Reproductive justice moves beyond choice and access to abortion. The term was coined by Ross and other African American women in 1994, following the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt. It is a broader term that uses a human rights framework and looks at reproductive oppression, sterilization abuse, immigration restrictions, gun culture, rape culture, the prison-to-school pipeline, and more. This presentation will cover all aspects of reproductive justice, which is becoming the primary framework new voices in the movement are using to move beyond the paralyzing debates of abortion politics.

Ross is an award-winning, nationally-recognized expert on racism and racial justice, women’s rights, and human rights. Her work emphasizes the intersectionality of social justice issues and how intersectionality can fuel transformation. Ross is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow and associate professor at Smith College (Northampton, MA) in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender.

Wednesday, April 12
7-8:30 p.m. MDT
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Dismantling Hate: An Educational Series Toward Understanding and Action is a campus-wide initiative that provides programming for Colorado College students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and families, and community members from the Colorado Springs area.  Now in its second year, the purpose and goal of this educational series is to support our communities to better understand hate — its roots and outcomes, and to motivate people to take action to dismantle hate.  Each educational program in the series features a conversation with an activist, broadly defined, who shares their work and experience dismantling hate against marginalized communities.