First, you can follow NFPRHA on Twitter and Facebook.
Follow the hashtag #MakeItRight and #FixTitleX on social media to stay up-to-date on Title X. You can also follow the Biden-Harris administration’s plans to secure and protect the future of Title X in the early days of the transition of power.
Read MoreYou can follow SisterSong on Facebook and Twitter and stay up to date with their vital reproductive justice work.
Frontline, a collective group of progressive organizations, put together an ad in the New York Times to help move impeachment forward of elected officials who tried to undermine the outcome of the 2020 election. You can sign on to that here.
Choose your political home—find what organizations, work, and ideology that you are connected to. You can give your time, talent, and money to these organizations and individuals to move the country forward.
Actions you can take for Abortion Justice
Read MoreMake sure you follow the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in order to stay up-to-date on their work!
Learn more about the HEAL for Immigrant Women and Families Act. Call your Congressmen and women and tell them to support the act. The Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121.
You can also check out NAPAWF’s information on the HEAL Act and sigh their petition here!
Read MoreFollow Planned Parenthood Action Fund on Twitter and Facebook, and In Our Own Voice-- National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda on Twitter and Facebook to keep up with their fantastic work.
Tell your elected officials that you want sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice protected, expanded, and prioritized around the world. You can sign Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s petition for the incoming Biden-Harris administration and ask them to prioritize the blueprint’s goals. You can text ADDME to 22422 to sign on!
Continue to vote for those who promise to crush systemic barriers and protect these important access issues. Become more deeply involved in your local and state political systems.
Read MoreYou can follow the International Center for Research on Women on Facebook and Twitter in order to stay updated on their research and work.
Endorse and discuss the International Center for Research on Women’s feminist foreign policy! Share it on social media, send it to friends and family, or converse about it with those you know. You can access ICRW’s toolkits here to spread the word on feminist foreign policy.
You can also all your member of Congress and tell them to support the resolution that calls for ICRW’s vision of feminist foreign policy, which was introduced in the House last September. The Capitol Switchboard is reachable at 202-224-3121.
Read MoreSupport the National Birth Equity Collaborative by following their work on Facebook and Twitter. You can also find more information on the Amandla Group here.
Be engaged in advocacy efforts! Contribute to organizations that are doing work on infertility. Use your voice and put pressure on policy makers to adopt the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s policy suggestions.
Normalize infertility issues and combat stigma. Have conversations and education sessions with people around you. Uplift the voices and stories of Black birthing people and birthing people of color. Advocate for equity in research.
Read MoreStay up-to-date on all news related to sexual and reproductive health and rights by following Rewire News Group on Facebook and Twitter.
Remember, the court is for the people. We can be active members in our court system through information, elections, and more. Take comfort in educating others in your life on the impact of the courts (as well as the impact of elections on the court). Continue to stay informed on the current and upcoming cases in front of the Supreme Court.
Call your Congress people during this lame duck period of time if there are more Trump-appointed judges. You can contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Read MoreFollow the organizations featured in this episode and stay up to date on their incredible sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice work!
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity (URGE)
Read MoreYou can follow CHANGE on Facebook and Twitter and stay in-the-loop with their great work.
There is a 60-day comment period on the expansion of the Global Gag Rule that closes on November 13, 2020. Use this opportunity as a way to draft and submit comments and questions to HHS, the Department of State, and other implementing agencies.
Urge your national-level representatives to prioritize ending the Global Gag Rule. You can contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. You can tell your Senators to support the Global HER Act sponsored by Senator Jean Shaheen, NH.
Read MoreFollow Human Rights Watch on Twitter and Facebook here and Amnesty International on Twitter and Facebook here.
Encourage your members of Congress to not follow the Unalienable Rights Commission report as a line of policy. You can also tell your Congressmember to support the Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act in the House and Senate, which would formally recognize and affirm that reproductive rights are human rights. You can contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Take time to challenge the ways in which Americans think by picturing the U.S. as a global nation rather than an exceptional international identity.
Read MoreYou can follow National Women’s Law Center on Twitter and Facebook here.
Stay engaged in and educated on the democratic process and U.S. institutions.
Look toward reproductive justice organizations in order to continue to learn about the ways in which our lives our intersectional.
