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Happy Bi Visibility Day! 💜💗💙 To all of o

Happy Bi Visibility Day! 💜💗💙

To all of our beautiful, radiant bisexual familia - you deserve to live and love freely, to have self-determination over your body, to create the family of your choosing, and to be surrounded by supportive and loving communities ALWAYS. Regardless of where you are on your journey or on the spectrum of visibility, you are valid, worthy, and so incredibly loved. May this #BiVisibilityDay be whatever you need it to be. 💗

Queer liberation is Reproductive Justice! 🌈

🎨: @theunapologeticstreetseries

#ReproJustice #BisexualVisibilityDay #BiVisibilityDay #BisexualityAwarenessWeek #ThisIsRJ

[ID: on a violet background there is a heart in the bisexual flag colors with bubbly cursive white text in the heart that says, “Blessed are the Bisexuals” surrounded by purple, white, and blue flowers]

Join us for a free Oral History Workshop in collab

Join us for a free Oral History Workshop in collaboration with @wild_tongue_archive and @avenue50studio! ⭐️ The workshop will be held on Tuesday, September 27th from 4-7pm at the Avenue 50 Studio in Los Angeles and will be the first in a series of Wild Tongue: A Latinx Oral History Archive events hosted by Virginia Espino, PhD, reproductive justice guerrerx and producer of "No Más Bébes."

Wild Tongue is an Oral History archive to recover, rescue, and record the experiences and rebellious ideas that inform the ordinary, yet beautiful lives of a community that is often invisibilized. In this first workshop, you will learn oral history methodology that focuses on a "do no harm" ethics in story collection, and will begin to build the question bank for the Wild Tongue interview.

To register for the workshop, visit http://bit.ly/3cLRi86 or click the link in our bio. 🌻

Sharing our stories helps to shatter negative societal stigmas and builds power in our communities and beyond. 📣

#ReproJustice #ThisIsRJ #SpeakingStory

[ID: On a solid sky blue background, there is black bold text that says, "WILD TONGUE: A Latinx Oral history Archive: Free community workshop for those interested in learning how to collect working class narratives from the QTBIPOC Latin American diaspora. Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 4-7pm Avenue 50 Studio 131 N Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042. Space is limited and priority will be given to Latinx/Chicanx Afro-Latinx and Indigenous women, trans and non-binary people who feel they have experienced gender oppression." In the bottom righthand corner is a picture of Wild Tongue archive founder, Virginia Espino]

Right now, the Biden Administration is considering

Right now, the Biden Administration is considering changes that would strengthen Section 1557 protections and help improve access to care for millions of people across the country. Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act provides important protections against discrimination in health care programs and activities – it is a crucial provision that specifically prohibits discrimination in health programs receiving federal financial assistance, health programs administered by federal agencies, and ACA health insurance marketplaces and issuers that participate.

You can help make sure you and your loved ones get the language access services you need. Share your story and help the Biden Administration strengthen protections for people with limited English proficiency at https://whymycarecounts.org/section-1557-quality-health-care-for-everyone/.

Ensuring that everyone has access to quality healthcare and all of the resources they need to thrive is Reproductive Justice!

[ID: A man in a blue shirt hugs his seated grandmother from behind, who is wearing a red shirt. On top of the image are the words MCC, ACA 1557, and End Health Care Discrimination]

We join our immigrant community in great disappoin

We join our immigrant community in great disappointment of the Biden administration's recent push to expand Title 42, a racist, ableist, transphobic policy that uses the global pandemic to prevent migrants from accessing the asylum process and expedites their deportation processes. The Biden Administration has shamefully allowed Title 42 to continue to deny asylum seekers their rights and now Biden's proposal to further expand this inhumane policy will put tens of thousands of more migrants and asylum seekers in danger.

We demand an immediate end to the administration's use of Title 42! Every day that Title 42 remains intact vulnerable people, families, and the lives of children are sacrificed. It’s time we roll back harmful immigration laws like #Title42 that have led to racial profiling & disproportionately resulted in the incarceration, deportation & destruction of families of color and LGBTQIA+ immigrant communities! Everyone - regardless of immigration status - should have the right to access healthcare, housing, food, all of the resources they need to thrive, and the ability to seek a full and dignified life free from violence.

Support & follow these powerful immigrant rights orgs leading the fight against this racist, ableist, transphobic policy:
🔸 @instabaji
🔸 @alotrolado_org
🔸 @undocublack
🔸 @officialblmp
🔸 @welcomewithdignity

Let us not forget we are on stolen land, in a country built by the enslaved, where tens of thousands of immigrant, poor, disabled, Black, Indigenous, and people of color were and continue to be sacrificed during this pandemic. We can only create a future where there is Reproductive Justice by abolishing systems that deny people their right to self-determination and bodily autonomy, so that we can build a world where everyone can access everything they need to thrive & determine their own futures. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

#EndTitle42 #ProtectBlackMigrants #ReproJustice #AbolishICE #FreeThemAll

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🚨 Yesterday, a nationwide abortion ban was intr

🚨 Yesterday, a nationwide abortion ban was introduced to the Senate. While we are not surprised, we want to be clear.

ABORTION BANS ARE
RACIST
MISOGYNIST
TRANSPHOBIC
CLASSIST
ABLEIST
AND ROOTED IN A LEGACY OF REPRODUCTIVE OPPRESSION.

There is a long history and continued effort to find ways to control the bodies of poor, Black, Indigenous, Latine, and other people of color, LGBTQIA, youth, and people with disabilities. And yet our communities are still here. LET US BE CLEAR. WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE WILL FIGHT. WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN.

