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Black Women Are Changing California's Victim System

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a woman in a red shirt and a younger woman in a white shirt make a bracelet
Ebony Antoine, founder of Broken By Violence, helps her daughter Courtney Rojas make a bracelet during a healing circle for people affected by violence in Fairfield on May 17, 2022. The organization helps connect survivors of crime with resources and offers emotional support. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

Communities of color in California are the most affected by violent crime. But historically, they haven’t had a seat at the table when it comes to defining what survivors of violent crime want and need.

Now that’s starting to change. Advocacy groups, led by Black women, say that the state needs to reform and rethink the way victim support in California works.

Guest: Marisa Lagos, politics and government correspondent for KQED and co-host of the Political Breakdown Podcast

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