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The Color of Water: Clean Water Access and Reproductive Justice policy report

Lack of Access to Clean Water Harms Women of Color

July 16, 2020
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Abortion Rights, Environmental Justice, Reproductive Justice, Voting Rights

Clean water is unquestionably a priority for Black, Indigenous, and communities of color, and significantly impacts if, when, and how they raise their families, and how they vote. Access to clean, potable water is critical to our daily lives. People…

Black women to Democrats: Defend our rights or don’t count on our votes

Once again, House Democrats will attach the Hyde Amendment to ban abortion coverage for poor women in the appropriations bill. In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President and CEO Marcela Howell issued the follow statement in response...

Examining RJ Views in the South, Tackling Climate Change and Pregnancy, and Standing in Solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives

As a part of In Our Own Voice’s webinar series, this month, we hosted Reproductive Justice Polling in the South: What Black Women Think in Tennessee and Mississippi in partnership with our partner organization SisterReach...

2020 Next Generation Leadership Institute Fellows

June 24, 2020
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Comprehensive Sex Education, Next Generation Leadership Institute, Reproductive Justice

Graduated 2020 Fellows

Leading the Charge on Supporting HBCU Students Through Covid-19 and Beyond

June 23, 2020
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Affordable Health Care, Next Generation Leadership Institute

By Giovanteey Bishop, In Our Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda Next Generation Leadership Institute Program Manager With the spread of COVID-19, many campuses across the nation were faced with sudden closures leaving students to bear the brunt of transitioning to…

Climate Change an Emerging Threat to Pregnancy Health

Webinar Highlights Connection Between Reproductive Justice and Heat Health Epidemiology...

Why Black Women Can’t Breathe – A Statement From the Black Women’s Health Imperative

‘I can’t breathe’ is a term that is notoriously recognized as the final, helpless declaration made before the tragic deaths of Black men at the hands of law enforcement officials...

Letter to House and Senate Leadership on Federal Policing Priorities

Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Majority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Schumer: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (The Leadership Conference), a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect civil and human rights in the United States and the 386 undersigned organizations, we urge you to take swift and decisive legislative action in response to ongoing fatal police killings and other violence against Black people across our country...

Congratulations 2020 Next Generation Leadership Institute Graduates

May 27, 2020
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Next Generation Leadership Institute, Reproductive Justice

In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Agenda hosted the Next Generation Leadership Institute inaugural cohort graduation ceremony on May 20, 2020. Staff members and fellows gathered virtually to honor the dedication and commitment that our nine bold fellows displayed throughout the program.

Reproductive Justice advocates applaud Senate introduction of HEAL for Immigrant Women and Families Act

Today, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Health Equity and Access under the Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women and Families Act in the Senate. In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda founder and President Marcela Howell issued the following statement: