Publications and Articles

SisterSong: General

"The 'SisterSong Collective': Women of Color, Reproductive Health, and Human Rights".  Originally published in the American Journal of Health Studies, 2001, pages 79-88.

"Building a Movement for Reproductive Justice: SisterSong Gathers Women of Color to Strategize for 2005", by Loretta Ross, SisterSong National Coordinator. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

"SisterSong: Herstory", by Loretta Ross, SisterSong National Coordinator. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

"SisterSong's Voter Education Campaign",by Nkenge Toure, SisterSong Management Circle. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

SisterSong Post-Conference Report, Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

"My Experience Making History", by Juanita Williams, SisterSong Management Circle. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

"Where do We go from Here?", by Loretta Ross, SisterSong National Coordinator. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

"SisterSong: A Quilt of Love and Support", by Juanita Williams, SisterSong Management Circle. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

"SisterSong Mentors Worldwide through MentorNet", by Yaminah Ahmad, Collective Voices Editor. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

"Can't We All Just Get Along! Ethnic Tensions Among Women of Color", by Yaminah Ahmad, Collective Voices Editor.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

"The Full and True History of the "Gramma Clause", Dedicated to My Wonderful Grandsons", by Jamie Y Crighton, Blackfeet/Mohawk.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Documenting Our Herstory: Voices of Feminism Project at Smith College Collaborates with SisterSong", by Loretta Ross.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"The Power of Sistah-Hood, Something You Can't Get from a Grant", by Juanita Williams, SisterSong Management Circle.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006.

"HISTORY MATTERS: MISSISSIPPI THEN AND NOW", by Joyce Follet, Sophia Smith Collection, with research assistance from Kelly Anderson, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Sister Sucker Punches", by Loretta Ross, SisterSong National Coordinator, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"U.S. Social Forum: Another America is Possible", by Titilayo Ihesinachi, SisterSong Administrative Coordinator, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Let's Talk About Sex! Women of Color, Choices and Reproductive Justice", by Laura Jimenez, Deputy Coordinator, SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Member Organization Update: NAPW - Nationwide Advocacy Leads to Victories for NAPW", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"After Ten Years of Movement-Building, SisterSong Prepares for the 2008 Elections at the "Let's Talk About Sex" Conference", by Yaminah Ahmad, Managing Editor, Collective Voices, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"Mapping Our Rights: Navigating Discrimination Across the United States", by Leila Hessini, SisterSong Middle Eastern/Arab American/North African Community, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Abortion Rights

"Black Abortion", by Loretta Ross, SisterSong National Coordinator.  Originally published in Abortion Wars: A Half-Century of Struggle, edited by Rickie Solinger.

"An Anti-Abortionist Surviving In The Pro-Choice Movement", by Alice Skenandore, SisterSong Management Circle. Summer 2004 Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1

"Abortion Issue Divides, Distracts Us from Common Threats and Threads", by Lynn Paltrow.  Published in Perspectives, Vol 13 No 3, Winter 2005 by the American Bar Association.  Reprinted in Collective Voices, Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005 with permission.

"Against the Grain: U.S. Abortion Policy from a Global Perspective", by Leila Hessini, IPAS, SisterSong Management Circle.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Expand the Pro-Choice Dialogue", by Dinushika Mohottige.  Reprinted in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006 with permission from the December 02, 2005 issue of the Christian Science Monitor.

"Florida State Grant Program Starts Call Center to Reduce Abortion", SisterSong, Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"African Americans Underrepresented in Anti-Abortion Movement", SisterSong, Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Parental Notification of Abortions Will Hurt California's Latinos", By Dolores Huerta & Rocio Cordoba, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Amnesty for Whom? Abortion as a Human Right: Amnesty International's Big Decision", by Laura Jimenez, SisterSong Deputy Coordinator, Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Abortion and the Politics of Prevention", by Betsy Hartmann, Population and Development Program at HampshireCollege, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Bio-Technology

"Center for Genetics and Society Identifies Two Eugenic Threats to Communities of Color", by Yaminah Ahmad, Collective Voices Editor. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

"Committee on Women Population and the Environment Takes a Look at the Age of Reproductive Technology", by Yaminah Ahmad, Collective Voices Editor.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

"Population Control: An Obstacle to Reproductive Justice", by Betsy Hartmann, Hampshire College. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

"Study Says Asian, Black Women Have Low IVF Success Rates", by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Term "Eugenic Injustice" Introduced at Harvard Lecture", by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

Disability Rights

"Should Kirsten Johnson be Allowed to Have Kids?", by Katie Watson.  Published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

Environmental Justice

"A Feminist Response to Katrina", by Loretta Ross, September 2005.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3 

"Bribing Low-Income Families to Ignore Environmental Hazards" Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006.

"Environmental Justice Campaigns Provide Fertile Ground For Joint Efforts with Reproductive Rights Advocates", by Chinue Turner Richardson.Published in the Guttmacher Policy Review: Winter 2006, Volume 9 No. 1

Fundraising

"When Funding Hurts", by Loretta Ross, September 2005.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3 

"Surviving Grant Writing with a Smile", by Dazon Dixon Diallo (Management Circle Member), September 2005.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3

"The Power of Sistah-Hood, Something You Can't Get from a Grant", by Juanita Williams, SisterSong Management Circle.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006.

"Only 3.6% of Grant Funds Awarded to Minorities", by SisterSong Collective Voices editor Yaminah Ahmad, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

Health Care

"Globalizing Radical Agendas: How US Policies Affect Women's Reproductive Rights around the World", by Leila Hessani, IPAS, SisterSong Management Circle.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004 

"The Color of Surrogacy: Why do Blacks Avoid It?", by April Lundy.  Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005

"4th Annual Black Midwives and Healers Conference Comes to Atlanta", by Yaminah Ahmad.  Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005

"Pharmacists Take Stand Against Access to Birth Control", by Yaminah Ahmad.  Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005

"Study Says Asian, Black Women Have Low IVF Success Rates", by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"The Other Side of Pharmacy Refusal: Pharmacy Access", by Belle Taylor-McGhee, Pharmacy Access Partnership.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"The Meth Baby Myth", by Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Vaginal Gel Trials Start in Africa", by Clare Nullis, Associated Press.  Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Insurance Rates of API Children Vary Widely".  Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Willingness of Minorities to Participate in Health Research". Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Black Women with Breast Cancer More Likely to Die of Disease Study Shows". Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Cervical Cancer Screening Rates Low Among Asian Women". Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Dying Babies: Infant Mortality Rates and People of Color", by LaToya Rogers, SisterSong Intern, Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Mad at Birth Control?", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Florida State Grant Program Starts Call Center to Reduce Abortion", SisterSong, Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Midwife Pleads Guilty to Practicing Medicine Without a License", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Study Reports on Black Women in Low-Income Neighborhoods and Cervical Cancer Screenings", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF LATINA IMMIGRANTS", By National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Aggressive, Deadly Breast Cancer Attacks Black Women", SisterSong, Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"American Cancer Society Reports on Latinas and Breast Cancer", SisterSong, Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Mammogram Intervention Increases Screenings Among Low-Income and Minorities", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"The FDA's Plan B Decision: A Victory for Women of Color?" by Ederlina Co, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Racial Disparities Persists in Health Care", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"First Research Center to Study Health Disparities Among Women", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Trauma and Pregnancy: Katrina and 9/11", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Great Demand for Prenatal, Maternity Care in New Orleans for Hispanic Immigrants", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"Georgia Bill Requires Doctors to Offer Pregnant Women HIV Tests", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"Harvard University Discovers Life Expectancy among Eight Americas", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"Minority Women Less Aware of Risk for Heart Disease than Whites", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"Morehouse School of Medicine Examines Prison Health", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"Racial Discrepancy in Breast Cancer Partially Attributed to Tumor Biology", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"U.S. Healthcare System Performs Poorly in Many Areas", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

HIV/AIDS

"Globalizing Radical Agendas: How US Policies Affect Women's Reproductive Rights around the World", by Leila Hessani, IPAS, SisterSong Management Circle.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004 

"Violence Against Women and HIV, a Dangerous Intersection", by Jamarah Amani.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Vaginal Gel Trials Start in Africa", by Clare Nullis, Associated Press.  Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Microbicides: A Promising HIV Prevention Option for African American Women".  April 2006

