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Related: About this forumGreat Show of Unity And Support. So Very Proud of these Beautiful AA Orgs.
http://www.trustblackwomen.org/solidarity-with-black-lives-matter
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Black Women Led RJ Organizations/Projects:
Ancient Song, Doula Services,Colored Girls Hustle, Echoing Ida, Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), National Network of Abortion Funds
In Our Own Voice:
National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda, Reproaction SPARK Reproductive Justice Now! Women Engaged, Access Reproductive Care-Southeast, SisterLove, Inc. Southern Birth Justice Network, New Voices for Reproductive Justice, Missisippi In Action, SisterReach, Women With A Vision, National Birth Equity Collaborative, The Afiya Center, Families for Justice as Healing, Black Women for Wellness, The Body is Not An Apology, Black Feminist Future, Family Preservation Collective, Black Women's Blueprint, Milwaukee Reproductive Justice Collective.
Black women leaders represented the following allied organizations:
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Feminist Womens Health Center
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
National Advocates for Pregnant Women
This solidarity statement was also signed on by individual artists, healers, theologians, academics, policy analysts and legal representatives.
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Tweet from Cecile Richards PP & Unified Women #IStandWithHer
Cecile RichardsVerified account ?@CecileRichards
ICYMI: #TrustBlackWomen & #BlackLivesMatter make a powerful partnership for justice. http://bit.ly/1Q61dT8 @PPBlackComm
9:03 AM - 10 Feb 2016
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Great Show of Unity And Support. So Very Proud of these Beautiful AA Orgs. (Original Post)
misterhighwasted
Feb 2016
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. K & R
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)2. Beautiful isn't it!
Locked arm in arm, these wise AA women have never & will never stop marching forward.
A true revolution spanning generations & always fearlessly standing up to the good-old-boy-white-guy-patriarchy
"DON'T BE A "TOOL" FOR THE PARTRIARCHY"
Cha
(297,154 posts)3. Thank you so much, rivers.. this is so historically awesome!