When you run a grassroots Reproductive Justice organization, it is difficult to watch neighbors in your community suffer because our government has abandoned them during a global pandemic. Our partner organizations, all small non-profits, have done their best to support…
While many people are focused on the election results, we urge you to keep an eye on the courts. A few weeks after the rushed confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett and amid the election, the Supreme Court began its new term…
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…
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…
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…
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:
Black women are powerful. We have always been politically engaged. Despite concerted efforts time and time again to silence our voices and votes, Black women have always led movements for change and mobilized to protect our human rights. The tragic…