Organizing for Reproductive Justice

9:30 AM New York l 3:30 PM Vienna

As the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies and spreads around the world in the “post-pandemic” era, threats to reproductive justice have grown, ranging from greater criminalization of abortion to baby formula shortages. It is evident that if we truly wish to provide equitable health, wellbeing, and dignity to all, women and nonbinary individuals must be at the forefront of emergency response efforts now and in the future.

Join the OSUN course, “Women and the Pandemic,” as it hosts Agata Lisiak and Zsanai Epps, who will discuss the community leaders who are fighting these challenging threats throughout the world. The multifaceted nature of reproductive justice will be discussed, as well as the tools needed to continue organizing for reproductive justice in all parts of life.

Moderator

Cammie Jones, Women and the Pandemic Course Instructor


Panelists

Agata Lisiak, Associate Professor of Migration Studies at Bard College Berlin and Project Lead for OSUN’s Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice Project

Zsanai Epps, MPH, CHES; Director of My Sister’s Keeper and Positive Period at the Black Women’s Health Imperative


Agata Lisiak is the Associate Professor of Migration Studies at Bard College Berlin and OSUN’s Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice Project Lead. She works at the intersections of migration studies, urban sociology, cultural studies, and gender studies, and has published internationally on migrant motherhood, migrant femininities, urban girlhood, and cultural memory, among other topics. With MA degrees in International Relations and Literary Studies, and a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies, Agata has held visiting fellowships at the National Sun Yat-sen University, The Open University, and the University of Birmingham, and was a Marie Curie Actions fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna. Agata is currently working on a Volkswagen Foundation-funded research project on migration, power, and space.

Zsanai Epps, MPH, CHES is the Director of My Sister’s Keeper and Positive Period at the Black Women’s Health Imperative. Zsanai leads national programming with young Black women ages 18-30 and college students with an emphasis on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Zsanai’s portfolio includes programming around reproductive justice, chronic disease prevention, advocacy, and leadership development. Zsanai received her Bachelor of Science in Health Education and Master of Public Health from Morgan State University. She also believes in the
investment of HBCUs and is currently a Morgan State University Doctor of Public Health student.

Questions? Contact [email protected]

Register via Zoom to join

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For more information, call 845-758-6822,
or visit https://bard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i9HlpgJnR6aR32TXBk5lvQ.

Time: 9:30 am – 11:00 am EDT/GMT-4

Location: Online Event

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