"Look Before You Lick", by Kai Gurley, SisterSong Development Coordinator, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"LAS OLVIDADAS/THE FORGOTTEN ONES: Latinas and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic", by The Hispanic Federation, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"International HIV/AIDS Conference Offers Critical Strategies that Affect Women of Color Worldwide", SisterSong, Reporting By Dazon Dixon Diallo, SisterLove Inc., Article By Yaminah Ahmad, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Georgia Bill Requires Doctors to Offer Pregnant Women HIV Tests", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"Living Positively: Sex and Childbearing After an HIV Diagnosis", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Human Rights

"A Feminist Response to Katrina", by Loretta Ross, September 2005.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3 

"Pacific Institute for Women's Health Says Reproductive Rights are Human Rights", by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Reproductive Rights are Human Rights", by Loretta Ross.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"U.S. Social Forum: Another America is Possible", by Titilayo Ihesinachi, SisterSong Administrative Coordinator, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Amnesty for Whom? Abortion as a Human Right: Amnesty International's Big Decision", by Laura Jimenez, SisterSong Deputy Coordinator, Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Mapping Our Rights: Navigating Discrimination Across the United States", by Leila Hessini, SisterSong Middle Eastern/Arab American/North African Community, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Immigration

"Immigrant Latinas' Domestic Abuse Undocumented" by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Ningun humano es illegal: Immigration Reform, Human Rights and Reproductive Justice", by Laura Jimenez, Deputy Coordinator, SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"LAS OLVIDADAS/THE FORGOTTEN ONES: Latinas and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic", by The Hispanic Federation, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Immigrant, Si Se Puede!", by Luz Melo, SisterSong Youth Mini-Community, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Great Demand for Prenatal, Maternity Care in New Orleans for Hispanic Immigrants", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Incarceration/Prisoner's Rights

"Model Prenatal Care in New York Prison" Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Making the Silent Heard and the Invisible Visible: Reproductive Justice for Women in Prison", by Robin Levi - Justice Now, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Prisons Shackle Women Inmates in Labor", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Morehouse School of Medicine Examines Prison Health", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Indigenous Rights

"Montana American Indian Population Expected to Double Because of Birth Rates" Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Women Warriors Help Stem the Tide in South Dakota", by Suzanne Sunshower, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Indian Health Service Stops Funding for California Health Center", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

International/Global

"Globalizing Radical Agendas: How US Policies Affect Women's Reproductive Rights around the World", by Leila Hessani, IPAS, SisterSong Management Circle.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

"Same Sex Relations in Africa Documented in Book", by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Against the Grain: U.S. Abortion Policy from a Global Perspective", by Leila Hessini, IPAS, SisterSong Management Circle.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Vaginal Gel Trials Start in Africa", by Clare Nullis, Associated Press.  Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Building a 21st Century Transnational Women's Movement: A Collective Statement of Shared Vision".  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"U.S. Social Forum: Another America is Possible", by Titilayo Ihesinachi, SisterSong Administrative Coordinator, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Women?s Reproductive and Sexual Rights and the Offence of Zina in Muslim Laws in Nigeria", by Ayesha M Imam, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Amnesty for Whom? Abortion as a Human Right: Amnesty International?s Big Decision", by Laura Jimenez, SisterSong Deputy Coordinator, Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"International HIV/AIDS Conference Offers Critical Strategies that Affect Women of Color Worldwide", SisterSong, Reporting By Dazon Dixon Diallo, SisterLove Inc., Article By Yaminah Ahmad, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Mobilizing Support for Community Health Workers in Trinidad", by Lynn Roberts, SisterSong Documentation Committee, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Mothers in Cameroon Practice Breast Ironing on Teen Daughters", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Strategies Of Resistance: Women Re-Interpreting the Meaning of Democracy in the Arab World", by Leila Hessini, SisterSong Middle Eastern/Arab American/North African Committee, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Strategies of Resistance Women Rising in the Arab World", by Leila Hessini, SisterSong Middle Eastern/Arab American/North African Community, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Labor/ Workers' Rights

 

Leadership

"Sister Sucker Punches", by Loretta Ross, SisterSong National Coordinator, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer)

"Feminist Women's Health Center Addresses Transmen Health Concerns", by Yaminah Ahmad, Collective Voices editor. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

"Same Sex Relations in Africa Documented in Book", by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Proposed Bills to Limit Reproductive Procedures for LGBT People Dropped". Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Look Before You Lick", by Kai Gurley, SisterSong Development Coordinator, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"From Welfare Queens to Gay Marriage: The Path to Compulsory Heterosexual Marriage?", by Suzanne Pharr, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Transgender 101", by Transgender Law Center, San Francisco, CA, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

