Statement of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President and CEO Marcela Howell WASHINGTON — Today, the EACH Act was introduced in both houses of Congress by Representatives Barbara Lee, Jan Schakowsky, Diana DeGette, and Ayanna…
On March 9th and 10th, Next Generation Leadership Institute fellows Kalaya Sibley and Amaya Ronczyk, both from Dillard University, hosted 'Feminine Care is Self-Care.' The two-day event sought to promote feminine wellness, vaginal health, and provide students with free menstrual…
Statement on Equal Pay Day by In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda Founder and President Marcela Howell WASHINGTON — Tomorrow, March 24, 2021, is Equal Pay Day, a day that spotlights how far into this year…
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…
In a world where Reproductive Justice is the standard, all women and girls have the complete economic, social, political power and resources to make healthy decisions about our bodies, families, and communities. When we step into the world “living a…
In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda Founder joins with more than 100 allies to demand swift action. WASHINGTON — Today, President Biden issued executive orders to expand access to reproductive health services. In a memorandum, the…
During a season of political chaos and a global pandemic, we know it's easy to absorb the news and the energy around us...
The Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice is an extensive policy agenda for the new administration to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ) in the United States and around the world. The Blueprint was…
Statement by In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President Marcela Howell WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that reinstates requirements that women seeking medication abortions must do so in-person, reversing a lower…
Be sure to include In Our Own Voice on your #GIVINGTUESDAY list. WASHINGTON — In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, a national/state partnership to lift up the voices of Black women, femmes and girls is encouraging…