Word to the Wise: We Remember
He stood there; shoulders bent, head down. He told his professor,“I’m sorry, Dr. Kahrl, my term paper will be late. My girlfriend bled to death in our bed on Saturday night.” The year was 1972, a year before the Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade when abortion became...
GRR! is Hiring
National Grassroots Organizer Activists across the country are reaching out with interest in joining forces with GRR!, to preserve access to sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice for everyone. Many want to establish groups and chapters in other...
Spotlight: Mothers of the Earth-The Voices of Indigenous Women
Indigenous women represent one of the most vulnerable and marginalized populations in the world. For centuries, Indigenous women have been subjected to relentless discrimination and different types of violence based on gender, indigeneity, and class. They are deprived...
Word to the Wise: The Fight for the Right to Vote
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote. The actual fight began a century before the 19th Amendment was ratified. A century after ratification, in August 2020, the battle for safe...
It’s Voting Tuesday: Small Actions Count!
Most of us want to see big changes in our country. But that's not happening if none of us change anything about how we go about living our lives. Changing our nation isn't a one-person show! Together, though, we can move mountains! This Tuesday, pick one small thing...
Word to the Wise: When can we fully celebrate Independence Day?
That first cry, that first breath taken independently, is a critical moment for every infant leaving the womb, which gave shelter and nourishment for nine months. That first step without support, followed by more steps by the toddler, is another marker point of...
Word to the Wise: The Changing Roles of Fathers
There he was, kneeling on the floor, with a baby wipe in his hand, changing his grandchild’s diaper. For a man of his generation, he clearly had an unusual attitude toward caring for young children. Many of us GRR!s started our families in the 1950s and 1960s. Back...
It’s Voting Tuesday: COVID-19 State Primaries Schedule
COVID-19 State Election Alerts Due to Covid-19 many states rescheduled their primaries. Do you know where and when your state primary is taking place? Find out here. Then, please share it with your friends! We are stronger together!
It’s Voting Tuesday: Racial Justice is Reproductive Justice
Vote Your Values: Freedom from Racial ViolenceThe reproductive justice framework holds three tenets at its core. Every woman has the human right to:1.Decide if and when she will have a baby and the conditions under which she will give birth,2. Decide if...
Word to the Wise: “To become a mother or not to become a mother…”
In honoring mothers this month, let us also honor the complexity of being a mother. “To become a mother or not to become a mother…” That is a question for half of the world’s population. This is an existential question, not a political one. A question that always...
It’s Voting Tuesday: Ask Your Candidates
Voting for Reproductive Justice "Voters, no matter their gender, benefit when women in society do well. They should support candidates who back efforts to ensure women get the health care they need and oppose measures to limit treatment and access to contraception and...
It’s Voting Tuesday! The Fight for Fair Pay & Covid-19
Covid-19 Amplifies Inequities The issues we have long been fighting for are now alarmingly urgent: Low-wage workers — 54 percent of whom are women — are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic as they lose jobs by the millions. Those who’ve been working part...
It’s Voting Tuesday! 5 Ways to Social Distance for Reproductive justice
5 WAYS TO SOCIAL DISTANCE FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: 1. GET COUNTED: Fill out your census for at my2020census. The 2020 census is especially crucial for the future of sexual and reproductive health care programs, such as Medicaid and Title X, that have been...
Wendy’s Story
I’m 80 years old, a mother of four, and a grandmother of five, and because of the birth control pill, I was able to have both a fulfilled career and a happy family life. When I was in my early 20’s, I had a tumor on one of my ovaries and had to have the ovary removed....
It’s Voting Tuesday! Open Call for Video, Photo, and Written Submissions
GRR! will be uplifting our generation's stories to ensure that our voices are heard! Stories are a very powerful way to communicate what can happen without reproductive rights. Some of us have stories about the first time we got contraception. Others about how...
Word to the Wise: Misogyny
Misogyny: the world’s oldest prejudice. Indeed, women have been held in contempt by many men for centuries. They are blamed for Original Sin and accused of “asking for” rape. They have been dehumanized for millennia. At the same time, statues that symbolize liberty...
It’s Voting Tuesday! Counting down to Super Tuesday
40% of Americans will vote in primaries and caucuses on Super TuesdayAlabamaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNorth CarolinaOklahomaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaAlong with Democrats who live abroad and voters in American Samoa,...
It’s Voting Tuesday! It’s all about the Senate
Don't. Stop. Thinking about the Senate. Are you fired up to rebuild a U.S. Senate that will work for the issues that are important to you? Some “Highlights” as Senate Majority Leader: - Refusing to allow the Senate to even consider President Obama’s...
Word to the Wise: African American/Black Women and their fight for Reproductive Justice
The slave owner dug a hole in the ground just big enough for a pregnant belly. Then he forced the pregnant woman to lie down face down with her stomach in the hole so he could whip her without hurting the fetus. That way, he could beat her into submission but save the...
It’s Voting Tuesday! Quick tip to participate in your state’s primary
It’s official: Primary Season has begun! Did you know that some states have closed primaries, in which only voters who are enrolled in a party can participate in that party’s primary or caucus? In most of those states, you can enroll in a party before the...