Black Lives Matter

• VoteEqualityUS unequivocally stands with and supports nonviolent civil disobedience to dismantle systemic racism.

• Black women experience gender discrimination in addition to racism in their daily lives which cannot be ignored:
  • Black women are paid significantly less (62%) than the average earnings of a White male which is also significantly less than the average for all women (82%). (source, AAUW; FAQ “Equal Pay“)
  • Black women are 2.5 times more likely to die while giving birth than White women. (source, NBC/National Center for Health Statistics) 
  • Black women from Jim Crow states are at increased risk of more aggressive breast tumors that were also less responsive to treatment. (source, Harvard)
  • Black women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be murdered by men than White women. (source, American Psychological Association/Institute for Women’s Policy Research) 

• Black lives have always and will always matter.

“If we all take the lead together, hate falls behind.”

Lead Together (Utah)