and caring of Black women have been a benefit to the United States for centuries. There is a saying: ‘Women Hold Up Half the Sky.’ In America’s Black community, women hold up much, much more. Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® informs the reader about how much of the sky is held up by Black women as well as the level of assistance she needs to grow in strength, beauty, and wisdom for generations to come.’Copies of the Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® will be available at the June 26th press conference. Additionally, The Law and Policy Group, Inc.’s Founder and Executive Director, Gloria Browne-Marshall and others will be on hand to discuss the genesis and purpose of the Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®.  

The press conference is open to the public, to join us at this event, please RSVP at 212… or at info@lawandpolicygroup.org. Press/Media contact Ruth Morrison: 646…

About the Law and Policy Group, Inc.
Created in 2001, The Law and Policy Group, Inc. (L&PG) is a ‘think tank for the community’ providing policy information, speakers, public outreach, and legal analysis on issues which affect children, women, and people of color. L&PG bridges the gap between laws, policies, and the people governed by them.  L&PG has produced policy papers on issues such as the rights of female inmates living with HIV/AIDS, statutory rape laws as well as the conflict in Darfur, Sudan. The Law and Policy Group, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization. For more information about The Law and Policy Group, Inc., please visit www.lawandpolicygroup.org.
#   #   #
 
Press Release: March 14, 2008
                                                                           
The Law and Policy Group, Inc. Announces First Annual Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®
 
 ____________________________________________________________
 
Brooklyn, NY; March 14, 2008— The Law and Policy Group, Inc., will use the occasion of Women’s History Month to announce that it is embarking upon a mission to provide an annual Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®  at a press conference on Thursday, March 27, 2008, at 11:00 a.m.  The location for the press conference is Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street , Brooklyn , NY 11201 .
 
The Law and Policy Group, Inc. is taking on this challenge because of the great need to provide an annual national report, that is data-based, on the state of Black women and girls in America.  Additional reasons for the report include, but are not limited to:
 
·      the March 8, 2008, United Nations mandate for member countries to invest in women and girls;
·      reporting the important contributions that Black women, in particular, have made to the United States ; and
·      the discussion of the extraordinary challenges that so many Black women and girls overcome as they seek to reach their potential as human beings while contributing to their communities, families, and workplace.
 
“The Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® includes a much needed examination of the state of Black girls as well as Black women,” said Gloria J. Browne-Marshall; Executive Director and Founder, The Law and Policy Group, Inc.  “It is important that the report include Black girls because they are valued young members of society who deserve to be protected, educated, and nurtured as well as being the foundation upon which a healthy, educated, and secure Black woman is developed.”
 
The Law and Policy Group, Inc.’s first annual Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® provides a detailed overview of the state of an important, and often undervalued, demographic in America – Black females. The report is unique in that it covers areas that affect all Black women: Health, Employment, Housing, Education, Criminal Justice/Incarceration, Family Status, Spiritual Beliefs, Politics, Welfare, Military, and Consumer Habits. A national report on Black women and girls is a much needed instrument for research, advocacy, and action.
 
The efforts, discipline, creativity, and caring of Black women have been a benefit to the United States for centuries. There is a saying: “Women Hold Up Half the Sky.” In America ‘s Black community, women hold up much, much more. Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® informs the reader about how much of the sky is held up by Black women as well as the level of assistance she needs to continue to grow in strength, beauty, and wisdom for generations to come.”   

Copies of the Executive Statement from the Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® will be available to the press at the March 27th press conference.  Additionally, The Law and Policy Group, Inc.’s Founder and Executive Director, Gloria Browne-Marshall and others will be on hand to discuss the genesis and purpose of the Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls®.
 
The Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls® will be released on Juneteenth, Thursday, June 19, 2008. 
 
The press conference is open to the public, to join us at this event, please RSVP at 212… or at info@lawandpolicygroup.org.
.
 
About the Law and Policy Group, Inc.
 
Created in 2001, The Law and Policy Group, Inc. (L&PG) is a “think tank for the community” providing policy information, speakers, public outreach, and legal analysis on issues which affect children, women, and people of color. L&PG bridges the gap between laws, policies, and the people governed by them.  L&PG has produced policy papers on issues such as the rights of female inmates living with HIV/AIDS, statutory rape laws as well as the conflict in Darfur , Sudan . The Law and Policy Group, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization. For more information about The Law and Policy Group, Inc., please visit www.lawandpolicygroup.org.


 

 

 

 

 

 

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