CRRJ Wins Bright Spot Award
 

CRRJ is honored to be selected as one of three non-profit organizations to win the 2014 Bright Spot Award from the Quixote Foundation, which celebrates "full tilt idealism."  The unsolicited recognition is accompanied by a grant award and given to organizations

For more information on the award, click HERE.

The Reproductive Justice Working Group will explore questions that have plagued  efforts to secure reproductive rights and eliminate reproductive oppression, particularly for vulnerable and marginalized populations.  The group's primary goal is to co-create an environment where participants can deepen their understanding of reproductive justice and develop practical ideas for integrating it into their research and practice. We welcome participation by community members, activists, clergy, health professionals and advocates, advanced undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and researchers from various disciplines.  

Alisa Sanchez will facilitate the group every other Wednesday from 3:00 to 5:00 in a wheelchair-accessible location with free parking for people with disabilities. The Center on Race & Gender will co-sponsor, and snacks will be provided.  Email reprojustice@law.berkeley.edu by September 5^th for information about registration and directions.  

CRRJ has opened the doors of the Reproductive Justice Virtual Library - an online, searchable catalog of annotated sources illuminating the foundations and growing edges of the reproductive justice framework.  Written in accessible language with links to authors and organizations, the library serves advocates, academics, media, and the general public.  The collection, carefully curated by Elena Gutierrez with input from members of the RJ community, includes scholarship from law and the social sciences, as well as reports and other substantive advocacy materials from organizations. Enter HERE.

Members of the CRRJ Crew met up with the Be Bold Road Trip when it hit Oakland on August 13th.  Speakers, including Representative Barbara Lee (pictured below next to  CRRJ Executive Director Jill E. Adams), declared their support for the restoration of public insurance coverage for abortion care so that every woman can access safe, affordable services when she needs them.  The Be Bold Road Trip is sponsored by the All* Above All campaign, "an innovative and uplifting campaign that unites organizations and individuals to build support for abortion coverage."

The Center will support a new reproductive justice book series from University of California Press to be edited by Zakiya Luna, Khiara Bridges, and Rickie Solinger.  The series will publish works exploring the contours and content of reproductive justice, including primers aimed at neophytes and books of original research.  

Kathleen Messinger, student researcher at CRRJ and goalkeeper for the Cal women's soccer team, won an Oscar Geballe Postgraduate Scholarship.  When injuries kept Kathleen from being able to play and fulfilling her athletic potential, she came to CRRJ and discovered a new identity as a passionate activist.  Inspired by her experiences at CRRJ, she plans to use the scholarship to attend law school and pursue a career in reproductive rights advocacy.  We are so proud of Kathleen for this and all of her achievements!  Read more about her journey from athletics to advocacy HERE.