SAT, FEB 15 - WEBINAR 1

INTRODUCTION TO REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE

This webinar covered:

  • A brief history of reproductive oppression and the birth of the RJ movement

  • An introduction to the Reproductive Justice framework and its core principles

  • An understanding of intersectionality as a socio-political power analysis

  • How to incorporate RJ principles into our everyday lives

 
 

SAT, MARCH 7 - WEBINAR 2

INTERSECTION OF REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND LGBTQIA+

This webinar covered:

  • The intersections of LGBTQ liberation and reproductive justice issues

  • The Queering RJ and LGBTQ liberation frameworks queer as a practice of “queering,” and how we can queer our ideas of what reproductive justice represents and encompasses

  • The needs of transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary (TGNC), and the reproductive oppression faced by this community

 
 

SAT, MAY 9 - WEBINAR 3

ENVIRONMENTAL REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND THE IMPACT OF COVID-19

This webinar covered:

  • Reproductive justice and Environmental Justice as overlapping issues

  • How RJ and EJ movements must work collectively to address EJ issues (especially in the U.S. South, where the movement was born) with close attention to injustices related to race, gender, and class

  • The correlation between healthy environments and healthy communities across the globe

  • How the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 is a RJ issue

 
 

SAT, MAY 30 - WEBINAR 4

HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE

This webinar covered:

  • The intertwining histories of science, reproductive rights, and reproductive justice movements

  • The relationship between science, legislation, and social movements, including the responsibility of science to inform radical social movements

  • Understanding intersectionality as a socio-political power analysis

  • Thinking critically of the ways that the RJ framework may be incorporated within individual lives as well as scientific design and practice