25 Black Women Who Lost Federal Jobs - Economic Harm & Accountability
THE EXTRAORDINARY POWER OF BLACK WOMEN. AND THE PRICE WE KEEP PAYING.
Once again, elections have reminded America of the extraordinary political power of Black women. We organize. We show up. We help shape the future of this country.
But who shows up for us when our own lives are being dismantled?
What has happened to Black women whose careers, livelihoods, and economic security have been decimated by the Trump administration.
I am one of them.
We did everything right. In fact, we did everything white supremacy demanded of us.
We got the degrees. Often more than one. We worked twice as hard. We mastered the institutions that questioned our belonging. We built distinguished careers, served our country, raised families, bought homes, and saved for retirement.
We believed that excellence, competence, and decades of service would mean something.
We were wrong.
The jobs disappeared. Careers built over decades were dismantled. Financial security evaporated. And the country moved on to the next headline.
But we are still here.
Still unemployed. Still watching savings disappear. Still wondering how we will pay our mortgages, protect our families, and rebuild futures that took a lifetime to secure.
And please, do not call us resilient.
Resilience has become the language America uses to congratulate Black women for surviving what it refuses to prevent.
I am launching The Women Who Did Everything Right, beginning with a pilot of 25 Black women whose careers and livelihoods were disrupted by the actions against the federal workforce, including women working for federal contractors and affected organizations.
I want to know where we are now. What we have lost. What this has cost our families. What it means to confront unemployment, financial insecurity, and professional erasure after decades of achievement.
And I want to ask the questions that aren't being asked loudly enough.
Where are the lawyers? Where are the employers? Where are the institutions that benefited from our labor? Who is documenting the damage? Who is fighting for restitution? Who is going to make us whole?
This is not a project about celebrating our strength. It is about documenting the consequences of institutional decisions and demanding accountability, economic justice, and repair.
I am looking for 25 Black women willing to begin this conversation with me.
If you lost your federal job, were pushed out of public service, or worked for a federal contractor or organization affected by these decisions, please send me a private message. You do not have to share your story publicly.
I also want to hear from attorneys, employers, recruiters, researchers, and organizations prepared to turn these stories into action.
Black women have demonstrated, election after election, what we can do for this country.
Now I want to know what this country is prepared to do for us.
We are done being told to survive what should never have happened. We are demanding to be made whole.