The Reproductive Justice Working Group is a biweekly interdisciplinary meeting of students, researchers, faculty, staff of reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations, and community members interested in RJ. The working 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.
The group explores questions that have plagued efforts to secure reproductive rights and eliminate reproductive oppression. How do statuses such as race, class, gender, and ability influence reproductive possibilities? How has reproductive justice organizing intersected with other social movements?
Sessions include discussing readings about RJ and giving participants feedback on RJ-related works-in-progress (e.g. dissertation prospectus, workplan for a community organization’s RJ event, article draft, conference presentation). Topics have included a history of the RJ movement, adolescent pregnancy, assisted reproductive technology, criminalization of pregnancy, activism, research methods, religion and sexual ethics.
- More details about the Fall 2015 group are here.
- A guide that captures the stories, lessons, and tips from our inaugural
year to help you develop your own RJ working group is now available here.