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Meet Georgia Dusk: A Narrative Project that is Preserving Black Birth Workers Stories in the South.
Oct 07, 2024
/ Victor O.
When I think about some of the most transformative work happening in the movement for reproductive justice, I think about two memory workers, Dartricia Rollins and Ashby Combahee. Since 2021, Rollins and Combahee started Georgia Dusk: Southern Liberation Oral History Project. Georgia Dusk is an intergenerational counter-narrative project that uses oral history to actively challenge the …
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See AllMeet Georgia Dusk: A Narrative Project that is Preserving Black Birth Workers Stories in the South.
Nov 14, 2024
/ Victor O.
/ Our Folks Blog
When I think about some of the most transformative work happening in the movement for reproductive justice, I think about two memory workers, Dartricia Rollins and Ashby Combahee. Since 2021, Rollins and Combahee started Georgia Dusk: Southern Liberation Oral History Project. Georgia Dusk is an intergenerational counter-narrative project that uses oral history to actively challenge the …
“Why” is a Weak Question
Nov 14, 2024
/ Myriam-Fernanda AD
/ Our Folks Blog
Larger systemic anxieties are at the heart of mine and others fear for having kids. ‘Why are people having fewer babies?’ A question posed more and more in recent years, as though the world population isn’t in the billions. In a UNC study from the 90s, a number of European countries were observed as they offered direct …
To birth or not to birth? We will never have a say.
Oct 29, 2024
/ Myriam-Fernanda AD
/ Our Folks Blog
How the intersection of forced sterilization and forced birth leaves Latinas at a standstill. In an attempt to cope with a paradox of forced birth and forced sterilization, there seems to be an impenetrable standstill. Not only are political factors like immigration and access to abortion uniquely affecting Latin migrant populations, but also dangerous cultural …
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See AllStatement on the 2024 General Election
Nov 06, 2024
/ Press Release
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 …
Advocates, Artists, and Students Rally for Reproductive Justice in Atlanta
Oct 22, 2024
/ Press Release
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), …
Statement on Court Decision Striking Down Georgia’s Six-Week Abortion Ban
Sep 30, 2024
/ Press Release
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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See AllYouth Access to Telehealth for Sexual & Reproductive Health Care
Sep 25, 2024
/ Factsheet
Developed by RHITES, Collective Power, Advocates for Youth, and URGE, this factsheet details how telehealth services can help bridge barriers to reproductive and sexual health for young people. It also discusses the policy fixes that could make this health delivery option more available and affordable.
Reproductive Justice Values for Federal Universal Health Care Reform
Sep 24, 2024
/ Issue Brief
On August 16, 1994, Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice published a full-page letter to Congress in the Washington Post and Roll Call titled “Black Women on Health Care Reform.” They demanded universal, comprehensive, and affordable health coverage and access with robust nondiscrimination protections for all. In honor of this call to action and …
Reproductive Justice Principles for Federal Universal Health Care Reform
Sep 24, 2024
/ Issue Brief
On August 16, 1994, Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice published a full-page letter to Congress in the Washington Post and Roll Call titled “Black Women on Health Care Reform.” They demanded universal, comprehensive, and affordable health coverage and access to robust nondiscrimination protections for all. In honor of this call to action and …
