When Black scholars get asked to do unnecessary stuff, we should respond with: "that work may shorten my telomere lengths and affect my cortisol levels, which puts me at greater risk for heart disease. So the answer is no! "
“My hope is that the conversation around Reproductive Health in 30 years is a little more joyous—coming more from a lens of abundance not lack.” — Zsanai Epp, Senior Director of Reproductive Justice Initiatives @blkwomenshealth#CBCF@CBCFInc
Democratic Leader @RepJeffries invited BWHI to a Reproductive Rights roundtable on July 19, 2023. House & Pro-Choice Caucus Leadership, Democratic Women’s Caucus & other Members attended. @enviablezsanai, our Senior Director, discussed our priorities for #ReproductiveHealth.
You ever get to the point where you’re just tired of everybody? Lmao chile I can’t be bothered by anyones bs that’s trying to creep into my life I feel like RESTING. Have a fit by yourself 😭
“They claim to be pro-life, but it’s really pro-birth, because you don’t hear them allocating any money for schools or lunch programs or getting the homeless kids food. They don’t care...So, when is a life a life?” Byllye Avery
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Join us for an intergenerational conversation on the state of reproductive justice and how we achieve reproductive freedom for all. @blkwomenshealth@GGENYC
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Join reproductive justice icon Byllye Avery, Me, Breya Johnson and youth organizers Courtney Jones and Ponny White for an intergenerational conversation on the state of reproductive justice and how we achieve reproductive freedom for all. https://t.co/DmL7sS6xOe
Register NOW for “Reproductive Justice: Past, Present and Future” to discuss GGE’s *new* youth repro manifesto and the “We Remember” with one of its original authors, Byllye Avery, Sr. Director of @blkwomenshealth, Zsanai Epps, and youth organizers! https://t.co/HfefFAu4V1 ✨
34 years after Byllye Avery + 15 Black women penned their landmark “We Remember: African American Women Are For Reproductive Freedom,” GGE youth organizers are sharing their renewed demands, because it is time for reproductive liberation to radically center youth voices.