Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Abortion in Context: A Conversation about Reproductive Justice and Community Care in a Post-Roe World

 

Featuring Byllye Avery Founder of the Black Women’s Health Imperative 
With Miriam Neptune, Director of Milstein Center Exhibits, Programming and Public Engagement 
& Ramya Arumilli, BC ’25 and Member of Barnard’s Reproductive Justice Collective

Monday, January 29 5:30-7 PM (doors open at 5pm) 
Event Oval, The Diana Center, Barnard College 

This event is associated with “Abortion in Context,” a new, one-time course created and taught by Wendy Schor-Haim and Cecelia Lie-Spahn. This course features guest speakers from a variety of backgrounds, each of whom has dedicated their career to advocating for abortion as a critical part of overall reproductive healthcare in the United States and internationally. The course is funded by Barnard College, through the Fund for Innovation in Teaching and the Reproductive Health Grant.

Co-Sponsors: Africana Studies Department, American Studies Department, Barnard Center for Research on Women and Gender, Barnard Library & Academic Information Services, Center for Engaged Pedagogy, First-Year Experience Programs, Fund for Innovation in Teaching, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Reproductive Health Grant, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department This venue is accessible to people with mobility and hearing disabilities. ASL interpretation will be provided by All Hands in Motion. For more information, visit: americanstudies.barnard.edu/events