CUNY SPH Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Alumni Relations Dr. Lynn Roberts, Dr. Deborah Kaplan, adjunct professor of maternal, child, sexual, and reproductive health, and master’s students Ambrosia Beckford and Isabella Villa Real Seabra...
The panel brought together activists working towards reproductive rights, healthcare and education, particularly for women of color.
During the panel, Roberts, who co-edited an anthology that documents the movement called Radical Reproductive Justice and published by Feminist Press in November, explained, “There is a different level of care afforded to people of color, indigenous people, poor people and trans people. I think that is systemic. And that devaluing and that stigmatizing gets in the way of quality care.” The event was covered by the news website Mic.com.