Media

 

Men's Issues

"The Youth Bulge Theory Attacks Men of Color" by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

Midwifery/ Birthing Issues

"An Anti-Abortionist Surviving In The Pro-Choice Movement", by Alice Skenandore, SisterSong Management Circle. Summer 2004 Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1

"Midwifery Struggles to Maintain Its Validity in American Society", by Yaminah Ahmad, Collective Voices editor.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

"The Color of Surrogacy: Why do Blacks Avoid It?", by April Lundy.  Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005

"Unnecessary C-Sections Performed on Black, Latina, and White Women", by Yaminah Ahmad.  Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005

"University Study Examines Black Women's Maternal Health", by Yaminah Ahmad.  Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005

"CDC Finds Homicide Top Cause of Death for New and Expectant Mothers", by Yaminah Ahmad.  Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005

"4th Annual Black Midwives and Healers Conference Comes to Atlanta", by Yaminah Ahmad.  Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005

"Study Says Asian, Black Women Have Low IVF Success Rates", by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Model Prenatal Care in New York Prison" Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Chicago Doulas for Low-Income Pregnant Teens". Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Dying Babies: Infant Mortality Rates and People of Color", by LaToya Rogers, SisterSong Intern, Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Mad at Birth Control?", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Midwife Pleads Guilty to Practicing Medicine Without a License", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Member Organization Update: NAPW - Nationwide Advocacy Leads to Victories for NAPW", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Overweight Woman Refused IVF Treatment", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Trauma and Pregnancy: Katrina and 9/11", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Living Positively: Sex and Childbearing After an HIV Diagnosis", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"Midwives Honor the Sensuality of Pregnancy and Birth", by Shafia Monroe, President/CEO International Center for Traditional Childbrearing CTC, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"Pregnancy-Related Mortality", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

"Senate Bill Criminalizes Pregnant Women Using Meth", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Profiles

Iris Chang 1968-2004, Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

Dazon Dixon Diallo Wins the Leadership for A Changing World Award, by Yaminah Ahmad, Collective Voices editor. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

Rus Ervin Funk: Being a Male Ally - Brother Beat, Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

Soraya Mire: More Than a Woman, by Yaminah Ahmad, Collective Voices Editor.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

Marcus Scott: Fre Institute for Civic Education - Brother Beat, Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

Pandora Singleton 1961-2004, Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

Racism/White Supremacy

"Helpful Tips on How White Allies Can Support Women of Color Organizations", by Yaminah Ahmad, Collective Voices Editor. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

"Only 3.6% of Grant Funds Awarded to Minorities", by SisterSong Collective Voices editor Yaminah Ahmad, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

Reproductive Justice

"Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice Answers the Question: What Is Reproductive Justice?", by Eveline Shen, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, SisterSong Management Circle.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

"Building a Movement for Reproductive Justice: SisterSong Gathers Women of Color to Strategize for 2005", by Loretta Ross, SisterSong National Coordinator. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

"Stolen Election = Stolen Futures: Reproductive Justice and the 2004 Elections, by Yaminah Ahmad, Collective Voices editor. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 2005

"INCITE! Launches National Reproductive Justice Campaign", by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Reproductive Rights are Human Rights", by Loretta Ross.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Reproductive Justice: Towards a Comprehensive Movement", By Eveline Shen, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, SisterSong Management Circle.  Published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006.

"Reclaming Choice, Broadening the Movement: Sexual and Reproductive Justice and Asian Pacific American Women, A National Agenda for Action", by Courtney Chappell, NAPAWF.  Published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006.

"Expand the Pro-Choice Dialogue", by Dinushika Mohottige.  Reprinted in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006 with permission from the December 02, 2005 issue of the Christian Science Monitor.

