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09.19.2023  /   If/When/How Staff
Pro-Black and Pro-Worker Is the Only Way Forward
At If/When/How, we can only support people who need our services as long as the workers who support them are cared for and sustainably employed.... Read more
Graphic with swirling blue, purple, and pink background calling for submissions to the 2023 Writing Prize for New Scholarship in Reproductive Rights & Justice. In the upper right corner is an If/When/How logo. Centered in lime green and lilac colored text boxes is black text that reads, “Calling all law students! Submit to the 2023 Writing Prize.” Next to the “to” is a transparent black outline illustration of a hand with a pen. Floating over “the 2022” is an illustration of an open notebook. At the bottom, justified to the left, is white text with black outlining that states, “Write about reproductive Justice. Win money. Get published.” Below that is bold, black text that shares a link for more info, “Learn more at tinyurl.com/2023WritingPrize.”
08.23.2023  /   If/When/How Staff
Calling All Law Students! 2023 Writing Prize Submissions Are Now Open
If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice invite submissions for the 18th annual Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights & Justice.... Read more
A banner showing the 6 faces of the new RJ Fellows cohort
08.17.2023  /   If/When/How Staff
Hirsha Venkataraman: 'We are all affected in some way when reproductive rights are stripped. This fight is for everyone.'
We asked Hirsha to tell us a little about himself as he prepares to begin his Reproductive Justice Fellowship year at If/When/How Lawyering for Reproductive Justice.... Read more
A banner showing the 6 faces of the new RJ Fellows cohort
08.16.2023  /   If/When/How Staff
Cassandra Pilla: ‘My post-law school dream has never waivered, and I am most excited to be able to contribute to the reproductive justice movement as a new lawyer.’
We asked Cassandra Pilla to tell us a little about herself as she prepares to begin her Reproductive Justice Fellowship year at Elephant Circle this fall.... Read more
A banner showing the 6 faces of the new RJ Fellows cohort
08.16.2023  /   If/When/How Staff
Rachel Utz: ‘I hope my career will take me further to help create radical change, largely in the criminal justice world. I am hoping to live in a world where abolition becomes a reality.’
We asked Rachel Utz to tell us a little about herself as she prepares to begin her Reproductive Justice Fellowship year at SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW! this fall.... Read more
A banner showing the 6 faces of the new RJ Fellows cohort
08.15.2023  /   If/When/How Staff
Grabiela Hernandez: 'I plan to utilize this opportunity to fight for gender justice and bodily autonomy – with law, and public policy.'
We asked Grabiela Hernandez to tell us a little about herself as she prepares to begin her Reproductive Justice Fellowship year at SisterLove, Inc. this fall.... Read more
A banner showing the 6 faces of the new RJ Fellows cohort
08.15.2023  /   If/When/How Staff
Deepali Gill: 'I am headed towards a career that is focused on breaking down barriers that restrict access to make decisions about reproductive health and intimate relationships.'
We asked Deepali Gill to tell us a little about herself as she prepares to begin her Reproductive Justice Fellowship year at Illinois Contraceptive Access Now (ICAN!) this fall.... Read more
A banner showing the 6 faces of the new RJ Fellows cohort
08.14.2023  /   If/When/How Staff
Maya Arigala: 'The law is oftentimes a destructive force in marginalized people's lives. I'm driven forward by a desire to change that.'
We asked Maya to tell us a little about herself as she prepares to begin her Reproductive Justice Fellowship year at Positive Women’s Network-USA this fall.... Read more
A banner showing the 6 faces of the new RJ Fellows cohort
08.14.2023  /   If/When/How Staff
Mackenzie Darling: 'Reproductive justice is bodily autonomy for all without state regulation, violence, and control.'
We asked Mackenzie to tell us a little about herself as she prepares to begin her Reproductive Justice Fellowship year at Physicians for Reproductive Health this fall.... Read more
Portrait of Jill E. Adams with a quote of hers
05.22.2023  /   Jill E. Adams
Onward and Farewell
Wherever I go, this organization and this movement will forever be a part of me. And, I will forever be devoted to the pursuit of all people’s full and unfettered reproductive self-determination.... Read more