Media
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity is a national organization that gives young people the tools and resources they need to advocate for justice. We inspire young organizers to discover their own strength and transform it into leadership.
Please direct all media inquiries to TeamURGE@mrss.com.
We can cover interview topics such as:
• Civic engagement and young people
• LGBTQ populations and reproductive rights
• Reproductive justice in marginalized communities
• Student-led approaches to fighting sexual assault on campus
• Youth perspectives on the evolving feminist movement
• Youth and student perspectives on abortion, contraception, pregnancy, and sex education policy (local, state, and national level)
Press Releases
Statement on the 2024 General Election
Nov 06, 2024
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Statement from Kimberly Inez McGuire, Executive Director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity in response to the 2024 general election results: “We may feel disoriented and heartbroken, but the reality is this is the same country it’s always been —one where white supremacy and misogyny run rampant, abortion access is not a guarantee, and …
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Advocates, Artists, and Students Rally for Reproductive Justice in Atlanta
Oct 22, 2024
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Atlanta — On Saturday, October 19, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, and URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, Representative Dr. Jasmine Clark (HD 108), and local activists and artists came together in Atlanta to celebrate the voices of young Latine, Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), …
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Statement on Court Decision Striking Down Georgia’s Six-Week Abortion Ban
Sep 30, 2024
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In July 2022, the state of Georgia banned abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and made the previously routine, and lifesaving, act of performing a dilation and curettage, or D&C, a felony in all but a few circumstances. On September 30th, 2024, Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney issued an order striking down the previous ban and …
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