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Free Breast Health Screenings

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The Health Initiative is hosting a series of no-cost community breast health screening days that are open for registration now!  Services provided are made possible by a grant from Susan G. Komen of Greater Atlanta and It’s the Journey.

Screenings will take place on Saturday, March 25, 2017 between 9:00 AM & 2:00 PM at The Health Initiative site located in The Phillip Rush Center. You can register for the screening here. There are limited spots available so sign up now!

Participants must be at least 35 years old. All of these services are trans* inclusive.

The Health Initiative will contact you to select your appointment time after you register.

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Don’t Agonize. Brunch & Organize!

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Whether you are looking for a role in your community or have been an active organizer for years, the SPARK ORGANIZING INTENSIVE ADVOCACY TRAINING (SOI) is a wonderful opportunity to engage an intergenerational cohort of reproductive justice advocates and dig deep on pressing issues that affect our communities across identities. You will also be able to gain concrete campaign building skills that will help you directly organize and support community events and projects throughout 2017.

Read our 2017 Legislative Brief.

SOI serves as a lead-up training to LegislateThis! our annual advocacy day at the state capitol and is geared towards supporting and empowering people of color, centering the experiences of queer & trans youth of color and black women. As we enter an increasingly disruptive political age, it is urgently important to focus on building our power as a community and uplifting the voices of those most marginalized in society.

This year, the SOI will take place on Sunday, February 19th, from 1-4PM, at the

TROY MOORE LIBRARY AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY.

Register for the 2017 SOI.

Doors open/brunch served at 12:45PM.

View and share the event on Facebook and Eventbrite.

For more information, e-mail our Programs Specialist, Shayla Robinson, at Shayla@sparkrj.org

Closing The Gap

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On this National Youth Enrollment Day, SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW remains committed to uplifting the voices and experiences of LGBTQ youth of color. During the 2014 FYRE Media Justice Camp, 10 youth of color came together from three Southern states to develop short films and blogs that touched on various issues important to them as Queer and Trans youth of color living in the South. One group chose to use their voices to address the coverage gap.

Georgia has the fifth largest population of uninsured people in this country. And according to Young Invincibles, “up to 44 percent of the approximately 481,000 Georgians who fall in the coverage gap are young adults aged 18 to 34.3 The proportion of young adults in Georgia’s coverage gap is greater than the proportion in other non-expansion states, such as Texas (38 percent), Virginia (38 percent), and Florida (36 percent).”

It is important that the voices of queer and trans youth of color are heard in this fight for healthcare access.  Please listen, share the stories of these amazing young leaders, and join us on February 19th, 2015 for our annual statewide day of action and lobby event, Legislate This! We will hear from key leaders about pertinent public policy and social justice issues, rally with other Georgians, and educate our policymakers at the Capitol about reproductive justice.