Activists Gather to Challenge Right-Wing Attacks on Reproductive Rights
Over 500 student and community activists from across the U.S. will gather at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts from April 1-3, 2005 for the 19th annual conference ?From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom.? This year, they will come together in the wake of a Presidential election in which it was widely argued that Bush supporters? top reasons for going to the polls were ?moral values.? The conference, featuring over 60 women leaders from the U.S., Africa, Latin America and South Asia, will offer an alternative vision of moral values based on reproductive freedom, social justice, peace and equality.
The conference will address pressing concerns such as the Bush Administration?s recent attacks on reproductive and sexual rights at home and abroad, increasing militarism, the erosion of civil liberties, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic. Workshop topics include: women of color organizing for reproductive justice, international women?s health, the new eugenics, abortion access, population control, violence against women, queer and transgender issues, and human rights. Speakers will make the connection between grassroots, national and transnational activism. Registration for the conference can be found online at http://clpp.hampshire.edu. For more information and to schedule interviews with conference speakers and organizers, please contact Juno Obedin-Maliver at 413-559-5416 (phone), 413-559-5826 (fax) or email at joCLPP@hampshire.edu.
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