Connecting Black Women's Stories of Survival and Struggle: From São Paulo and Salvador to austin, Texas, Black women experiencing homeless must confront transnational forces of violence, discrimination, and erasure to forge a life on the streets.

Public policies for the population living on the streets in Brazil historically have been marked by the eugenic ideal of racial purity and by intersectional violence in public institutions, grounded in colonial practices. Connecting Black Women's Stories of Survival and Struggle: From São Paulo and Salvador to austin, Texas, Black women experiencing homeless must confront transnational forces of violence, discrimination, and erasure to forge a life on the streets Ferreira has researched racism in social work in Brazil and the African diaspora in the Americas, as well as how ideas of race and nation have shaped public policies. This comparative conversation emerges from our collective, direct and indirect academic discussions as Black feminist scholars concerned about Black women's experiences with homelessness in both Brazil and the United States. [Extracted from the article]