Kierra Johnson
Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of Choice USA, heads the leading pro-choice organization working to mobilize and provide ongoing support for the diverse, upcoming generation of leaders who promote and protect reproductive choice both now and in the future. Often sought after for her expertise on youth and reproductive justice, Kierra fosters dialogue between major national organizations and local activists to raise the voices of young people on the ground in the national debate. She serves on the boards of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Center for Community Change and the advisory council of the Women’s Information Network.
Generation X: Finding Our Own Voices, Carrying Our Own Torches
by Kierra Johnson, Choice USA
September 15, 2011 - 9:24am (Print)
As my involvement in our movement grew deeper, the honeymoon was over, as they say. The imperfections of the movement, the Baby Boomer’s movement, became glaring. Their Second Wave ways didn’t resonate with my Third Wave thinking.
The Myth of the Teen Pregnancy Epidemic
by Kierra Johnson, Choice USA
July 22, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
Teenage pregnancy isn’t the epidemic. The real epidemic is lack of information and support for people to make healthy decisions and the culture of shame and scapegoating around sex. And young people feel the brunt of it.
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