Where Joy & Radical Resistance Meet
Empowering Black MaGes
The Black Feminist Project enriches the lives of, restores agency, justice, joy and health to Black womxn, girls and non-men, often referred to as marginalized genders or MaGes and the children they care for - with an emphasis on mother-led families.
Using dynamic and engaging food and reproductive justice programming that explores not only the intersections of race, class, gender and respectability politics, but also empowers them to tap into their inherent leadership abilities and dare to put themselves at the center of their own universes.
Food & Reproductive Justice as an Entry Point
Ever since Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality we have been looking at the myriad of ways that oppression and disparities show up in the lives of Black women, girls, and non-men (often referred to as marginalized genders or MaGes). It does not happen in a silo and it can become easy to get lost in all the moving parts of “solving” a problem. Our model is to use food and reproductive justice and the intersection of the two as an entry point to interrogate the root causes of the ways women, girls, and non-men/boys are disenfranchised and disempowered.
Meet Our Staff & Board
Small but mighty, meet the folks who keep the Black Feminist Project going!
Support Black MaGes
MaGes stands for Marginalized Genders and is a more inclusive term for non-men that includes women, girls, and femmes. Help us sustain our Alice Fields Community Space For MaGes, Black Joy Farm, and other radical programs that center the voices, wisdom, and lived experiences of Black non-men folk.
“If you believe that Black Lives Matter then you are charged with protecting Black women and children”
— Tanya Fields, Founder and Executive Director
Reach Out
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
info@theblackfeministproject.org
Phone
929-227-3325