Podcasts about sistersong women

How do you start to make change happen with people when you'd rather call them out or cancel them altogether? Are calling out or cancelling ever effective? And...is there a different way to actually make change happen (that minimizes the chances of burning out or losing your mind in the process)? Today on the WANTcast we are talking to LEGENDARY human rights activist Loretta J. Ross, author of the new book CALLING IN: How To Start Making Change With Those You'd Rather Cancel. In this groundbreaking conversation, we'll talk about: The 5-C continuum of Calling In, Calling Out, Calling On, Cancelling, and Calling it Off How to do better "threat assesments"  Loretta's pivotal moment and first "calling in" experience with people who seemed the most unlikely to want to change How to turn potential conflict into conversation and more!! **CW: this conversation contains mention of rape **Want to read along? Check the "transcript" option in your podcast player! BIO: Loretta J. Ross is an activist, professor, and public intellectual. In her five decades in the human rights movement, she's deprogramed white supremacists, taught convicted rapists the principles of feminism, and organized the second-largest march on Washington (surpassed only by the 2017 Women's March). A cofounder of the National Center for Human Rights Education and the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, her many accolades and honors include a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship and a 2024 induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Today, Ross is an associate professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and a partner with 14th Strategies Consultants, with which she runs “Calling In” training sessions at organizations around the country. Loretta has co-written three books on reproductive justice: Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice in 2004; Reproductive Justice: An Introduction in March 2017; and Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique in October 2017. Her newest book, Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel is available TODAY, wherever books are sold. ~ SHOW NOTES: Website Loretta's TED Talk Get your copy of CALLING IN Calling In courses + education Instagram ~ Subscribe to WANT on Substack Join THE WANT COMMUNITY Buy your copy of WANT YOUR SELF here  (Reading WYS for the new year in your book club? Email me at katie@womenagainstnegativetalk.com and let me know! Follow Katie on Instagram Love the WANTcast? We would be so grateful if you would SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW the pod on iTunes!

Kimberly Atkins Stohr hosts #SistersInLaw to discuss the dangers of hurricane disinformation, the risk of fraud, possible legal remedies, and a case in California targeting Exxon Mobil for lies about the recyclability of oil-based plastic products.  Then, the #Sisters cover the charges in an ISIS-inspired election-day terror plot, the progression of criminal complaints compared to a grand jury indictment, and the other risks posed by extremism in the run-up to November 5th.  They also sound the alarm over Project 2025's threat to disaster relief via privatization and its limitations targeting reproductive healthcare and STI treatment. Get your #SistersInLaw MERCH at politicon.com/merch WEBSITE & TRANSCRIPT Email: SISTERSINLAW@POLITICON.COM or Thread to @sistersInLaw.podcast Mentioned By The #Sisters: Joyce's Substack, Civil Discourse, Hurricane Rumor Response Joyce's Substack, Civil Discourse, Women? Or Human Incubator? Trump Upgrades His Con To Category 5 Judge McBurney's Opinion in Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective V. Georgia Get text updates from #SistersInLaw and Politicon.  Check out Kim's New Politicon Podcast: Justice By Design Please Support This Week's Sponsors: Factor: Get 50% off your first box, plus 20% off your next month, of delicious, premium quality, ready-to-eat meals with code SIL50 at factormeals.com/sil50 HoneyLove: Get 20% OFF @honeylove by going to honeylove.com/sisters! #honeylovepod Calm: Perfect your meditation practice and get better sleep with 40% off a premium subscription when you go to calm.com/sisters OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code: SISTERS at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Thrive Causemetics: For 20% off incredible clean and cause-focused beauty products, go to thrivecausemetics.com/sisters Get Barb's New Book:  Attack From Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America Barb's Book Tour  Get More From #SistersInLaw Joyce Vance: Twitter | University of Alabama Law | MSNBC | Civil Discourse Substack Jill Wine-Banks: Twitter | Facebook | Website | Author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight For Truth & Justice Against A Criminal President | Just the Facts  Kimberly Atkins Stohr: Twitter | Boston Globe | WBUR | Unbound Newsletter | Justice By Design Podcast Barb McQuade: Twitter | University of Michigan Law | Just Security | MSNBC

Joyce Vance hosts #SistersInLaw to discuss Judge McBurney's ruling striking down Georgia's 6-week abortion ban on personal liberty grounds, the danger of making life or death medical decisions based on politics, and the problems caused by pushing abortion laws back to the states.  Then, the #Sisters analyze the merits and effectiveness of Jack Smith's brief in Trump's J6 trial, investigate whether there will be new revelations, and tear apart Trump's claims of election interference by the DOJ.  They also preview upcoming SCOTUS cases on transgender care for minors, ghost guns, social media securities law, and removing an inmate from death row. Get your #SistersInLaw MERCH at politicon.com/merch WEBSITE & TRANSCRIPT Email: SISTERSINLAW@POLITICON.COM or Thread to @sistersInLaw.podcast Mentioned By The #Sisters: Judge McBurney's Opinion in Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective V. Georgia Get text updates from #SistersInLaw and Politicon.  Check out Kim's New Politicon Podcast: Justice By Design Please Support This Week's Sponsors: Wild Grain:  Get $30 off and free croissants in every box when you start your subscription to delicious quick-bake artisanal pastries, pasta, and bread at wildgrain.com/sisters with promo code: SISTERS Osea Malibu: Get 10% off your order of clean beauty products from OSEA Malibu, with free samples and free shipping on orders over $60, when you go to oseamalibu.com and use promo code: SISTERS Get Barb's New Book:  Attack From Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America Barb's Book Tour  Get More From #SistersInLaw Joyce Vance: Twitter | University of Alabama Law | MSNBC | Civil Discourse Substack Jill Wine-Banks: Twitter | Facebook | Website | Author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight For Truth & Justice Against A Criminal President Kimberly Atkins Stohr: Twitter | Boston Globe | WBUR | Unbound Newsletter | Justice By Design Podcast Barb McQuade: Twitter | University of Michigan Law | Just Security | MSNBC

It's a regular Star Wars bar on today's show, with updates in Donald Trump's election interference case and Alex Jones's bankruptcy. But the real star is New York Mayor Eric Adams, who wants to dismiss his indictment because the Supreme Court says it's not a bribe if you don't get paid until after you do the official act. It's a gratuity, which is as American as apple pie! Links: US v. Adams [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69197933/united-states-v-adams/ Free Speech Systems Bankruptcy [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/64868456/free-speech-systems-llc-and-official-committee-of-unsecured-creditors-of/ Alex Jones Bankruptcy  [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones-and-official-committee-of-unsecured-creditors/  Alex Jones' Company To Be Broken Up And Sold For Scrap https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/alex-jones-company-to-be-broken-up  Tell Alex Jones to Eat Shit: Let's Buy Infowars https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/09/30/tell-alex-jones-to-eat-shit-lets-buy-infowars/ Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective v. State of Georgia, Order https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25178630-mcburney-sistersong-final-order    Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