All birthing people, regardless of geographical location, zip code, etc. need access to safe abortion healthcare that can meet their needs where they are. Deciding when, if, and how to start a family is fundamental to the fight for Reproductive Justice.
#BansOffOurBodies #ThisIsRJ #ReproJustice #AbortionIsHealthcare

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FELICIDADES TO THE UNIÓN DE VECINAS FOR MAKING HI

FELICIDADES TO THE UNIÓN DE VECINAS FOR MAKING HISTORY IN THE CITY OF BELL GARDENS! 🎉

Last night, the Bell Gardens City Council made their final vote and officially passed a rent stabilization ordinance that limits annual rent increases to once a year and to 50% CPI, with a 4% ceiling. As a result of two years of hard-work and dedication by the Vecinas, Bell Gardens is now the first city in Southeast Los Angeles and the first majority Latinx city to pass a rent control measure in the state! Bell Gardens has shown unanimous support for families, and their next steps with implementation of the ordinance in the next 30 days will set the bar across the state.

The Unión de Vecinas proved that when we come together as a community, we are unstoppable! THANK YOU to all of our partners in this work and to everyone who has been alongside the Vecinas supporting this housing campaign for the past two years! The tide is turning in SouthEast LA and California as communities across the state come together to ensure that everyone has access to safe, stable, and affordable housing. This victory is only the beginning of what can be accomplished with the power of community!

Building safe, sustainable, and empowered communities where everyone has access to safe, stable, and affordable housing IS Reproductive Justice!

#HousingIsRJ #RentStabilization4BG #BGMamas4RentStabilization

[ID: a picture of the vecinas smiling and wearing masks with their fists in the air. behind them is a banner that says "Union de Vecinas" and a bright blue sky]

On August 22nd, the BELL GARDENS CITY COUNCIL UNAN

On August 22nd, the BELL GARDENS CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE that places BG residents, families, and community first — ¡La unión si hace la fuerza!

The @cityofbellgardens has an opportunity to do it again TONIGHT at the FINAL VOTE in support of #RentStabilization4BG at 50% CPI with a ceiling of 4%.

We are proud to stand with the Unión de Vecinas and the City of Bell Gardens as they lead the way in SouthEast LA! Communities across California are turning the tide as we come together to ensure that everyone has access to safe, stable, and affordable housing. When all the members of our community have access to safe, stable, affordable housing, our communities grow healthy and thrive!

You too can support the Union de Vecinas at the Bell Gardens City Council meeting today 9/12 and share your testimony in support of rent stabilization. Send your written comments by email to unidas@clrj.org or directly to the City of Bell Gardens at: PublicComments@bellgardens.org

[ID: on a cream background, bold violet text says, “Healthy communities take care of each other!” Below the text is an illustration of a thriving, colorful community embracing and looking joyful]

#RentStabilization4BG #HousingJusticeIsRJ

BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities continu

BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities continue to face higher rates of sexual & reproductive health inequities across California. #AB2586 centers the needs of our communities most impacted by supporting trusted CBO’s that provide medically accurate repro & sexual health info. Expanding access to medically accurate, culturally congruent sexual and repro health education inclusive of abortion care is #ReproJustice! @GavinNewsom, please support #AB2586 to ensure proper implementation of the #RJFreedomFund.

Ensuring that our communities have easy access to accurate medical information and essential healthcare is critical to achieving Reproductive Justice!
#ReproJustice #CALeg #AB2586 #ThisIsRJ

[ID: A solid turquoise background with medical supplies pictured below dark turquoise text that says, "Pass the CA Reproductive Justice and Freedom Fund! It's time to address and eliminate reproductive & sexual health inequities in CA #RJFreedomFund #AB2586" The CLRJ, ACCESS, and BW4W logos are at the bottom of the image.]

Join us, the @wild_tongue_archive, and @avenue50st

Join us, the @wild_tongue_archive, and @avenue50studio for a free oral history workshop on Tuesday, September 27th from 4-7pm at the Avenue 50 Studio in Los Angeles! This workshop will be the first in a series of Wild Tongue: A Latinx Oral History Archive events hosted by Virginia Espino. Wild tongue is inspired by the works of #gloriaanzaldúa and #saidyahartma and seeks to document, preserve, and make available the intimate histories of working class Latinx/Chicanx, Afro-Latinx and Indigenous women, trans and non-binary people in the U.S. The goal of Wild Tongue is to recover, rescue and record the experiences and rebellious ideas that inform the ordinary, yet beautiful lives of a community that is often invisibilized.

In this workshop, you will learn oral history methodology that focuses on a "do no harm" ethics in story collection, and together, we will begin to build the question bank for the Wild Tongue interview.

To register for the workshop, visit http://bit.ly/3cLRi86 or click the link in our bio. 🌻

Storytelling is critical in the fight for Reproductive Justice and building an accessible, liberated future rooted in bodily autonomy and self-determination! 📣
#ReproJustice #ThisIsRJ #OralHistory #Storytelling

[ID: On a solid sky blue background, there is black bold text that says, "WILD TONGUE: A Latinx Oral history Archive: Free community workshop for those interested in learning how to collect working class narratives from the QTBIPOC Latin American diaspora. Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 4-7pm Avenue 50 Studio 131 N Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042. Space is limited and priority will be given to Latinx/Chicanx Afro-Latinx and Indigenous women, trans and non-binary people who feel they have experienced gender oppression." In the bottom righthand corner is a picture of Wild Tongue archive founder, Virginia Espino]

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