Let's meet another one of the amazing volunteer Radvocates who answer calls and offer unconditional support on our national toll-free Talkline. This month we introduce Jordanna, who joined the Portland cohort in 2011! How/when/why did you first get involved with Backline? During my first year in … [Read more...] about Talkline Advocate profile: Jordanna
Becoming BRAVE
by Shantae Johnson This post is a part of the Strong Families Mamas Day 2014 blog series and was originally posted on the Western States Center blog. Shantae is a doula, breastfeeding advocate, mother to six, and a board member of Backline. “Freedom is not given; it is won.” -A. Phillip Randolph on … [Read more...] about Becoming BRAVE
“I want in”: Bringing adoption into reproductive justice
by Gretchen Sisson The reproductive justice movement has never just been about abortion – indeed, one of the biggest contributions of reproductive justice is to push the pro-choice movement beyond abortion, to remind all of us that people's reproductive lives have been denied to them, controlled, … [Read more...] about “I want in”: Bringing adoption into reproductive justice
On infertility, grief, and hope
by Lindsey O-Pries This week is National Infertility Awareness Week. It also marks the 3rd anniversary since my partner’s first artificial insemination. It will mark the 4th Mother’s Day that has passed without a baby for my partner and I. As a longtime activist who works towards reproductive … [Read more...] about On infertility, grief, and hope