According to alarming statistics from the CDC, Black women in the US face a stark reality: they are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than their White counterparts. In New York City, the situation is even more dire with the mortality risk rising to nine times more likely for Black women than for White women. But why? On this episode of the Making Public Health Personal podcast, join host Laura Meoli-Ferrigon and guests Dr. Deborah Kaplan and Tonya Lewis Lee as they unpack the systemic factors contributing to these disparities and explore what can be done to address them. Dr. Deborah Kaplan brings to the discussion over four decades of expertise in public health, particularly focusing on maternal, infant, sexual, and reproductive health. As a fierce advocate for racial and gender equity in perinatal outcomes, Dr. Kaplan sheds light on the urgent need to dismantle structural barriers that perpetuate health inequities among communities of color. From her role as Assistant Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to her current endeavors at CUNY SPH, Dr. Kaplan is not just an ally but a fighter in the pursuit of reproductive justice. We discuss important issues ranging from bodily autonomy to the impact of global conflicts on women and children. Gain helpful insights on how to think globally and act locally in our pursuit of maternal health, reproductive rights, and justice. We are also joined by the multi-talented Tonya Lewis Lee, an award-winning filmmaker, author, and entrepreneur. Tonya shares insights from her groundbreaking documentary, AFTERSHOCK, which confronts the US maternal mortality crisis. Through powerful storytelling, this film underscores the importance of amplifying marginalized voices and advocating for systemic change. From discussing the history of reproductive justice to emphasizing the importance of recognizing pregnant people, not just women, Tonya inspires us to utilize our own unique talents to create change. Episode links: Find out more and connect with Deborah Levine on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-l-kaplan-19842b169/ Find out more and connect with Tonya Lewis Lee on Facebook and Instagram: @TonyaLewisLee Watch Aftershock (film) now on Hulu or visit https://www.aftershockdocumentary.com View the trailer for Aftershock here: https://youtu.be/k63RC0rJEd8 Sexual and Reproductive Justice hub at CUNY SPH: https://sph.cuny.edu/research/srj-hub/ Black mamas matter: https://blackmamasmatter.org/ Let's talk about sex conference: https://www.letstalkaboutsexconference.com/ Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective: https://www.sistersong.net/ NYC Abortion Access hub: Call 877-NYC-AHUB (877-692-2482) https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/ms/abortion-hub-info.pdf Pregnancy Justice: https://www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/ National Postpartum Awareness Week Info: https://www.speakmovechange.net/ Info about voting for reproductive rights in NY (2024): https://ballotpedia.org/2023_and_2024_abortion-related_ballot_measures ARIAH foundation: https://www.theariahfoundation.org/ Our bodies ourselves (book): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Bodies,_Ourselves Eyes on the prize (documentary film): https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/eyesontheprize/ Download a transcript of this episode for accessibility: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cme6ukyyd1jre5e5ilwkp/Episode-25-transcript.docx?rlkey=isc6v3y18pd52hrkgplnbdzah&st=7pt32dq3&dl=0

This is the 2nd episode of our six-part SF Healing Roots Collaborative Series. It features a discussion on some of the major obstacles that stand in the way of ending domestic violence. This episode features Laura Jiménez of California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, Destini Davis of Young Community Developers, Rachel West of In Defense of Prostitute Women's Safety Project, and Cameron Lucas of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women. Laura Jiménez has served as the Executive Director at CLRJ since 2011 and brings to this work the passion and commitment of close to 30 years of activism in the Reproductive Justice movement. She was raised in Santa Barbara, California, and since then, has made her way across the country and back. Along the way, she worked with the National Latina Health Organization in Oakland, California where she led a girls' mentorship program and initiated a collaboration between the organization and UC Berkeley to offer a class entitled, “Redefining Latina Health: Body, Mind and Spirit”, as well as the serving as the Development Officer with the Dominican Women's Development Center in Washington Heights, New York. Laura was a part of the birth and growth of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 1998 to 2011, becoming the Deputy Coordinator in 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. During her time with SisterSong, she co-coordinated two national conferences and established the Latina Encuentro – a gathering of Latina leaders in the Southeastern Region which had as a goal relationship building and leadership development of Latinas across the South. The birth of her two daughters brought home the issue of reproductive justice, encouraged her interest in the area of birthing work, and recommitted her to the healing of women of color. Laura is an innate healer, mother, and seer. She is a daughter of the ocean and a holder of hands and hearts. Rachel West is the Program Director of the In Defense of Prostitute Women's Safety Project (IDPWS) in San Francisco, which raises awareness and educates the public about violence against sex workers. IDPWS campaigns for city and state policies, which prioritizes protection over criminalization of sex workers, and for all women's safety. She is also with the US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS), one of the collaborating groups in IDPWS. US PROS advocates for decriminalization and resources so no one is forced into prostitution through poverty. Destini Davis Destini Davis, AMFT is the Clinical Coordinator at Young Community Developers. She has been engaged in mental health work in the community for almost 10 years. Destini currently works with groups and individuals engaged in job readiness training. In addition, Destini created and facilitates a healthy relationships group for YCD participants. Cameron Lucas is the Executive Management Assistant for the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women. Cameron is passionate about the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality in the provision of governmental services and ensuring that government truly works inclusively and equitably for everyone.

Today marks the last day of Black Maternal Health Week. A week that sheds light on the rise of maternal mortality in the US. We speak with Loretta Ross an activist, educator, author, and co-founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, as well as the co-creator of the theory of reproductive justice. Ross has traveled the world at the invitation of leaders and activists to speak about reproductive justice, and in 2022 she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant.” She is currently an Associate Professor for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College. She joined us for some takeaways on this final day of Black Maternal Health Week.

Today marks the last day of Black Maternal Health Week. A week that sheds light on the rise of maternal mortality in the US. We speak with Loretta Ross an activist, educator, author, and co-founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, as well as the co-creator of the theory of reproductive justice. Ross has traveled the world at the invitation of leaders and activists to speak about reproductive justice, and in 2022 she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant.” She is currently an Associate Professor for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College. She joined us for some takeaways on this final day of Black Maternal Health Week.

This Women's History Month, we're wondering: What will it take to achieve a society that prioritizes—and achieves—true equality? Our answers to those questions are the Majority Rules: a series of rules, created by Supermajority, intended to guide us to our ultimate goal of gender equality.Today, we're diving into Rule #2, “Our bodies are respected.” In the wake of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, it seems like our rights to our very own bodies are increasingly under attack. In South Carolina, lawmakers are calling for the execution of women who would have abortions. In Texas, five women are suing the state, individuals who wanted to carry pregnancies to term but their lives became at risk and their doctors were unable to help them fearing criminal punishments and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. In one of their cases, the woman was not helped in managing her miscarriage until she was septic and near death.Given these various challenges and attacks on reproductive freedom, are our bodies respected? And how can we fight to obtain that respect, in this uniquely dangerous moment?Joining us for this episode is a very special guest:Loretta Ross. Loretta Ross is an activist, educator, author and co-founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, as well as the co-creator of the theory of reproductive justice. Ross has traveled the world at the invitation of leaders and activists to speak about reproductive justice, and in 2022 she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant." She is currently an Associate Professor for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College.Check out this episode's landing page at MsMagazine.com for a full transcript, links to articles referenced in this episode, further reading and ways to take action.Tips, suggestions, pitches? Get in touch with us at ontheissues@msmagazine.com. Support the show

What becomes possible when we anchor our pedagogical praxes in frameworks of reproductive justice and intersectional feminist care? What coalitions grow? What visions are revealed, and what worlds become more possible?Teacher, organizer, storyteller, and freedom-fighter Loretta Ross shares her wisdom on these questions and so much more. From judicial attacks on reproductive autonomy, to politicized teaching in a democratic classroom, to the history of Black women's organizing, to creative and effective protest tactics, to the "rotating international favorites" served at the West Point Military Academy dinner club.Loretta Ross is a movement visionary recently recognized as a Class of 2022 MacArthur Genius Fellow. After working at the Center for Democratic Renewal in Atlanta, she went on to found and then become the National Coordinator of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. She has taught very widely, in and out of the university, as Founder of the National Center for Human Rights Education, as Program Director of the National Black Women's Health Project, and now as the Associate Professor in the Program on Women and Gender at Smith College.She is a prolific author, whose authored and co-authored works include Reproductive Justice: An Introduction (2017), Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundation, Theory, Practice, Critique (2017), and Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice (2004). Her forthcoming book, Calling In the Calling Out Culture, will be out in 2023.Credits: Outro Music by Akrasis (Max Bowen, raps; Mark McKee, beats); audio editing by Aliyah Harris; production by Lucia Hulsether and Tina Pippin.Support us on Patreon!

Today, Dr. Renee and Dr. Cristina close Season 4 of Las Doctoras with a conversation with two special guests!Our first guest is Monica Simpson, queer Black activist, artist, and executive director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. She takes us through her over 20 years of social justice work with a keen focus on sexual reproductive justice.Monica starts all of her training sessions at SisterSong with the line: We all have a story to tell. She firmly believes that stories are our fuel. They provide purpose and motivation to all of our work in social justice, whatever the cause.A group of Black women got together in 1994 to discuss healthcare reform for underrepresented communities, and the term they eventually came up with was reproductive justice, which is defined as “the human rights of bodily autonomy”. It's very much intersectional, and encompasses our right to the children we want in the ways we want, to prevent or end shameful pregnancies and replace them with those of dignity.Community and care are at the heart of the SisterSong movement. Monica talks about their upcoming Let's Talk About Sex Conference in Dallas, Texas, at which the topic of conversation is the blueprint for body revolution. We're all so eager to start revolutionary work from so many different angles. Monica encourages us to slow down because, the truth is, it all starts with our first environment—our own body!Our second guest is Marsha Jones, Founder and Executive Director at The Afiya Center, which was established in response to the increasing disparities between HIV incidences worldwide and the extraordinary prevalence of HIV among Black women and girls in Texas. TAC is unique in that it is the only Reproductive Justice (RJ) organization in North Texas founded and directed by Black women.Having grown up in an old-school religious environment, Marsha had a lot of paradigms to shift when she came into her work. Her first step as she entered this fight concerning HIV was to center her work around social justice and human rights. She learned that, “It is these systems of oppression that drive HIV among Black women, not who we have sex with and how.”Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, Marsha's biggest fear is twofold: 1) When you start using language that is criminalizing in any way with people who are closer to the criminal justice system, there will be health and economic impacts; 2) A lack of resources for women who have experienced violent rape and have few or no options now that they are pregnant.Voting is important, but it's not the only thing we can (or should) do. We need more people to talk about this crucial issue, and to look at it from a reproductive lens to tell the entire story—the entire experience. Aside from the obvious health challenges faced by women with unwanted pregnancies, there are dangers of them losing their jobs or even their homes, especially if they live in an abusive household.There are so many layers to this issue. Reproductive justice allows us to talk about factors which go beyond abortion. It is important, but is just one of many other pieces of the puzzle of reproductive justice!Connect with Monica Simpson:Visit the SisterSong website: www.sistersong.netJoin us at the upcoming Let's Talk About Sex Conference: www.letstalkaboutsexconference.comFollow Monica on Instagram: www.instagram.com/artivistmonicarayeConnect with Marsha Jones:Visit The Afiya Center website: www.theafiyacenter.orgFollow The Afiya Center on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theafiyacenterConnect with Las Doctoras:Visit their website: www.lasdoctoras.net Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/las.doctoras

We're living in a time when collective solutions and open dialogue are needed more than ever, but the rise of call-out and cancel-culture has left many important conversations silent. This week, I welcome the absolutely iconic feminist and activist, Loretta J. Ross. Loretta is flipping the script with her newly coined term, "Call-In Culture," and on today's episode, we learn exactly what that term means and its impact on cancel culture. Loretta is a trailblazer in the reproductive rights movement, and we speak about the major phenomenon she calls "horizontal canceling" and its impact on the effectiveness of movements. Hopefully, this conversation expands your understanding of how we can connect and influence, rather than silence, to create change.  Aviva and Loretta discuss:  The incredibly challenging obstacles Loretta faced growing up, including sexual abuse and an unintended pregnancy at fourteen, and how these experiences led to her work in reproductive rights, becoming one of the first African American women to direct a rape crisis center and coining of the term reproductive justice. How Loretta defines calling-in, her take on why people tend to go after more vulnerable targets, and the impacts of fierce individualism on community well-bering How calling-out is showing up in the reproductive rights movement, the risks of horizontal canceling, and what we can do about it   The meanings of the "woking dead" and “circles of influence” and the impacts both have on our culture   Loretta J. Ross is a fierce and formidable women's health rights activist for over four decades now and co-coined the term reproductive justice. She currently teaches courses on white supremacy, human rights, and calling in the calling out culture at Smith College's Program for the Study of Women and Gender. Loretta was the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and the National Co-Director of the 2004 March for Women's Lives in Washington, D.C., the largest protest march in U.S. history at that time. She founded the National Center for Human Rights Education and launched the Women of Color Program for the National Organization for Women. She has co-written 3 books on reproductive justice and has a forthcoming book called Calling In the Calling Out Culture.    Find out more about Loretta and sign up for her courses at lorettajross.com.    Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in to your body, yourself, and this podcast! Please share the love by sending this to someone in your life who could benefit from the kinds of things we talk about in this space. Make sure to follow your host on Instagram @dr.avivaromm and go to avivaromm.com to join the conversation. Follow Loretta @LorettaJRoss. 

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE SHOW, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS EPISODES TRANSCRIPTION BY CLICKING THIS LINK: . https://docs.google.com/document/d/11xcAJ18bhK9CdWPtzc5LEprMV4GuZ-br_KK7_pFArCA/edit . . Combahee River Collective was a Black feminist lesbian socialist organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. The Collective argued that both the white feminist movement and the Civil Rights Movement were not addressing their particular needs as women and, more specifically, as Black lesbians founded by Barbara Smith. . . Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is an American Civil Rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory. She is a professor at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, where she specializes in race and gender issues. . . Reproductive justice is a critical, theoretical framework that was invented as a response to United States reproductive politics. The three core values of reproductive justice are the right to have a child, the right to not have a child, and the right to parent a child or children in safe and healthy environments. It is “the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities,” according to SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, the first organization founded to build a reproductive justice movement. www.sistersong.net . . High risk pregnancy is one where a birthing person or the fetus has an increased risk of adverse outcomes compared to uncomplicated pregnancies. . . Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication where high blood pressure and high levels of protein in urine indicate kidney damage. There can also be weight gain and swelling in the legs due to water retention. It can be managed with oral or IV medications and requires weighing the risks of early delivery versus the risk of continued symptoms. . . Medicaid in the U.S. is a federal and state program that helps with healthcare costs for some people with limited income and resources. Medicaid also offers benefits not normally covered by Medicare, including nursing home care and personal care. www.medicaid.gov  . . WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children is a federal assistance program of the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for healthcare and nutrition of low-income pregnant people, chestfeeding, and children under the age of five. . . The Bradley Method of natural childbirth is a method of natural childbirth developed in 1947 by Robert A. Bradley, M.D and popularized by his book, “Husband-Coached Childbirth” first published in 1965. The Bradley Method emphasizes that birth is a natural process. Mothers are encouraged to trust their body, and focus on diet and exercise throughout pregnancy; and it teaches couples to manage labor through deep breathing and the support of a partner or labor coach. . . NICU is a neonatal intensive care unit, also known as an intensive care nursery, is an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. Neonatal refers to the first 28 days of life. . . Richmond Doula Project is a collective of full spectrum doulas in Richmond, Virginia offering support and education to people through all pregnancy outcomes, centering POC, LGBTQIA, and other underserved communities. www.doulaprojectrva.org  . . Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project is Virginia's grassroots abortion fund and seeks to further reproductive justice by providing practical and financial support for abortion services in Virgina and surrounding communities. RRFP strives to be a resource to the community by engaging in grassroots advocacy for the full spectrum of reproductive rights. www.rrfp.net  . . Ancient Song Doula Services is an international doula certifying organization founded in the fall of 2008 in Brooklyn, New York with the goal to offer quality doula services to women of color and low income families who otherwise would not be able to afford doula care and training a workforce of full spectrum doula to address health inequities within the communities they want to serve. www.ancientsongdoulaservices.com  . . Maven Clinic is a privately held New York, NY company that offers a telemedicine-based virtual clinic for women's and family health. www.mavenclinic.com  . . Gofundme is an American for profit crowdfunding platform that allows people to raise money for events ranging from life events such as celebrations and graduations to challenging circumstances like accidents and illnesses. www.gofundme.com  . . Chestfeeding is  feeding your baby milk from your chest. It's often used as away for transgender and nonbinary parents to describe how they feed and nurture their babies. . . Lactation Happens is the first genderless chestfeeding class in Virginia created and taught by Aye J. . . The Afiya Center was established in response to the increasing disparities between HIV incidences worldwide and the extraordinary prevalence of HIV among Black womxn and girls in Texas. TAC is transforming the lives, health, and overall wellbeing of Black womxn and girls by providing refuge, education, and resources to ignite the communal voices of Black womxn resulting in our full achievement of reproductive freedom. www.theafiyacenter.org  . . Sister Song is a national activist organization dedicated to reproductive justice for women of color. www.sistersong.net  . . Black Mamas Matter Alliance is a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance that centers Black mama and birthing people to advocate, drive research, build power, and shift culture for Black maternal health, rights, and justice. www.blackmamasmatter.org  . . Find more of Aye J, find them at @the_do_you_doula on Instagram . . www.queerdoulanetwork.com . . www.spajourneys.com Journeyspa_ on Instagram . . Original Podcast Beat Produced Mixed & Engineered By: Info Black Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infoblack_ Twitter: https://twitter.com/infoblack_​ . . DONATIONS: . Patreon.com/symbaluna Paypal: journeyspa12@gmail.com Cashapp: $symbaluna Venmo: @symbaluna

In this week's episode, the girls explore the significance of last Friday's decision. From the history of Roe v. Wade to their complete disappointment and rage. No one should have a say in the things we do with our bodies. it's OUR choice, mijas. Sources: - Griswold v. Connecticut (1965): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_rFhjp0XdM (Video Summary) - Loving v. Virginia (1967): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgYwZXMY1Zw (Video Summary) - Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972): https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-17 (Brief Summary) - Stanley v. Illinois (1972): https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-5014 (Brief Summary) - Roe v. Wade (1973): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/410/113/#tab-opinion-1950137 (Full Opinion) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqXoQgJezCg (Video Summary)  - Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x9DQiMsbUA (Video Summary) - Lawrence v. Texas (2003): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsPngPpSWxY (Video Summary) - Obergefell v. Hodges (2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWSvCNBZxY (Video Summary) - Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstadt (2016): https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/15-274 (Brief Summary) - Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022): https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf (Full Opinion) | https://ballotpedia.org/Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women%E2%80%99s_Health_Organization (Summary) Resources: - National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/ - National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice: https://www.latinainstitute.org/ - SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective: https://www.sistersong.net/reproductive-justice - WE TESTIFY: https://www.wetestify.org/ - Follow us on Instagram @glowinguplatina! Email us some love at glowinguplatina@gmail.com. Visit our website: www.glowinguplatina.com. Listen to the official Glowing Up Latina on Apple Music or Spotify. BLAEKER / Tequila Shawty (Instrumental) / Courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com. 

In May, we learned in a leaked draft opinion obtained by Politico that the Supreme Court is expected to reverse itself on Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and a legacy of abortion jurisprudence upholding reproductive freedom — profoundly dismantling abortion rights in the U.S.  If Roe and Casey are overturned in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, grave consequences are in store for our democracy and the rule of law.  On today's show, released on Beyond Roe: The Fight for Our Future, we're proud to share a special discussion: an in-depth exploration on why abortion is essential to the health of our democracy and society — and why democracy is essential to abortion, particularly given the alarming rates of maternal mortality and morbidity in the U.S.  Recorded before a live studio audience at NPR's WNYC Studios in New York City, our slate of experts came together in person on April 20 at an event co-hosted with the Brennan Center for Justice and NYU Law's Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network. Experts dug deep on questions such as: How should we consid­er parallel affronts to participation and representation—the wave of state voting restrictions and gerrymandering? Can we look to state courts to provide new avenues in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's ruling? What are the legal and soci­etal impacts of crim­in­al­iz­ing preg­nancy and abor­tion on vulnerable communities, including among individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ people seeking reproductive healthcare, indigent Americans, and communit­ies of color? Joining Dr. Goodwin in front of a live studio audience at WNYC :• Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes professor of law at NYU Law; faculty director at the Birnbaum Women's Law Network; and member of the Brennan Center Board of Directors• Lourdes Rivera, senior vice president of U.S. programs at the Center for Reproductive Rights• Monica Raye Simpson, executive director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective.Rate and review “On the Issues with Michele Goodwin" to let us know what you think of the show! Let's show the power of independent feminist media. Check out this episode's landing page at MsMagazine.com for a full transcript, links to articles referenced in this episode, further reading and ways to take action.Tips, suggestions, pitches? Get in touch with us at ontheissues@msmagazine.com. Support the show

In light of the impending overturn of Roe v Wade, Vanessa & Jen attended the Planned Parenthood Rally: BANS OFF OUR BODIES on May 14, 2022 at Mill Creek Park in Kansas City, MO. – But before we did, we interviewed Justice GatsonJustice Gatson is the Director at Reale Justice Network. An Intimate Partner Violence Advocate and Motivational Speaker. She works with Black Mama's Bail Out with National Bailout.org to specifically address the needs of incarcerated black mothers. IG @reale_justice_networkhttps://realejusticenetwork.org/SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collectivehttps://sistersong.nationbuilder.com/donateDONATE NOW!https://abortionfunds.org/VOTE NO IN KANSAS AUGUST 2https://kansansforfreedom.com/Emily Wales CEO Planned Parenthood Great PlainsOther organizations @ Bans off Our Bodies KC rally Sunrise Movement Our Revolution KCPoor People's CampaignBarrier Babes KCGreen Party KCSupreme Court Cases mentioned in Intro:Dobbs v, Jackson Women's HealthRoe v. WadePlanned Parenthood v. Casey Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)Lawrence v. Texas (2003)Loving v. Virginia is the 1967Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857Fuck These Bishes:Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of the Susan B. Anthony List, an American political organization that seeks to advance anti-abortion women in politicsRep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, Missouri District 097 Republican Correction:Sarah Huckabee Sanders was Trump Press Secretary (duh, Vanessa misspoke per the usual)REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE NOW! SHOW UP, DO THE WORK! Seasoned and fresh-faced artists (of every genre) discuss how to make creativity work within the complexities and challenges of adult life. Confessing Animals podcast co-hosts Jen Harris + Vanessa Aricco, both working writers, unveil the secrets and struggles of creative living in a rapid fire capitalist society. One guest at a time, Jen + Vanessa ask, How Does Your Life Translate to Art?Intro & music provided by Ashley Raines www.ashleyrainesmusic.comFollow us on Instagram @confessinganimalspodcastListen, Love & Support Us!Support the show

Community organizing goes beyond protesting and posting on social media. It's finding a cause you're passionate about, joining with other people, and using your collective voices to make a difference. In this episode of the Making Public Health Personal podcast, we share tips for being an ally for social justice, even if you aren't part of the community most impacted by injustice. Our guest in this episode is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Alumni Relations, who also teaches in the department of Community Health and Social Sciences at SPH, Dr. Lynn Roberts. She speaks with podcast host Laura Meoli-Ferrigon about the collective efforts to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice, providing strategies on how to get involved with strategies to raise awareness- including storytelling and coalition building. We also discuss how advocates and community organizers in the digital age use strategies informed by the leaders of our past, to empower collective movements. Dr. Roberts is an emeritus board member of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. As the co-editor and contributing author of an acclaimed anthology titled “Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique”, Dr. Roberts shares her personal commitment to radical reproductive justice in this episode. She explains how women of color, Indigenous people, the LGBTQIA+ community and many others face historic and contemporary challenges to human rights and health equity, stemming from years of systemic oppression. This is important to her research, which focuses on the intersections of race, class and gender in adolescent dating relationships, juvenile justice and reproductive health policies and practice. Episode links: Radical Reproductive Justice: https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/radical-reproductive-justice SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective: https://www.sistersong.net/ Contact & find out more about Dr. Lynn Roberts: https://sph.cuny.edu/about/people/faculty/lynn-roberts/ Download a transcript of this episode: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wk71pztceb9abvm/Episode%207%20transcript.txt?dl=0

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE SHOW, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS EPISODES TRANSCRIPTION BY CLICKING THIS LINK: . . https://docs.google.com/document/d/10qpbjV0SH7iqpXElyw9A9o3L2BcgXDI8VASx6G2BFP0/edit . . Our prayer at Sessions With Symba is that we are honoring the ancestral birthworkers that have come before us, and the paths they've laid out for each and everyone of us individually and collectively. . . Sista Midwife Productions in New Orleans, Louisiana www.sistamidwife.com . . Schlossberg Transition Theory is an adult development theory focused on the transitions that adults experience throughout life and the means by which they cope and adjust. . . Keep Birth Sacred by Khye Tyson . . A sitz bath is a warm, soothing soak for your perineal or bottom area (area between your legs including your anus, vagina, or scrotums). The herbs in a sitz bath are safe and helpful for tissue healing and pain reduction in the postpartum period. . . “From Mothers to Mothers: A Collection of Traditional Asian Postpartum Recipes” by the Asian American Pacific Islander Health Research Group at UC Berkeley . . Feminist Women's Health Center, Atlanta, GA . . Reporductive justice is “the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities,” according to SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, the first organization founded to build a reproductive justice movement. www.sistersong.net . . Romper's Doula Diaries on Facebook . . Ask your grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins of your generation and before, “do you know your birth story?” “Do you know anyone that came before me, their birth story?” Record, write down, and keep for the future generations. . . Gentle parenting is a parenting approach that encourages a partnership between you and you to make choices based on an internal willingness instead of external pressures. . . Lewis County General Hospital in upstate New York closed their maternity ward temporarily after 6 staff members quit due to Covid-19 vaccine mandates. . . The Weathering Hypothesis was proposed to account for early healthy deterioration as a result of cumulative exposure to experiences of social, economic, and political adversity. It is well documented that minority groups and marginalized communities suffer from poorer health outcomes. This may be due to a multitude of stressors including prejudice, social alienation, institutional bias, political oppression, economic exclusion, and racial discrimination. The weathering hypothesis proposes that the cumulative burden of these stressors as individuals age is “weathering” and the increased weathering experienced by minority groups compared to others can account for differences in health outcomes. . . your heart works anywhere from 5% to 80% harder during pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum. . . Birth Justice Bill of Rights by the Southern Birth Justice Network, the National Black Midwives Alliance, & the National Association to Advance Black Birth; www.southernbirthjustice.org; www.blackmidwivesalliance.org; www.thenaabb.org; . . SacredBirthDoula on Instagram, DM them for Rights Over My Birth Package . . 4Kira4 Moms on Instagram; www.4kira4moms.com . . A maternal fetal medicine specialist or a perinatologist is a doctor who helps take care of birthing people having complicated or high risk pregnancies. These doctors are obstetricians who completed 3 extra years of training in high risk pregnancies. . . You can find more of Khye on Instagram @kulunturjc; Facebook facebook.com/kulunturjc; website www.kuluntu.center and digital resources at www.learn.kuluntu.center; Intro to Reproductive Justice course; Queer and Trans Trying to Conceive quartlery discussion group . . Original Podcast Beat Produced Mixed & Engineered By: Info Black Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infoblack_ Twitter: https://twitter.com/infoblack_​ . . DONATIONS: . Patreon.com/symbaluna Paypal: journeyspa12@gmail.com Cashapp: $symbaluna Venmo: @symbaluna . Instagram: journeyspa_

Join us in The BreakLine Arena for a life-changing conversation with lifelong activist, Professor Loretta J. Ross. Loretta Ross is an award-winning, nationally-recognized expert on racism and racial justice, women's rights, and human rights. Her work emphasizes the intersectionality of social justice issues and how intersectionality can fuel transformation.Ross is a visiting associate professor at Smith College (Northampton, MA) in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender, teaching courses on white supremacy, race and culture in America, human rights, and calling in the calling out culture.She has co-written three books on reproductive justice: Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice, winner of the Outstanding Book Award by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights; Reproductive Justice: An Introduction, a first-of-its-kind primer that provides a comprehensive yet succinct description of the field and puts the lives and lived experience of women of color at the center of the book; and Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique. Her current book, Calling In the Calling Out Culture, is forthcoming in 2021.Ross appears regularly in major media outlets about the issues of our day. She was recently featured in a New York Times piece, "What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In?"She was a co-founder and the National Coordinator, from 2005 to 2012, of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, a network of women of color and allied organizations that organize women of color in the reproductive justice movement. Other leadership positions have included:National Co-Director of the April 25, 2004 March for Women's Lives in Washington D.C., the largest protest march in U.S. history with more than one million participants.Founder and Executive Director of the National Center for Human Rights Education (NCHRE)Program Research Director at the Center for Democratic Renewal/National Anti-Klan Network where she led projects researching hate groups and working against all forms of bigotry with universities, schools, and community groupsFounder of the Women of Color Program for the National Organization for Women (NOW) in the 1980sLeading many women of color delegations to international conferences on women's issues and human rights.Ross is a rape survivor, was forced to raise a child born of incest, and is a survivor of sterilization abuse. She is a model of how to survive and thrive despite the traumas that disproportionately affect low-income women of color. She is a nationally-recognized trainer on using the transformative power of Reproductive Justice to build a Human Rights movement that includes everyone.Ross serves as a consultant for Smith College, collecting oral histories of feminists of color for the Sophia Smith Collection which also contains her personal archives.She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and holds an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law degree awarded in 2003 from Arcadia University and a second honorary doctorate degree awarded from Smith College in 2013. She is pursuing a PhD in Women's Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. She is a mother, grandmother and a great-grandmother.Can you also check out her inspiring TED Talk "Don't call people out -- call them in" here.If you like what you've heard please like, subscribe, or rate The BreakLine Arena on your preferred streaming platform! We would also love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or recommendations on the content we are creating. Feel free to reach out to us at questions@break-line.com.To learn more about BreakLine Education visit us at breakline.org.

Intersectionality is a popular concept, but what does it have to do with sex education? In this episode, Dr. G speaks with Bianca Laureano, a legend in the profession and a pioneer in using sex ed to advance social justice. The pair cover a wide range of topics, including colorism and the complexities of race in Latin American communities, centering and citing Black women, righteous conflict, practicing accountability, and all the ways we can do better around improving our craft. An all-around power-packed conversation for sexuality professionals everywhere. Click here for the episode transcript. Guest Bio: Bianca I Laureano is an award-wining educator, curriculum writer, facilitator, and sexologist. She is a Foundress of the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WOCSHN), The LatiNegrxs Project, ANTE UP! Virtual Freedom Professional Development School for Justice Workers, and hosts LatinoSexuality.com. She has written several curricula that focus on communities of color: What's the REAL DEAL about Love and Solidarity? (2015) and Communication MixTape: Speak On It Vol 1. (2017) and wrote the sexual and reproductive justice discussion guide for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene published in 2018. Bianca has been on the board of CLAGS, the LGBTQ Center at CUNY, The Black Girl Project, and  SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. She resides in Oakland, CA. She is the Lead Educator for the Netflix film Crip Camp (2020) and is leading the efforts to create a curriculum that is rooted in disability justice practice, self-determination, and social-emotional learning competences! She will receive an honorary PhD for her work of justice, equity, and inclusion in the US sexuality field May 2020. More information about Bianca can be found at http://www.biancalaureano.com, or at http://anteuppd.com.

In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Loretta J. Ross, a powerful advocate who is an award-winning, nationally recognized expert on racial justice, women’s rights, reproductive justice, and human rights. Learn more: Loretta J. Ross website Loretta Ross: Reproductive Justice Pioneer, Co-Founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective Paying it Forward Instead of Looking Backwards SisterSong Women of Color Justice Collective National Organization for Women (NOW) Episode 2 of PA Centered: Uprooting Racism with Paul Kivel and Loretta J. Ross Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

Pod for the Cause host Vanessa N. Gonzalez is joined by Monica Simpson (Executive Director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective), Tina Tchen (President & CEO of TIME'S UP), and LaShawn Warren (Executive Vice President for Government Affairs at The Leadership Conference) to talk all about the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration, and what all the executive orders and COVID-19 relief actually mean for all of us.

Loretta Ross is a Visiting Associate Professor at Smith College teaching “White Supremacy in the Age of Trump.” She started her career in the women's movement in the 1970s, working at the National Football League Players' Association, the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, the National Organization for Women, the National Black Women's Health Project, the Center for Democratic Renewal (National Anti-Klan Network), the National Center for Human Rights Education, and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. Her forthcoming book is Calling In the Calling Out Culture. Her most recent publications are Reproductive Justice: An Introduction and Radical Reproductive Justice. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College class of 2007.

On this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, brings you the University of Louisville’s 2020 Anne Braden Memorial Lecture from November 11th featuring Loretta Ross on Calling In The Calling Out Culture. Dr. Ross is a Visiting Associate Professor at Smith College in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender. She teaches courses on white supremacy, reproductive justice, and calling in practices. She has spent more than forty-five years committed to antiracist and feminist activism, including founding the National Center for Human Rights Education. Dr. Ross started her career in activism and social change in the 1970s, working at the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, the National Organization for Women (NOW), the National Black Women’s Health Project, the Center for Democratic Renewal (National Anti-Klan Network), and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, among others. Her work with rape and trauma survivors in the 1970s helped launch the movement to end violence against women. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. Her most recent books are Reproductive Justice: An Introduction co-written with Rickie Solinger, and Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique, both published in 2017. Her forthcoming book is Calling In the Calling Out Culture: Detoxing Our Movement, due out soon. Dr. Ross’ work comes at a pivotal moment. After a tumultuous year of tragedy and unrest, many are wondering what comes next. How can we create atmospheres where people lean into the hard work of self-reflection and daily change-making? How do we end taboos surrounding speaking about racism and systems of injustice, challenging one another to do better while leaving room for inevitable mistakes? Dr. Ross has trained educators and social justice advocates nationwide to conduct empathetic, forthright conversations confronting injustice. Her timely lecture helps us move from a necessary season of anger and protest into the daily grind of justice work. A video recording of the full lecture with Q&A is available at https://louisville.edu/braden/programs/memorial-lecture/calling-in-the-call-out-culture As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW! Sustainability Now! airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com

Today's episode features our first guest interview on the Coochie Business Podcast…the incredible...the legendary (also known as the GODMOTHER of Reproductive Justice) Loretta J. Ross!Tune in for a DEEP DIVE into the framework that guides the coochie conversations we'll be having on this podcast.Loretta Ross is a Visiting Associate Professor at Smith college in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender. She was an organizer through groups such as: the National Organization for Women (NOW), the National Black Women's Health Project, the Center for Democratic Renewal (National Anti-Klan Network), the National Center for Human Rights Education, and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective.  She retired from organizing in 2012 to teach about activism. She has co-authored a number of books, including "Reproductive Justice: An Introduction" and "Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique".  Her current book, "Calling In the Calling Out Culture" is forthcoming in 2021.White Supremacy In The Age Of Trump - November 11, 18 and 25, 2020Loretta Ross will be launching a course on November 11 around White Supremacy In The Age Of Trump. This is a topic she has often spoken about often. She has also published articles around the topic, including this piece in MS Magazine. (https://msmagazine.com/2020/06/30/white-supremacy-in-the-trump-era-a-new-online-course-with-loretta-ross/)Sign up now! Rolling Registration! We will start the course on November 11 and continue it on Wednesday nights (7-9 PM EST) throughout November. Learn more at www.lorettaross.com or lorosstallc@gmail.com.A few notable mentions from today's episode:United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Founding Mothers of Reproductive JusticeNPR Story on ICE Whistleblower and Forced Sterilization666 Children Still Not Reunited With Parents After 'Zero Tolerance' At BorderRecent Article in Ms. Magazine Discussing Mississippi Appendectomies in Current ContextBooks: When GOD Was A Black Woman, And Why She Isn't NowThe Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksOutsourcing the WombVisit us at https://www.coochiebusiness.com Did something on today's show make you go whaaa…?Let's talk about it! Submit your questions to us at Questions@CoochieBusiness.com  Submit your stories to us at Stories@CoochieBusiness.com Intro Music brought to you by Fenji Productions.  Produced by Adeyinka Albert courtesy Landmark Music 

Dr. Tammy covers it all with the prolific sex educator Bianca Laureano as they talk about sex throughout different stages of life, creating intimacy during the pandemic, race & sex, disability justice and equity vs equality. DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & Relationship and help you with your Trouble with Sex. Send your questions to drtammy@thetroublewithsex.com.PROMO CODES & DEALS!Want a simple, luxurious lubricant that comes in a discreet and elegant bottle? - We know you do! Check out uberlube.com and get 10% off your first order with promo code: DRTAMMY. Uberlube ships for free within the USA. GUEST BIO:Bianca I Laureano is an award-wining educator, curriculum writer, facilitator, and sexologist. She is a Foundress of the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WOCSHN), The LatiNegrxs Project, ANTE UP!, Virtual Freedom Professional Development School for Justice Workers and hosts LatinoSexuality.com. She has written several curricula for communities of color, and she wrote the sexual & reproductive justice discussion guide for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Bianca has been on the board of CLAGS, the LGBTQ Center at CUNY, The Black Girl Project, and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. She is the Lead Educator for the Netflix film Crip Camp (2020) and is leading the efforts to create a curriculum that is rooted in disability justice practice, self-determination, and social-emotional learning competences. She has an honorary PhD for her work of justice, equity, and inclusion in the field of sexuality.Create Your Personalized Emergency Safety Plan!Who are the emergency contacts for you, your partner, your kids, your parents?Who do you trust to have keys to your home, access to your bank and important files?Do you need a safety contact who can communicate in a language other than English?If you are a person of color, consider asking a white friend to help advocate with law enforcement or legal issues that may arise.What is your pandemic plan or emergency plan if a natural disaster strikes?THE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES, REFERENCES & INFO· To read more about how to improve your sex life, check out Dr. Tammy's Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together.· Learn more about love, marriage, monogamy and how to redefine your commitment to each other in Dr. Tammy's TEDX talk - The New Monogamy - or her book by the same name. · Want more Dr. Tammy? Read: The New Monogamy, When You're the One Who Cheats Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thetroublewithsex)

With everything happening in America in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, we felt it necessary to step back and discuss our thoughts, as well as how we're communicating racism and the constant pursuit of equality in our country to our kids. We also felt it important to acknowledge that we haven't done enough as podcasters to highlight the music of black artists, especially those who are up and coming, and we commit to do better. We've also included information about a few organizations we've donated to that we'd encourage you to as well. Finally, we compiled a playlist of some of the black artists who paved the way for the music we love, as well as those making music today that are blowing our minds.We'll be back next week with our previously scheduled Episode 099: Top Albums of 2020 (So Far). In the meantime, be well, be safe, and please keep pushing at the system for widespread reform. It is possible to finally realize the values of the American experiment in this generation.Songs featured in this episode:Archie Shepp: "Blues For Brother George Jackson"Moses Sumney: "Virile"Nerija: "Riverfest"John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"Leon Thomas: "The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace)"Sudan Archives: "Limitless"Cameron Graves: "El Diablo:Alice Coltrane: "Going Home"Organizations we recommend donating to:Color Of Change: Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. Help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 1.7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.ACLU: Legal Services and support to those with a wide range of civil rights complaints; have been at the forefront of fighting for civil rights for decades.NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund: America’s top legal firm fighting for racial justice. The Bail Project: Seeking to end the racial and economic disparities in the bail system, and help pay bail for those who cannot afford it. Has paid bail for more than 10,000 people since its founding in 2007Black Mamas Matter Alliance: This is a partnership between the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective that was founded in 2013. Mission statement is to center Black mothers to advocate, drive research, build power and shift culture for Black maternal health, rights and justice. Women’s reproductive rights and maternal health are causes near and dear to our hearts. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/beyondthepond. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Loretta J. Ross is a Visiting Professor of Practice in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University teaching "Reproductive Justice Theory and Practice" and "Race and Culture in the U.S." for the 2018-2019 academic year. Previously, she was a Visiting Professor at Hampshire College in Women's Studies  for the 2017-2018 academic year teaching "White Supremacy in the Age of Trump." She was a co-founder and the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 2005-2012, a network founded in 1997 of women of color and allied organizations that organize women of color in the reproductive justice movement. She is one of the creators of the term "Reproductive Justice" coined by African American women in 1994 that has transformed reproductive politics in the U.S.    She is a nationally-recognized trainer on using the transformative power of Reproductive Justice to build a Human Rights movement that includes everyone.  Ms. Ross is an expert on women's issues, hate groups, racism and intolerance, human rights, and violence against women. Her work focuses on the intersectionality of social justice issues and how this affects social change and service delivery in all movements.      Ross has appeared on CNN, BET, "Lead Story," "Good Morning America," "The Donahue Show," "Democracy Now," "Oprah Winfrey Radio Network," and "The Charlie Rose Show. She is a member of the Women's Media Center's Progressive Women's Voices. More information is available on the Makers: Women Who Make America video at  http://www.makers.com/loretta-ross.     Ms. Ross was National Co-Director of the April 25, 2004 March for Women's Lives in Washington D.C., the largest protest march in U.S. history with more than one million participants. As part of a nearly five-decade history in social justice activism, between 1996-2004, she was the Founder and Executive Director of the National Center for Human Rights Education (NCHRE) in Atlanta, Georgia. Before that, she was the Program Research Director at the Center for Democratic Renewal/National Anti-Klan Network where she led projects researching hate groups, and working against all forms of bigotry with universities, schools, and community groups. She launched the Women of Color Program for the National Organization for Women (NOW) in the 1980s, and led delegations of women of color to many international conferences on women's issues and human rights. She was one of the first African American women to direct a rape crisis center in the 1970s, launching her career by pioneering work on violence against women.   She is a co-author of Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice, written with Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber Fried, and Elena Gutiérrez, and published by South End Press in 2004 (awarded the Myers Outstanding Book Award by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights), and author of “The Color of Choice” chapter in Incite! Women of Color Against Violence published in 2006. She has also written extensively on the history of African American women and reproductive justice activism. Among her latest books are Reproductive Justice: An Introduction co-authored with Rickie Solinger and published by the University of California Press in 2017. She was the lead editor of Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice and Critique, co-edited by Lynn Roberts, Erika Derkas, Whitney Peoples, and Pamela Bridgewater-Toure published by Feminist Press also in 2017. Her forthcoming book is entitled Calling In the Calling Out Culture to be published in 2019.   Loretta is a rape survivor, was forced to raise a child born of incest, and she is also a survivor of sterilization abuse. She is a model of how to survive and thrive despite the traumas that disproportionately affect low-income women of color. She serves as a consultant for Smith College, collecting oral histories of feminists of color for the Sophia Smith Collection which also contains her personal archives (see https://www.smith.edu/library/libs/ssc/pwv/pwv-ross.html).  She is a mother, grandmother and a great-grandmother.    She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and holds an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law degree awarded in 2003 from Arcadia University and a second honorary doctorate degree awarded from Smith College in 2013.    AWARDS (partial)  American Humanist Association, Humanist Heroine Award, 1998  DePaul University Cultural Center Diversity Award, 2001  Georgia Committee on Family Violence, Gender Justice Award, 2002  SisterLove Women's HIV/AIDS Resource Project Award, South Africa, 2002  National Center for Human Rights Education, First Mother of Human Rights Education Award, 2004  Feminist Women's Health Center, Stand Up for Choice Award, 2005  NARAL Pro-Choice Georgia, Blazing Arrow Award, 2006  Federation of Haitian Women, Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Marie Claire Heureuse Leadership Award, 2007  Family Planning Associates, Champion of Reproductive Justice Award, 2007  United States Social Forum, Building Movements Award, 2007  Women's Medical Fund of Philadelphia, Rosie Jimenez Award, 2007  Sisters of Color United for Education, Denver, CO, 2008  Women of Color Resource Center, Sister Fire Award, 2008  Black Women's Health Imperative, Community Health Activist Award, 2008  Delta Sigma Theta, Pinnacle Leadership Award, 2008  International Black Women's Congress, Oni Award, 2010  Women Helping Women, Revolutionary Award, 2011, Foundation for Black Women's Wellness Legacy Award 2015, National Women's Health Network Barbara Seaman Award for Activism in Women's Health 2015. Woodhull Sexual Freedom Network, Vicky Award 2017.

