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Reproductive Justice Panel
Reproductive Justice and the need to safeguard a womxn’s right to receive the healthcare they need, have a healthy pregnancy, safe childbirth, a thriving infant, and all the necessary preventative and supportive healthcare have never been more needed than now. The recently leaked Supreme Court…
Find out more »Printers Row Lit Fest
Conversation with Danyel Smith, author of "Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop."
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Conversation with cultural critic Kathy Hey about "The Billboard" along with a short excerpt.
Find out more »Abortion and Race in the City
Lecture at Davidson College
Find out more »Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore
Authors Discussion and Signing with Natalie Y. Moore And Dawn Turner
Find out more »Race and Reproductive Rights post-Roe
A Discussion with Author Natalie Moore and Chicago Abortion Fund at UIC
Find out more »Barbara Ballinger Lecture
Join us for a lecture and Q&A in this year’s Barbara Ballinger Lecture with author and WBEZ Journalist Natalie Moore. The event will be held Sunday, October 9, 2-3 pm at the Main Library and virtually on Zoom. Moore is the author of the book…
Find out more »The Janes panel discussion
Screening of the documentary "The Janes" and panel discussion featuring Heather Booth founder of the underground abortion provider known as the Service or Jane Presented by YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago Foundation for Women, University of Chicago’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, and…
Find out more »The Negro Motorist Green Book
During the era of Jim Crow laws, a time of segregation through policy and through custom, Victor Green, a Black postal carrier from Harlem, recognized a need and decided to fulfill it. Inspired by his Jewish friend who had a book that listed places in…
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