In Support of Black History Month

Surrey Women’s Centre stands with Black survivors of gender-based violence. We join WomenatthecentrE – a Black survivor-led grassroots agency – to build a national equity strategy that fights anti-Black gender-based violence.

Black people are often at the forefront of social justice movements. But the contributions of Black women, girls, and trans folks are often ignored, erased or rendered invisible. Meet just a few of the Black activists in Surrey fighting to address anti-Black racism AND gender-based violence.

BHM Group Photo

Welcome

Greetings from WomenatthecentrE!

Thanks to our friends at Surrey Women’s Centre for joining our movement to end gender-based violence against Black women, girls, gender diverse and trans survivors.
 

Nneka MacGregor, Founder, WomenatthecentrE 
 

WomenatthecentrE is a small but mighty grassroots organization created by and for survivors of gender-based violence. Our work is survivor-led and survivor-centred. We use our voices and lived experiences to inform public policy by conducting community-based research to advance equity for survivors. Our latest initiative, Advancing Gender Equity for Black Women, Girls, and Gender Diverse People in Canada is a 5-year strategy to build a national gender equity framework that centres the voices and lived experiences of Black survivors in Canada.

It's a mouthful.

Our founder, Nneka MacGregor simply calls it The Amourgynoir Code, a social justice movement to disrupt anti-Black gender-based violence.

AM • OUR • GY • NOIR
[amour-jee-noir]

1. To centre the lived experiences of black women, girls and gender diverse people and combat anti-black gender-based violence.

2. A call to action that use loves to disrupt mysogynoir and counter the systemic hatred against black women, girls, gender diverse & trans people.

Thanks to our friends at Surrey Women's Centre, we will be connecting with Black survivors of gender-based violence who want to use their lived experiences to help shape our future.