Dispatches from the Revolution: Part 3

In the third and final installment of my coverage of From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building a Movement for Reproductive Freedom, a conference hosted by the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program (CLPP), I had the opportunity to sit down with Shana Griffin. Shana works with INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence and is the Interim Director of the Women's Health and Justice Initiative in New Orleans.

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In the third and final installment of my coverage of From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building a Movement for Reproductive Freedom, a conference hosted by the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program (CLPP), I had the opportunity to sit down with Shana Griffin. Shana works with INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence and is the Interim Director of the Women's Health and Justice Initiative in New Orleans.

As you can imagine, this is incredibly important and challenging work. I end this series of interviews with Shana because, in many ways, her work exemplifies the message of the CLPP conference. Shana speaks about the intersections of gender, race, class, citizenship status, sexuality and all the ways these phenomena affect the lives of the people she works with. As New Orleans remains mired in the process of recovery and rebuilding, she actively reminds us of the significance of an intersectional approach. Here's Shana:

I had an wonderful time at the conference and would like to thank a few folks that made the weekend such a fantastic one: Rewire (Amahl, Ellen, Tyler and Scott) for the opportunity to cover the conference; Monica, Lani and Shana for their time and inspiration; and finally, the conference coordinators for bringing together fierce and brilliant activists from all around the country to help formulate a collective vision for reproductive freedom.