Getting out the vote can be difficult and sometimes dangerous work, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Activists and voters must maintain their safety while ensuring people can peacefully vote, organize, and protest within their communities. Our partner organization Black Women…
A record number of Americans requested a mail-in ballot this year, surpassing 2016 in nearly every state by the end of September. If you're one of the many who have already cast their votes by mail, you may be wondering whether…
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President and CEO Marcela Howell issued the following statement in response: “In the crudest…
Far too often, the voices of HBCU students are stifled in the campus voting conversation. The Next Generation Leadership Institute fellows are shifting that narrative and are leading the charge on highlighting the importance of voting to their peers and…
In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda Emergency COVID Relief Fund to provide aid in seven cities. WASHINGTON — In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda today announced the establishment of a COVID Emergency…
We just wrapped up our Reproductive Justice Week of Action. We asked Black women across the country to share their voter plan for the November election on their social media platforms. What they shared left us in awe of the…
During Reproductive Justice Week of Action 2020, a week dedicated to mobilizing and amplifying our collective voices around policy and culture change issues, we asked our Next Generation Leadership Institute Fellows to join us as Swag Ambassadors. Each of our…
Statement of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President and CEO Marcela Howell WASHINGTON — This week, the U.S. Senate began the confirmation hearing of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the…
Vice President of Government Affairs Michelle Batchelor joins President and CEO of Black Women’s Health Imperative Linda Goler Blount on Black and Well TV to discuss the continuing fight for Reproductive Justice in the midst of a U.S. Supreme Court…
Founder and President Marcela Howell joins Montefiore Medical Center’s Chelsea Brown and Payal Patel to discuss Reproductive Justice and how it can and should be applied by family medicine physicians. Watch their discussion below:
