Center on Reproductive Rights & Justice

Multidisciplinary research center that serves as a resource, liaison, and partner to reproductive rights and justice organizations @ Berkeley Law

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“Kids need someone to talk to most of the time, especially if you grow up in foster care. You don’t want some mandated reporter. You don’t want some therapist. You want a companion. You want someone you can trust.”

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“I don’t see how they can sit there and take you out of your home, and then control every little thing you do. They won’t even let me go to my friend’s house.”

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“And if we think about queer family building as resistance, then… We know that black people have always been in the business of queer family building. We have always created our own families.” - Ashley Albert, Peer Trainer & Support Specialist at Movement for Family Power

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“And everyday, and it doesn’t always feel like that, I’m reclaiming my family, my identity, myself, my parenting, my identity as a mother, as a strong black woman.” - Ashley Albert, Peer Trainer & Support Specialist at Movement for Family Power

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“The family policing system tries to tell us what a family should look like, but we decide what our families look like.” - Ashley Albert, Peer Trainer & Support Specialist at Movement for Family Power

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“Growing up, I always felt left out. I remember everyone always growing up with what I wish I had, which was parents, a mom and a dad. You know, just a stable, nice life that you would see in the movies, picture perfect.”

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“They might give you a house, but it’s not really a home, because most families that adopt you already have kids themselves. So you always are going to feel like the black sheep in the family.”

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“It was really important for me to have my pronouns respected while I was giving birth, and important that people understood why it was important to have these things… for my basic human dignity and autonomy.” - Sadé Swift, Black Queer Artist Organizer and Full Spectrum Doula

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“Support is reciprocity. Support is building trust and relationships with each other.” - Miriam Mack, Campaigns & Advocacy Director and Senior Legal Counsel at Movement for Family Power

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Tune into Part 2 of the Breaking Silos in RJ Teach-In series. Follow along the 🧵 for more! #BreakingSilosRJ @movfamilypower @ifwhenhow @elephantcircle

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“Harm reduction is a model for every aspect of our life. A lot of times, we’re living harm reduction, we just don’t call it that, right?” - Miriam Mack, Campaigns & Advocacy Director and Senior Legal Counsel at Movement for Family Power

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“If all of us are very honest with ourselves, we too hold judgement, we too are very comfortable with being in our silos.” - Miriam Mack, Campaigns & Advocacy Director and Senior Legal Counsel at Movement for Family Power

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“It’s about what’s happening with the whole person. It’s never just about the diagnosis of pregnancy. It’s about how the things that are socially happening and environmentally happening are affecting the person.” - Chanel Porchia-Albert, Founder of Ancient Song