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Recorded presentation

Byllye Avery, Avery Institute for Social Change, 228 West 138th Street #3, New York, NY 10030, 212-862-9937, BYA1NBWHP@aol.com

The American family planning movement has a complicated history in terms of its racial politics. Even beyond its early ties to the eugenics movement, there have been many missed opportunities for common cause between those whose primary cause has been reproductive rights and those who work for civil rights and economic justice with a focus on women of color. In this presentation, I will explore the history of the Black Women's Health Project, with a focus on how the struggle for reproductive rights has been framed by women of color and prospects for an inclusive, broadly-based movement to protect reproductive and sexual rights in America.

Learning Objectives:

• Learning objectives
• At the end of this presentation, audience members
• 1) will know some of the history of the Black Women’s Health Project
• 2) will be able to discuss some of the tensions between the movement for civil rights and economic justice and the reproductive rights movement
• 3) will have an understanding of future prospects for coalitions that move beyond lines of class and race to further shared goals for reproductive rights

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation