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Commemorating TODAY: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Today (February 7th) is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. RH Reality Check joins Amplify Your Voice in raising awareness, and in encouraging everyone to take advantage of today to 1) get educated, 2) get tested and 3) get treated. Click here for more info, or visit the facebook page.
The Hyde Amendment at 35: Lessons for Activists
by Marlene G. Fried, Hampshire College
September 28, 2011 - 7:45am (Print)
September 30th is the 35th "anniversary" of the Hyde Amendment. Hyde's legacy is that pitted women of different economic classes against each other, and resulted in a pattern of trading reproductive health care for other health coverage.
What's The Real Problem? Not Listening To Immigrant Women
by Bianca I. Laureano, LatinoSexuality.com
August 10, 2011 - 3:52pm (Print)
What's the real problem? Not listening to immigrant women and hearing what their needs are.
The Triumph Over Racist Billboards in Oakland: We Did It Together
by Eveline Shen, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice
July 14, 2011 - 6:48am (Print)
On behalf of all of us who have worked on the campaign to remove the racist, anti-choice billboards in Oakland, I want to say thank you for all you did. There's more work to do, but the billboards are gone. And we did it together.
Chicago Abortion Fund and African American Leaders Criticize Racist Anti-choice Billboard Campaign
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 6, 2011 - 10:08am (Print)
The Chicago Abortion Fund is leading the effort to oppose anti-choice efforts to target black and low-income neighborhoods on the south side of Chicago.
Follow Jodi Jacobson on Twitter, @jljacobson
Chicago Abortion Fund and African American Leaders Criticize Racist Anti-choice Billboard Campaign
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 6, 2011 - 10:08am (Print)
Reproductive justice leaders continue to speak out against the racist anti-choice billboard campaigns being launched around the country. The Chicago Abortion Fund is leading the effort to oppose anti-choice efforts to target black and low-income neighborhoods on the south side of Chicago.
Follow Jodi Jacobson on Twitter, @jljacobson
Dangerous Distortions: Anti-Choice Fascists and Third World Allies
by Sikivu Hutchison, Women's Leadership Project
and Diane Arellano, Women's Leadership Project
June 21, 2011 - 5:12pm (Print)
On a recent Los Angeles talk radio show Louisiana state legislator John LaBruzzo lamented the “massacre” of millions of “baby women” by abortion. In this fascist’s warped mind abortion infringes on the civil rights of fetuses.
Mother's Day 2011: Why Reproductive Justice Is a Black Thing
by Walidah Imarisha, Western States Center
May 5, 2011 - 1:46pm (Print)
Childbirth can be a deadly matter in the U.S., especially if you are middle or working class. But it was when looking at race and income together that one civil rights organization decided it needed a new lens.
My Blackness Goes Before Me: A Poem and Commentary on Racism and Reproductive Justice
May 4, 2011 - 9:43am (Print)
I wrote this poem because I had grown tired of people not seeing me beyond the color of my skin or my "otherness." I see it being played out on a larger scale as in African-American's women's right to choose as exemplified in this article that talks about Anti-Abortion Billboards.
Film Review: Does "Let's Talk About Sex" Communicate the Right Messages to the Right Audiences?
by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com
April 26, 2011 - 10:57am (Print)
The new film Let's Talk About Sex was created with the intention of sparking public dialogue about and family communication on teen sex and sexuality issues. Here's my take on whether the film is giving the right message to the right audiences.
