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Andrea Ritchie – Writer, Lawyer, Organizer and Researcher

When thinking of Andrea Ritchie a string of power words come to mind to describe an ordinary person activated by injustice. Words like unapologetic, commitment, liberation, love, transformation, determination, unwavering, tireless, purpose, abolition and relentless. Compassion, empathy, and humility ring true as well for this Black lesbian, immigrant, and survivor whose body of work defines a frame of transformative love.

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ndrea unapologetically embraces the identities that have given shape to her life and its purpose. Allowing her to own the liberation of uncloseted freedom that comes from engagement in the struggle for justice. Informed by a willingness to learn even when so knowledgeable. She has clear eyed commitment to making way for the world she wants for herself and all Black people, especially Black girls, women, including those who are trans and gender non-conforming. She cares about and advocates for those society disregards, “the least of these” among us, those whose stories are often overlooked, though they are disproportionally subjected to acts of violence.

Attorney, author, scholar, and activist Andrea Ritchie has dedicated herself to shedding light on ugly facts while bearing unflinching witness to the present and offering a vision of a world free of police and carceral systems. She was lead counsel in impact litigation case Tikkun v. City of New York and she drafted and negotiated policies for interactions between NYPD and members of the LGBTQ people. Andrea helps to form and inform other organizations across the country in the development of policies around police interactions with women and LGBTQ people. She is sought after television news commentator, author of several research reports, articles and opinion pieces as well as books Invisible No More, a history of state violence against women of color, and co-author of No More Police: A Case for Abolition with Mariame Kaba.

#BlackWomenAreDivine
@invisiblenomorebook
Offered by Audrena Redmond @audrenar
Graphic by Megan Castillo @megann.jade
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Andrea Ritchie – Writer, Lawyer, Organizer and Researcher

When thinking of Andrea Ritchie a string of power words come to mind to describe an ordinary person activated by injustice. Words like unapologetic, commitment, liberation, love, transformation, determination, unwavering, tireless, purpose, abolition and relentless. Compassion, empathy, and humility ring true as well for this Black lesbian, immigrant, and survivor whose body of work defines a frame of transformative love.

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ndrea unapologetically embraces the identities that have given shape to her life and its purpose. Allowing her to own the liberation of uncloseted freedom that comes from engagement in the struggle for justice. Informed by a willingness to learn even when so knowledgeable. She has clear eyed commitment to making way for the world she wants for herself and all Black people, especially Black girls, women, including those who are trans and gender non-conforming. She cares about and advocates for those society disregards, “the least of these” among us, those whose stories are often overlooked, though they are disproportionally subjected to acts of violence.

Attorney, author, scholar, and activist Andrea Ritchie has dedicated herself to shedding light on ugly facts while bearing unflinching witness to the present and offering a vision of a world free of police and carceral systems. She was lead counsel in impact litigation case Tikkun v. City of New York and she drafted and negotiated policies for interactions between NYPD and members of the LGBTQ people. Andrea helps to form and inform other organizations across the country in the development of policies around police interactions with women and LGBTQ people. She is sought after television news commentator, author of several research reports, articles and opinion pieces as well as books Invisible No More, a history of state violence against women of color, and co-author of No More Police: A Case for Abolition with Mariame Kaba.

#BlackWomenAreDivine
@invisiblenomorebook
Offered by Audrena Redmond @audrenar
Graphic by Megan Castillo @megann.jade

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