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Reflections of '#SayHerName: An Evening of Arts & Action'

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WATCH entire #SayHerName performance via Hammer's Livestream On March 28th, 2017 at Westwood, California’s Hammer Museum a special performance of spoken word, song and movement entitled #SayHerName: An Evening of Arts and Action , curated by Abby Dobson , honored Black women and girls victimized by police brutality, featuring family members of victims, celebrated artists, civil rights scholars and social justice advocates. After performance: Justice for our sisters, daughters, mothers and loved ones up above Hosted by  African American Policy Forum , t his special evening was part of the third annual #HerDreamDeferred , a  weeklong series focusing on the status of Black women and girls by offering analysis and solutions to social injustice, organized by leading critical race theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw , a Columbia and UCLA law professor. "Black women and girls have continually been on the front lines of progressive change movements, using the