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Welcome to Feminist Women’s Health Center’s blog featuring latest updates & news about our center, stories from the community, updates from the Capitol, guest blog posts by reproductive justice leaders and much more.
Feria Hispana de la Salud
On August 25th dozens of community leaders and health and social service providers mobilized in the city of Canton, in Cherokee County, for our Second Annual Hispanic Health Fair. Once the doors of the Monte de Sion church opened, the laughter of the...
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Glow Up for Reproductive Justice Throwback
We are still reeling from all the love and support that we received during our first ever virtual fundraiser. Here is a little sneak peek from the night that was Glow Up for Reproductive Justice 2018. You can also relive the "live" event on our Facebook page here....
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Glow Up for Reproductive Justice: Son Ah Yun
Son Ah Yun has over 17 years experience building movements across social justice issues. She is proud to say ten of those years were the most important, caring for her children Jae Mi and Kalvin. Son Ah previously served as the Deputy Director of Programs...
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Glow Up for Reproductive Justice: Leng Leng Chancey
Leng Leng Chancey is an activist, community organizer and champion for human rights issues. Her longstanding passions revolve around social justice issues concerning communities of color, with “equitable access for all” as her motto. In 2013, Leng Leng,...
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Glow Up for Reproductive Justice: Erin Grant
Erin is an inspiration, a key leader and resource in the fight for reproductive freedom across the nation. As Deputy Director at Abortion Care Network their role is to strengthen partnerships and work to deepen community based support for independent...
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Glow Up for Reproductive Justice: Monica Simpson
Monica Raye Simpson is the Executive Director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. A native of rural North Carolina, Monica organizes against human rights violations, the prison industrial complex, and structural racism through a...
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Kwajelyn Jackson, New Executive Director
Kwajelyn Jackson currently serves as Executive Director at Feminist Women's Health Center (FWHC) in Atlanta, GA, leading the entire organization’s operations, abortion clinic, civic engagement, education and outreach teams. Since 2013 she has led the...
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Straight from the Capitol: Why the Whole Women’s Health Act matters
The Supreme Court ruled on Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt the day I interviewed for my job at Feminist. I was already nervous about my interview, and my nerves were compounded by my anticipation of the Court decision. I compulsively checked twitter...
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We won! But it’s not over yet.
The 2018 legislative session is over, and we are proud of what we accomplished. For the fourth year in a row because of your support, no new abortion restrictions have been passed! This year we fought off attacks on abortion access for minors and a bill that would...
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