Black women are sending a message to Congress and making sure our voices are heard loud and clear about protecting our voting rights. I was honored on Sept. 15 to stand in solidarity with some of my sisters and a…
Early this summer, Representative Underwood, Kelly, Adams, and Senator Booker led a letter with over 160 members of Congress, urging leadership to prioritize maternal health in any upcoming package. More than 200 cross-movement organizations, including In Our Own Voice, National…
Thanks to the tireless work of Black women, you now know the statistics; the United States shamefully remains one of 13 countries where maternal mortality and morbidity rates are worse today than they were 25 years ago. In the United…
Statement from In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President and CEO Marcela Howell WASHINGTON — Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Tammy Duckworth introduced the “Support Through Loss Act” — a first-of-its-kind legislation to provide support to…
The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the latest case challenging the Affordable Care Act. The Court also announced today its unanimous ruling in favor of an anti-LGBTQ foster care agency’s right to not comply with nondiscrimination requirements on the grounds of…
More than 30 Black women’s organizations and advocates present proactive Reproductive Justice policy solutions WASHINGTON — Today, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, Interfaith Voices for Reproductive Justice, and SisterLove, Inc. announced the release of the…
Statement by In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President and CEO Marcela Howell WASHINGTON — Tonight, President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress, officially announcing his “American Families Plan.” Totaling $1.8 trillion, the package…
Statement of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President & CEO Marcela Howell WASHINGTON — In response to the guilty verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive…
Statement on Black Maternal Health Week by In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda Founder and President Marcela Howell WASHINGTON — Today, the White House observed Black Maternal Health Week (April 11 –17, 2021), with a proclamation…
The COVID-19 pandemic shed light on the racial health disparities prevalent in the United States, but leaders in the Reproductive Justice space know these inequities are not new. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black women are…
