The History of Reproductive Justice

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I'm so thankful that you brought up the historic lens and that your book focuses so much on it. I think most of Americans that are raised and indoctrinated in this culture like slavery, oh bad. Capitalism. Good. But when you think about the reality that there has only been two average American lifetime between right now and slavery. There is a very, very short line between enslaved women that the day they gave birth were forced to go out on the fields and America being the only wealthy nation where we don't have guaranteed paid parental leave. Like it is a direct line. Absolutely. We just need to make the connections. And I believe we can't make the connections for a lot of

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About Tricia

Tricia Hersey is a Chicago native who has called Georgia home for the last 12 years. She has over 20 years of experience as a multidisciplinary artist, writer, theologian and community organizer. She is the founder of The Nap Ministry, an organization that examines rest as a form of resistance and reparations by curating spaces for the community to rest via community rest activations, immersive workshops, performance art installations, and social media. Her research interests include Black liberation theology, womanism, somatics, and cultural trauma. She is the author of the upcoming book Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto which will be published in October 2022. You can learn more about her work and the book at thenapministry.com.

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