We Deserve Everything!
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Our Approach
We advance reproductive justice through leadership development, mutual aid, and ongoing political education to ensure our communities are equipped to make informed choices about their health, families, communities, and future.
Community Organizing & Engagement
We challenge race and gender-based violence and suppression through cultivating the knowledge, leadership, and organizing skills of emerging Reproductive Justice leaders.
We challenge race and gender-based violence and suppression through cultivating the knowledge, leadership, and organizing skills of emerging Reproductive Justice leaders.
Integrated Voter Engagement
We provide civic engagement and electoral resources and education, to amplify the voices and political aspirations of Black women, Black queer folks, and Black marginalized voters.
We provide civic engagement and electoral resources and education, to amplify the voices and political aspirations of Black women, Black queer folks, and Black marginalized voters.
Policy & Advocacy
We build community-driven power for Black women and folks looking to push back against oppressive, regressive, and violent policy, while championing for life-affirming legislation.
We build community-driven power for Black women and folks looking to push back against oppressive, regressive, and violent policy, while championing for life-affirming legislation.
Narrative Power
We craft and help amplify the stories of Black women, Black queer folks, and Black marginalized communities to build collective power and re-affirm individual and collective self-determination.
We craft and help amplify the stories of Black women, Black queer folks, and Black marginalized communities to build collective power and re-affirm individual and collective self-determination.
Frequently Asked Questions
Learn more about New Voices and our work and the Reproductive Justice movement.
Where does New Voices work and what populations do you serve?
We have offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio. Our work focuses on the communities within and surrounding those three major metropolitan areas, although we occasionally do state-level work and at times support federal/national efforts. We support and build power for and alongside Black women, Black queer folks, and Black marginalized communities (domestic workers, sex workers, immigrants, elders, young people, disabled people, etc.).
How long has New Voices been around?
New Voices was founded in 2004 — We've been around for more than 20 years. We began our work in Pittsburgh, PA and have since expanded to Philadelphia PA and Cleveland OH. If you would like to learn more about our organization's journey, please check out Our History.
What is the Reproductive Justice movement?
The Reproductive Justice movement, often referred to as the "RJ" movement, was built on the human right to have children, not have children, parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities, and maintain our own personal, bodily autonomy. The term "Reproductive Justice" is a combination of the phrases “reproductive rights” and “social justice.” It's a Black, women/femme, and human rights-centered movement that was founded in 1994.
How's Repro Justice different from Repro Rights and Repro Health?
Reproductive Rights focuses on the legality of abortion and perinatal healthcare (example: Roe v Wade). Reproductive Healthcare refers to the health and wellbeing of women and people with the capacity for pregnancy (example: an OB/GYN check up). Reproductive Justice (RJ) focuses on access and the social determinants that negatively impact the right to or quality of necessary healthcare that marginalized people receive (example: providing resources like contraception, comprehensive sex education, domestic violence assistance, and adequate wages).
What is the difference between "Our Work" and "Our Approaches"?
Our 'work' describes our four core programmatic activities: Community Organizing & Engagement, Integrated Voter Engagement, Narrative Power, and Policy & Advocacy. Our 'approaches' are the theories that fuel how we execute our programming which includes mutual aid and resource distribution, leadership development, and narrative strategy.
I want to do more. How can I get involved in your work?
Start by joining our mailing list or following us on social media! You can also join us in person for an upcoming gathering in one of our cities, participate in an upcoming virtual gathering, apply for one of our leadership development cohorts, donate to or fund our work, and commit yourself to learning more about Reproductive Justice!