Let’s Meet At The Crossroads Of Reproductive Justice

 

Legislate THIS! is our annual statewide day of action and advocacy, with this year’s session taking place on Thursday, February 23, 2017. You can expect to hear from key leaders about pertinent public policy issues and educate our policymakers at the GA Capitol about many of our obstacles that meet at the crossroads of reproductive justice.

Read our 2017 Legislative Brief.

In celebration of the momentous 10th annual session, SPARK invokes Kimberlee Crenshaw’s work on Intersectionality, and calls on YOU to carry on in the tradition of grassroots community leaders who believe that we can speak truth to power and hold our elected representatives accountable through the collective power of Reproductive Justice.

Doors open/breakfast served at 8:30AM at Trinity United Methodist Church.

Register for the 10th Annual Legislate This! here.

View and share the event on Facebook and EventBrite.

KICK IT WITH SPARK!

kijan44 years after the US Supreme Court made the landmark decision, ROE V WADE is under attack. This is the latest in an ongoing effort to disempower women and further criminalize those most marginalized in society with restrictive laws. What can we do to protect our rights?

Join SPARK for a Facebook LIVE chat with Kwajelyn Jackson of Feminist Women’s Health Center, as we discuss how a repeal of the Supreme Court decision would impact women’s health and the fight for universal reproductive justice.

RSVP HERE.

This event is part of a national series with our partners from All Above All. We Will Be BOLD.

Spark Off! Roe v. Wade

January 2017 marks the 44th anniversary of the Roe v Wade verdict and this month we talk to two individuals who have had abortions about their experiences and the future of reproductive rights. Tune in and let us know what you think!

Roe v. Wade: Then v. Now

kijan44 years after the US Supreme Court made the landmark decision, #ROEvWADE is under attack. This is the latest in an ongoing effort to disempower women and further criminalize those most marginalized in society with restrictive laws. What can we do to protect our rights?

Join SPARK for a Facebook LIVE chat with Kwajelyn Jackson of Feminist Women’s Health Center, as we discuss how a repeal of the Supreme Court decision would impact women’s health and the fight for universal reproductive justice.

RSVP HERE.

This event is part of a national series with our partners from All Above All. We Will Be BOLD.

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Rustin Lorde Breakfast 2017 – You’re Invited!

marchJoin our very own Taylor ALXNDR and our partners at the Southern Unity Movement at The 2017 Bayard Rustin/Audre Lorde Breakfast and march TODAY at 10AM at the Loudermilk Conference Center (40 Courtland Street Atlanta, GA 30303). This year’s theme is Relevance and Artists who inspire positive change and illuminate paths toward liberation will be featured. Select works from the exhibit Living With, “a collection of multi-sensory, interactive installations” about the impact of AIDS will be displayed.

RSVP HERE.

Support The Work: GIVING TUESDAY

As you might remember, we’re a part of the CrowdRise Giving Tower and this week marks the start of the campaign. This means that you can start donating to our cause and watch the tower grow. In addition, we’ll be asking everyone to give next Tuesday, November 29th as part of the CrowdRise Giving Tower #GivingTuesday event. On that day, if we raise the most, we’ll get a $25,000 donation to our cause.

We kindly ask that you donate to SPARK today and help us reach our goal for Giving Tuesday.

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To date, SPARK has hosted 42 LGBTQQ youth of color at 6 FYRE Media Justice Camps producing a variety of media resources covering issues from coming out, bullying, and sexual health to healthcare access, violence, and abortion. We also organized the first LGBTQQ youth of color reproductive justice conference in the Southeast, IGNITE, which provided 15 workshops to 85 LGBTQQ youth of color from 13 southern states, and mobilized over 500 community members to the Georgia Capitol to advocate for sound reproductive health and rights policy.

Thank you so much for your support!

GIVING TUESDAY: SUPPORT THE WORK

Your support of our Speak Justice take Action! fundraiser is critical in helping us to raise the funds needed to continue to offer our innovative programs building the power and leadership of Black Women, Women of Color and Queer & Trans youth  of color in the South. As we continue this important work, especially now with the fight for reproductive justice has been targeted by the shift in our political administration, we need your support to build and sustain a reproductive justice movement in the Deep South that allows us to advocate for policies and practices that empower young families throughout Georgia and foster sustainable change. Your generous gift allows us amplify the voices of those often most marginalized in public policy conversations to shift policy, practice, and culture.

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Please give and join us in our call to action: SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW! SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW is the only statewide organization working toward reproductive justice in Georgia. SPARK organizes Black women and LGBTQQ youth of color to ensure their ability to make empowered decisions about their bodies, identities, sexualities, and families. SPARK prioritizes the voices of Black women and LGBTQQ youth of color to ensure that the experiences of those most marginalized in society are centered in the reproductive justice movement.

DONATE HERE AND SHARE THE LINK WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

 

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Join SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW for

The Second Annual

SPARK A CHANGE
A FUNDRAISER AND CELEBRATION

Friday, December 9, 2016

7:00pm – 9:00pm

HodgePodge Coffeehouse & Gallery | Atlanta, GA

This community centered event will feature delightful local bites, fantastic live music and performances, and a prize raffle. We will also be honoring our community youth leaders for exemplifying our vision of a world where all people are empowered, valued, and able to make liberatory decisions about their communities, families, and lives with our Vanguard of Change Award.

To purchase tickets, click here

For sponsorship opportunities, click here

Join our team and volunteer in the Host Committee!


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