MEDIA ADVISORY September 22, 2017 Contact: Alexa Mauzy-Lewis, Camino PR alexa@caminopr.com / 212-255-2575 Data show most do not think it is a good time to be Black in America WASHINGTON - In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice…
MEDIA ADVISORY September 20, 2017 Contact: Alexa Mauzy-Lewis, Camino PR alexa@caminopr.com / 212-255-2575 'When Black Women Lead' conference to focus on policies to advance Black women's rights WASHINGTON - In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda will…
MEDIA ADVISORY September 14, 2017 Contact: Alexa Mauzy-Lewis, Camino PR alexa@caminopr_com / 212-255-2575 Groundbreaking reproductive justice report findings to be presented at the Caucus's annual conference WASHINGTON - In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda will conduct…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 7, 2017 Contact: Alexa Mauzy-Lewis (212-255-2575 or alexa@caminopr.com) Statement of In Our Own Voice Founder and Executive Director Marcela Howell WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy Devos announced plans to end the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 20I7 Contact: Alexa Mauzy-Lewis, Camino PR alexa@.caminopccom / 212-255-2575 Statement from In Our Own Voice WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, the Trump administration announced plans to end the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program,…
For Immediate Release August 31, 2017 Contact: Alexa Mauzy-Lewis, Camino PR alexa@caminopr.com / 212-255-2575 Statement from In Our Own Voice WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the White House revoked an Obama administration equal pay rule that required employers to disclose the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 20I7 Contact: Loretta Kane (9 I 7-4 I 0-724 2 or loretta@caminopr.com) Statement of Founder and Executive Director Marcela Howell WASHINGTON - In response to the deadly attack on civil rights protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia…
By Nourbese Flint
In a classroom at Gardena High School, just outside of Los Angeles, a group of young Black women and women of color stand in a row and listen to a prompt: “If you don’t think young men respect you, step forward.” Each of the young women takes a step.
“If you’ve ever decided not to wear something tight or short because you thought men may talk to you or about you when you walk down the street, step forward.” Again, the young women all take a step.
Sexual harassment disproportionately impacts young Black women and women of color of all sexual orientations. Harassment can include physical, mental and emotional abuse, ranging from a stare that makes a girl feel unsafe to objectifying remarks to unwanted sexual contact. As one high school student explained: “Sexual harassment to me is tearing down anyone, really. Physically, by touching; mentally, by calling them [sexualizing] names.”
January 21, 2016—Based on data recently released by the Feminist Majority Foundation, “harassment, intimidation, and threats against abortion providers have nearly doubled, with the percentage of clinics impacted increasing from 26.6% in 2010 to 51.9% in 2014.” In Our Own Voice joined Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-MD) and several other state and national advocates at the National Press Club on January 21, 2016, to speak out against clinic violence, and to urge the House Select Investigative Panel to turn their focus and address anti-abortion violence, or disband altogether.
By Janette Robinson Flint, executive director of Black Women for Wellness
Cross-posted in LA Sentinel, November 20, 2015
When breathing is easy, we can think, create, and live fuller lives. But for many communities in Los Angeles, breathing is easier said than done. There are days where I look out the window, and can’t see the mountains that surround Los Angeles. On those days, I unconsciously avoid looking at the air we are breathing, yet I know that the smog will be heavier in the lungs of children in my community who have asthma.