Start dreaming of the world that you want to live in. Eventually, we will be forced to build a new world. What does that look like in your eyes?
Read MoreFirst, give Planned Parenthood Action Fund a follow on both Twitter and Facebook—it is a surefire way to stay in-the-know on all things sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice!
Go to Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s website, CrisisInTheCourts.com, for a full time-line of administration court appointees, interactive outlines, and ways to engage.
Call your Senators when there is an egregious court nominee. You can contact the Capitol Switchboard at 2020-224-3121.
Read MoreFirst and foremost, you can follow Center for American Progress on Twitter and Facebook and stay up-to-date on their important work.
Read Center for American Progress’ report “Toward Equitable Treatments for Women’s Health During Coronavirus and Beyond” here.
Urge your Congressmembers to both pay attention to representation in clinical trials and support the Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act.
If you feel safe and compelled to do so, consider participating in COVID-based or general clinical trials.
Read MoreFirst and foremost, read Annerieke’s Human Rights Watch publication, “It Wasn’t Really Safety, It Was Shame,” here to learn more.
You can follow Human Rights Watch on Twitter and Facebook.
Learn more about the sex education policy in your state—contact your state representatives and advocate for medically-accurate, inclusive sex education. Learn more about HPV and the HPV vaccine, and advocate for legislation that increases awareness amongst schools and parents.
Contact your members of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor two critical bills, Real Education for Healthy Youth Act and The Youth Access to Sexual Health Services.
Read MoreFirst, stay up-to-date on the newest writings about reproductive and transgender rights by following Rewire. News and Facebook and Twitter. Follow Jessica Mason Pieklo on Twitter here. You can find Katelyn Burns’ pieces on Vox here and follow her on Twitter here.
Listen to perspectives and voices that are different than yours. Continue to have difficult conversations around reproductive health and rights and transgender health and rights with those that are in your social circle.
When it is safer to go outside and gather in crowds, continue to show up at rallies for reproductive and transgender health and rights. Consider becoming involved as an abortion clinic escort.
Read MoreFirstly, you can follow IPAS on Twitter and Facebook and stay up-to-date with their work on global reproductive health and rights.
Work for justice-- get involved in advocacy and activism by supporting and uplifting the messages of reproductive justice organizations and reproductive health and rights organizations!
Contact your Representatives and tell them to support the Abortion is Healthcare Everywhere Act. The Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121.
Join IPAS’ social media campaign by following them on Twitter and use the hashtag #RepealHelms to amplify the message.
Visit www.repealhelms.org to learn more about the Helms amendment and how you can help work to repeal it.
Read MoreYou can follow URGE on Facebook and Twitter and stay up-to-date with their important work. You can also follow Preston on Twitter here.
Research de-funding the police and what that means. Ask yourself what it means to reallocate funds and invest them in things that lift communities up.
Further, you can do some research into the six policy priorities for achieving reproductive justice that Preston mentions in the episode. These priorities include:
1) Abortion access
2) Comprehensive sexuality education
3) Economic justice
4) Democracy reform
5) Decriminalization and creating safe communities
6) Immigrant justice
Read MoreFollow Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast on Twitter and Facebook.
Assess the status-quo and be informed. With the release of numerous reproductive health and rights-related Supreme Court cases, it can be hard to stay engaged.
Make a conscious effort to center Black voices in all aspects of your life. Then, expand that to include brown people, LGBTQ+ people, Black trans folks, and other marginalized voices.
When it comes to abortion access, it is always helpful to donate to your local abortion fund.
Read MoreYou can follow National Women’s Law Center on Facebook and Twitter in order to stay engaged with this fantastic organization.
Let your members of Congress know that it’s critical to support LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive health, rights, and justice, civil rights, and more as related cases make their way in front of the Supreme Court.
If you have questions about what is happening with yours, a friend’s, or a family member’s birth control coverage, reach out on CoverHer for guidance.
Read MoreYou can follow the Center for Reproductive Rights on Facebook and Twitter and stay connected with this fantastic organization as they fight for reproductive health and rights around the U.S.
Support your local abortion providers! You can donate and volunteer (safely), and find information on your local abortion funds here.
Women’s Health Protection Act would enshrine into federal law the protections of Roe v. Wade, and make it much harder for states to propose restrictions to abortion care. You can find the Senate bill and House bill here.
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