President Biden has nominated people with a diversity of professional, educational, and experiential backgrounds to serve in his cabinet and in other key agency positions. Many of these nominees are women of color, an exciting advancement and one that’s long…
Today, with endorsement from over 250 organizations, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA) have reintroduced the Health Equity and Access under Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Families Act to support access to health care for immigrant communities. The…
After over a year, as COVID-19 disproportionately took the lives of Black and brown people, vaccines offer a light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. But the same systemic racism that has caused health inequities for thousands of…
In early January, Next Generation Leadership Institute Fellow (2020-2021) and Spelman College student Asia Brown launched 601 for Period Equity. Since then, the organization has donated nearly 500 care packages to women's shelters, schools, community organizations, and menstruating people in…
Statement from In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration has reopened enrollment for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, from February 15 to May 15, 2021. However, the timeline for enrollment…
Statement of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President and CEO Marcela Howell WASHINGTON – The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 has been introduced by Representative Underwood, Representative Alma Adams and Senator Booker along…
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden announced that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is his appointee to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Marcela Howell, president and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda,…
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…
Statement from In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could strike down the Affordable Care Act, leaving millions of people without health care…
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…