"Let's Talk About Sex! Women of Color, Choices and Reproductive Justice", by Laura Jimenez, Deputy Coordinator, SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"What's Wrong With "Choice?"", by Marlene Fried, Hampshire College, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Strategizing for the Next Phase of Reproductive Justice: SPEAK YOUR MIND", by Brenda A. Joyner, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Self-Help

"What is Self-Help?  How Does It Relate to Reproductive Justice and Women of Color?", by Laura Jimenez, Dominican Women's Development Center.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

"Women of Color Helping Ourselves: Self-Help Methodology for Wellness", by Lisa Diane White, SisterLove, Inc

"Sister Sucker Punches", by Loretta Ross, SisterSong National Coordinator, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

Sex/Sexuality-Education

"Three Federally Funded Abstinence Programs Instill 'Fear' Not Information in Students". Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Survey Shows Half of 15-19 Year-Olds Have had Oral Sex". Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Look Before You Lick", by Kai Gurley, SisterSong Development Coordinator, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Surgeon General David Satcher Calls for Open Discussion About Sex with Teens", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Let's Talk About Sex! Women of Color, Choices and Reproductive Justice", by Laura Jimenez, Deputy Coordinator, SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Living Positively: Sex and Childbearing After an HIV Diagnosis", SisterSong, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Spirituality

"Our Collective Spiritual Journey", by Chalchiuhtlicue Rosalinda Montez Palacios.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

Teen Pregnancy

"Imagining Lives: Childcare and Reproductive Justice", by Benita Miller Johnston, Brooklyn Childcare Collective.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006.

"Chicago Doulas for Low-Income Pregnant Teens". Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Three Federally Funded Abstinence Programs Instill 'Fear' Not Information in Students". Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Surgeon General David Satcher Calls for Open Discussion About Sex with Teens", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"AirSpace", by Benita Miller Johnston, Brooklyn Young Mother?s Collective, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Violence Against Women

"Battered by the Movement", by Zoe Flowers.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005

"CDC Finds Homicide Top Cause of Death for New and Expectant Mothers", by Yaminah Ahmad.  Originally published in Collective Voices, Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005

"Immigrant Latinas' Domestic Abuse Undocumented" by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Violence Against Women and HIV, a Dangerous Intersection", by Jamarah Amani.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

Welfare/Poverty

"Bribing Low-Income Families to Ignore Environmental Hazards" Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006.

"Chicago Doulas for Low-Income Pregnant Teens". Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"From Welfare Queens to Gay Marriage: The Path to Compulsory Heterosexual Marriage?", by Suzanne Pharr, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"The FDA's Plan B Decision: A Victory for Women of Color?" by Ederlina Co, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

Women's Rights

"A Feminist Response to Katrina", by Loretta Ross, September 2005.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3 

"Globalizing Radical Agendas: How US Policies Affect Women's Reproductive Rights around the World", by Leila Hessani, IPAS, SisterSong Management Circle.  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 1, Summer 2004

"Pacific Institute for Women's Health Says Reproductive Rights are Human Rights", by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Beijing + 10: U.S. Proposed Amendment Defeated", by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Building a 21st Century Transnational Women's Movement: A Collective Statement of Shared Vision".  Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Women's Reproductive and Sexual Rights and the Offence of Zina in Muslim Laws in Nigeria", by Ayesha M Imam, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"International HIV/AIDS Conference Offers Critical Strategies that Affect Women of Color Worldwide", SisterSong, Reporting By Dazon Dixon Diallo, SisterLove Inc., Article By Yaminah Ahmad, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Overweight Woman Refused IVF Treatment", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Strategies Of Resistance: Women Re-Interpreting the Meaning of Democracy in the Arab World", by Leila Hessini, SisterSong Middle Eastern/Arab American/North African Committee, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Women Warriors Help Stem the Tide in South Dakota", by Suzanne Sunshower, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Strategies of Resistance Women Rising in the Arab World", by Leila Hessini, SisterSong Middle Eastern/Arab American/North African Community, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 7, Spring 2007

Youth

"The Youth Bulge Theory Attacks Men of Color" by Yaminah Ahmad. Originally published in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2005.

"Insurance Rates of API Children Vary Widely".  Printed in Collective Voices Vol 1 Issue 4, Spring 2006

"Surgeon General David Satcher Calls for Open Discussion About Sex with Teens", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Parental Notification of Abortions Will Hurt California's Latinos", By Dolores Huerta & Rocio Cordoba, Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 5, Summer 2006

"Everywhere We Go, People Want To Know...", by Arlyn Rondon, SisterSong Youth Mini-Community, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Immigrant, Si Se Puede!", by Luz Melo, SisterSong Youth Mini-Community, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

"Mothers in Cameroon Practice Breast Ironing on Teen Daughters", SisterSong, Originally Published in Collective Voices, Vol. 2 Issue 6, Winter 2007

 

 

 

 

 
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