Em-URGE-ing Voices

Your urgent thoughts, urging action

Posted by Nigel Morton

The Reproductive Justice Case for Taking in Refugees

November 17, 2015

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send thes… Read more »

Posted by Jason T. Frost

Young People Need More Than “Don’t Have Sex”

November 16, 2015

I know at least three people who didn’t know how babies were made until they were old enough to drink. To me, that’s a problem. Th… Read more »

Posted by Carley Towne

We See People, UC Profit

November 13, 2015

Today, I was among hundreds of students and activists who shook off our campus’ reputation for political apathy and marched toward… Read more »

Posted by Kristen Barton

On Family Politics After Marriage Equality

November 13, 2015

This week a lesbian couple in Utah had a child taken away from them in the foster care system because and placed with a heterosexu… Read more »

Posted by Natasha Ivery

Black Students Need a Safe Campus

November 12, 2015

To be honest, I had a great post in mind for today pertaining to love and fat bodies. Had it perfectly crafted, ready to lament of… Read more »

Posted by Carley Towne

Let’s Celebrate Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives for All (on our own terms)

November 12, 2015

Image by the Repeal Hyde Art Project My identity is complex and always shifting; sometimes I revel in the beauty of ambiguity and… Read more »

Posted by Nigel Morton

What Student Activists Should Take Away From Mizzou

November 10, 2015

The University of Missouri is having a historic fall semester of immense social change. A series of student and faculty demonstrat… Read more »

Posted by Hanna Foster

Birth Control’s Journey Through The U.S. Court System

November 10, 2015

Since today is “Thanks, Birth Control” day, I wanted to take a moment to bring up some of the most influential U.S. Supreme Court… Read more »

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