Going Deeper Interview with Loretta Ross.Loretta is an expert on the politics of women’s health, hate groups, and sexual violence. She is co-founder and national director of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. She was Co-director of the 2004 Women’s March for our Lives, and co-author of Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice. We were lucky to have Loretta here in the Valley while she was a Research Associate at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center. I learned so much from this interview!

Going Deeper Interview with Loretta Ross.Loretta is an expert on the politics of women’s health, hate groups, and sexual violence. She is co-founder and national director of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. She was Co-director of the 2004 Women’s March for our Lives, and co-author of Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice. We were lucky to have Loretta here in the Valley while she was a Research Associate at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center. I learned so much from this interview!

Host Cyrus WEbb talks with Monica Simpson, Executive Director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective about the challenges being faced in 2020 and why she is advocating for #reproductivejustice for all women. 

This week Ashley, Elijah and Ryan talk with Loretta Ross, co-founder of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and served as its National Coordinator from 2005–2012. Loretta’s work helps define reproductive justice as a framework created by activist women of color to address how race, gender, class, ability, nationality, and sexuality intersect. As a concept, reproductive justice was created by these women because they felt that the dominant paradigms of "pro-choice" or "pro-life" did not address their lived realities. In short, they were unable to exercise reproductive choices as easily as their more privileged counterparts. For them, reproductive politics was not about choice, but about justice. Join us as we talk with Loretta about her life, her work, and her approach to activism. ———————————— Show Notes: We got a live event coming up: July 27, 9am-12pm: Dallas Series Live 2019: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wtd-dallas-series-live-join-us-on-the-journey-tickets-62450569334 Loretta Ross - https://www.lorettaross.com SisterSong - https://www.sistersong.net Reproductive Justice - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0520288203 Radical Reproductive Justice - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1558614370/ ———————————— If you wanna get at us (and we know you do) you got options: Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/wetalkdifferent Email: holla@wetalkdifferent.com Facebook: facebook.com/wetalkdifferent Twitter: twitter.com/wetalkdifferent Instagram: instagram.com/wetalkdifferent/ Website: wetalkdifferent.com You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, SoundCloud, or Stitcher so you'll never miss an episode! Please leave a review on iTunes as it helps other people find our podcast. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wetalkdifferent/id1161601126 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4B2wxEvCri6Q7JTgONJfse?si=OqH_Qaz2QkuqVQiyIeN8pA SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/wetalkdifferent Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wetalkdifferent

Air Date: 8/17/2018 Today we take a look at the threats to reproductive justice everywhere, from the newest Supreme Court nominee to the entire long and storied history of the structures of power clamoring to control the bodies of women with a particular focus on the destinies of communities of color Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991   Episode Sponsors:Casper| Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK  Support Best of the Left on Patreon!   SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Mark Joseph Stern on how conservatives plan to hollow out Roe v Wade - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 7-10-18 Mark Joseph Stern explains exactly how conservatives plan to hollow out Roe v Wade without overturning it outright to effectively bam abortion while buffering the political backlash. 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On this week’s episode, Tim speaks with Loretta Ross, one of the nation’s leading scholars and activists in the movement for reproductive justice. She was the co-founder and National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 2005-2012, a network founded in 1997 by women of color specifically to organize women of color in the reproductive justice movement. Ms. Ross was the Founder and Executive Director of the National Center for Human Rights Education (NCHRE) in Atlanta, Georgia and launched the Women of Color Program for the National Organization for Women (NOW) in the 1980s. She is the author or co-author of several books including her two latest: Reproductive Justice: An Introduction, which she co-authored with Rickie Solinger, and Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practices and Critique. On the show today, Loretta and Tim will discuss the meaning of reproductive justice and how it seeks to expand the traditional concept of reproductive freedom beyond mere issues of abortion access and typical pro-choice/pro-life divides. They’ll discuss how reproductive self-determination connects to issues of racial inequity, comprehensive health care access, and education, and how without an intersectional framework linking these things, the entire concept of reproductive freedom and choice mean very little for women, including those women who choose to carry a pregnancy to term. Ross and Wise also explore the opportunities for cross-racial alliances in the age of Trump, why it’s important to engage whites around issues of white supremacy, and how movements for social justice can ultimately do that.

"Trusting Black Women: Building Sustainable Respect" OUR GUEST:  Loretta J. Ross, Co-founder and the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 2005-2012. She has been Creating a Voice for Reproductive and Black WoMENT JUSTICE over 30 years "The concept of Reproductive Justice began to take shape when members of a women of color delegation returned from the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt. Shortly after, a group of African American women caucused at the Illinois Pro-Choice Alliance Conference in Chicago. The group became known as Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice. They decided to devise a strategy to challenge the proposed healthcare reform campaign by the Clinton Administration that did not include guaranteeing access to abortion. Not wanting to use the language of 'choice' because they represented communities with few real choices, they integrated the concepts of reproductive rights, social justice and human rights to launch the term 'Reproductive Justice.' BLACK WOMEN and Accessibility to Choose - Reproductive Scheduling - Access to affordable and health care  - Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence - The Right to say YES and NO  BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO "Speaking Truth to Power and OURselves"  email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com  

This week on Women's Magazine, Feminist Roundtable on Health Care Reform and the Stupak Amendment.  We analyze the health care debacle and the attack on women's rights with Lupe Rodriguez from ACCESS-Women's Health Rights Coalition, Serena Garcia from Sistersong Women of Color Health Collective and Marit Knudson from Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights.  We'll also hear part of a speech by Native American feminist Andie Smith on building a politics of humility. Plus Jovelyn's World, the women's calendar and more. The post Womens Magazine – December 21, 2009 appeared first on KPFA.

Children Denied: Family Cap and Foster Care Mothers on welfare in 24 states don't receive increased benefits if they have additional children. Lawmakers said they wanted to hold down birthrates, but women on welfare say the rule's intent is deeply misguided, and the results are harmful to women and children. On this special Welfare Radio Collaborative edition of Making Contact, we'll explore the "family-cap" and its effect on women's lives, as well as the studies that call it into question. We'll also look at foster care, and how families on welfare are more at risk for losing their children. A free listener resource packet is available by emailing National Radio Project at makingcontact@radioproject.org or by calling us (toll-free) at 800-529-5736. Featuring the voices of several mothers on welfare and: Toby Eastman former Child Protective Services worker and now with Homeless Children's Network; Diana Romero, Columbia University Department of Population and Family Health; Kim Alverenga, Women of Color Resource Center; National Center for Human Rights Education; Loretta Ross, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective The post Making Contact – May 6, 2005 appeared first on KPFA.