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  Black women have historically played a key role in protecting voting rights and urging their communities to vote. Deborah Scott Atlanta help found Georgia Stand-Up -nonpartisan civic engagement organization Harvard’s provide leaders with tools to run their organization, navigate spaces that often are unwelcoming. 1.       The program, -Power, Innovation and Leadership -executive education program out of Harvard Of the 24 women, in the inaugural cohort some ran community organization, some led wealth equity projects, others were involved in politics. 2.       LaTosha Brown -national civil rights activists founded the program 3.       Their work focused on the South -historically a hostile environment for Black people, slow to address disparities 4.       Took place January 2023 in person Harvard orientation, followed by weekly online sessions, lasting four months, as women returned to campus for intense sessions, and soul stirring dinner event and uplifting closing ceremony 5.       T

  1.       Different women of color experience different set of experiences, while the vast majority of those in the #MeTOO sexual assault stories are white women. 2.       But is this because fewer women of color submit or do they feel pressure to represent and tell their own stories fall by the wayside? 3.       For some the challenge of being assaulted stem from her multiple identities..as a nonbinary femme and queer and Muslim and Bangladeshi means bringing a gretter set of issues to the table. 4.       At times gathering people who shared marginalized identities, some feel that they cannot access that space a.       Feels more intense when Jordan shares her story with queer Muslim community that she was assaulted in that space because everyone knows each other and will talk b.       Having people that believe her makes a difference in how she creates new communities c.       Working through therapy -the content ofher experiences (writing and reading apiece about sexual