Adios…

Thank you so much for the chance to share and learn with you during my guest-stint on Feministe.  It’s been a terrific experience, and I really appreciate the various conversations we have had over the week.  I wanted to leave with you with a few resources to learn more about reproductive justice: (Full disclosure: I love these organizations and their work, so forgive me if I sound like I’m crushing on them, because I am.)

Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice (www.reproductivejustice.org): ACRJ advances reproductive justice at the local, state and national levels through community organizing and movement building.  ACRJ authored the groundbreaking paper, A New Vision for Advancing Our Movement for Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Justice, (http://www.reproductivejustice.org/download/ACRJ_A_New_Vision.pdf) which articulated what the reproductive justice framework is and its power.  ACRJ also has issued a series of papers, The Momentum Series, which draws attention to emerging reproductive justice issues and shares tools, strategies and other resources to advance reproductive justice.

Exhale: (www.4exhale.org): Exhale provides emotional support to women who have had abortions through their national TalkLine.  Centering their work on women’s abortion experiences, not the polarizing debates surrounding abortion, Exhale has staked out their own “Pro-Voice” framework.  Exhale also publishes the bilingual zine, Our Truths/Nuestras Verdades (www.ourtruths.org) as a space where women can share their own experiences with abortion in their own words.

SPARK Reproductive Justice Now (www.sparkrj.org) is a grassroots, community organizing, kick-ass organization in Georgia.  They focus their work on youth, prisons and violence, all from a reproductive justice lens.  And they are led by two of the fiercest activists I know – Paris Hatcher and Mia Mingus.

Pro-Choice Public Education Project (www.protectchoice.org) The organization I am proud to work for, PEP, is dedicated to engaging and informing organizations, young women, transgender and gender-nonconforming young people where sexual and reproductive health and rights are addressed.  We do this through action research on young women of color, like She Speaks and On Our Terms, as well as leadership development through our Young Women’s Leadership Council.

SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective (www.sistersong.net) is a network of women of color organizations working at the local, state and national levels to build a reproductive justice movement.  Among the numerous resources, tools and trainings they provide, their newsletter, Collective Voices, highlights reproductive justice in action.

I could continue ad nauseum, but I’ll stop and invite you to list some of your favorite reproductive justice resources.  And thanks again for a terrific week.

In solidarity,

Aimee