In all the Blog for Choice hoopla yesterday, I forgot to post about this amazing new group, EMERJ. A national movement building initiative founded in January 2007 by a group of reproductive justice leaders, EMERJ seeks to grow and strengthen the reproductive justice movement. Hear what I'm telling you folks, this group is at the cutting edge of the activism being done for reproductive justice. These are the people doing the work, these are the people that you will start to hear a lot more about. So check them out.
Moira Bowman, the Movement Building Director at EMERJ, had this to add about yesterday's anniversary:
The anniversary of Roe is a time to celebrate that fact that abortion is still legal and the amazing efforts that have been needed to protect it - but it is not enough. At EMERJ we are organizing for a strong and vibrant reproductive justice movement that ensures that all people have the economic, social and political power and resources to make healthy decisions about our gender, bodies, and sexuality for ourselves, our families and our communities. We represent diverse communities and a broad set of strategies. Together, we will transform the way we think, talk and act on reproductive justice issues so that our families and communities can thrive.
Like what you hear? Go get involved...
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Jessica,
Thanks for the links. This organization looks fantastic...just the sort of thing we need to be putting our energy into as activists for reproductive justice.
On a semi-related note, do you (or any of the lovely bloggers or commenters here) know of any good sources for soon-to-graduate-from-college women to go to for job opportunities in some of the great organizations that get plugged her a lot? This is something the career center at my university just doesn't not have a clue about, and I'd love any help anyone could offer (sorry to take things off topic, but I couldn't think of a better alternative).
This is irrelevant, and I apoligize for doing it so if it's not allowed but I was doing some research on FGM and I find a horrible link titled "Do It Yourself Clitoridectomy" with very descriptive instructions which was outrageous, I just wanted you guys to know about this
http://www.totse.com/en/bad_ideas/irresponsible_activities/doityourselfcl179016.html
that is the link I am going to try and see if I can give the webmaster a piece of my mind and hopefully you guys can too.