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Andrea J. Ritchie
Andrea is a Black lesbian immigrant survivor who co-founded Interrupting Criminalization and the In Our Names Network, a network of over 20 organizations working to end police violence against Black women, girls, trans and gender nonconforming people, and led INCITE!'s work on law enforcement violence.