Join Urbana-Champaign Reproductive Justice (UCRJ) for the very first U-C Reproductive Justice Week, April 24-30! UCRJ, founded by UUCUC member Julie Laut, has a mission to educate our community about the reproductive justice framework, elevate the work being done locally, and provide ways each of us can act to ensure reproductive justice for all. UCRJ is grateful to Rev. Sally for participation on our steering committee and for leading the 4/29 reading group, Just Get on the Pill, at The Literary (https://www.ucrj.org/events-1/book-group-just-get-on-the-pill). Thank you as well to the financial support offered by the UUCUC Repro Justice Team and UUCUC Social Action Committee to make this week a success.
All events are free and open to the public! https://www.ucrj.org/
From the 2015 UUA Statement of Conscience on Reproductive Justice (www.uua.ora/action/statements/reproductive-justice):
“The reproductive justice movement envisions the liberation of people of all genders, sexual orientations, abilities, gender identities, ages, classes, and cultural and racial identities. Such liberation requires not only accurate information about sexuality and reproduction and control of personal
reproductive decisions, but also living wages, safe and supported housing, high quality and comprehensive medical and reproductive health care, access to voting and the political process, affordable legal representation, fair immigration policies, paid parental leave, affordable childcare, and the absence of individual and institutional violence. …
As participants in the reproductive justice movement, Unitarian Universalists commit to follow the lead of, act in solidarity with, and be accountable to communities of color and other marginalized groups, using our positions of power to support those communities’ priorities. Both those affected and their allies play important roles. Unitarian Universalists are laying the groundwork for the transformative power of multicultural organizing in partnership with reproductive justice organizations and leaders, looking for leadership from those most affected. We will use our position to speak loudly in the religious arena, as the religious voice has often been used to limit access to reproductive justice.”