ABSTRACT
Black women and girls matter. They matter in our communities. They matter in our families. They matter in schools. They matter in colleges and universities. Black women and girls matter regardless of context. Yet, speaking their mattering into existence is critical because Black women and girls are overwhelmingly subjected to processes of erasure. The conditions under which erasure occurs consistently make it difficult to locate Black women and girls in policies, practices, and spaces where their well-being and humanity are deemed worthy of investment. As coeditors of this volume, we wanted to engage in a project that not only named the challenges and issues Black women and girls face but also yielded the space to imagine and consider what it means to invest in Black women and girls, particularly within the realm of education.
