Andrea Ritchie

Andrea J. Ritchie is a writer, lawyer, and activist for women of color, especially LGBTQ women of color, who have been victims of police violence.[1][2] Ritchie co-authored the report SayHerName: Police Violence against Black Women and Women of Color with Kimberle Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum.[3] In 2017, Ritchie published Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color.[1]

Ritchie's writing has appeared in the The New York Times, Teen Vogue, and Essence (magazine).[4][5][6]

Andrea Ritchie attended Cornell University and Howard University School of Law.[7] She is a Researcher-in-Residence at the Social Justice Institute at the Barnard Center for Research on Woman.[8]

References
  1. Corley, Cheryl (2017-11-05). "'Invisible No More' Examines Police Violence Against Minority Women". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  2. Ritchie, Robyn Maynard,Andrea J. (2020-04-09). "Black Communities Need Support, Not a Coronavirus Police State". Vice. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  3. Crenshaw, Kimberle (2018-06-20). "SAY HER NAME: Resisting Police Brutality against Black Women". aapf.org/. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  4. Ritchie, Andrea J. "How a Violent, Viral Arrest Changed Dajerria Becton's Life". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  5. Ritchie, Andrea J. (2017-07-21). "Opinion | A Warrant to Search Your Vagina". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  6. Kaba, Mariame; Ritchie, rea J. "We Want More Justice For Breonna Taylor Than The System That Killed Her Can Deliver". Essence. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  7. "Andrea Ritchie". Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  8. "2018 Women's History Month Keynote Lecture presented by Andrea J. Ritchie | Institute for Women's Studies". iws.uga.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-08.


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