“We Have A Way To Reclaim the Future”
Black Visions co-executive directors Miski Noor and Kandace Montgomery sat down with Denise Perry, the executive director of Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD); Adaku Utah, the organizing director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, the co-director of Harriet’s Apothecary, and a teacher with BOLD; and Prentis Hemphill, the founder and director of the Embodiment Institute and a trainer with BOLD. They talk about the centrality of care, the importance of taking risks and making mistakes, and what it means to invest in Black leadership in this moment.
Race and the Fight for Reproductive Justice
How do race and gender intersect with reproductive justice? How can we make abortion activism more inclusive? Learn from a diverse panel experts in the areas of reproductive justice organizing, policy, and narrative change. This webinar is part of the RaceAnd Webinar series, which puts race and racial justice at the forefront of our conversations and strategies by exploring the intersectionality and connectedness of race and racism with various identities, issue areas, and other systems of oppression.
Abortion Access and the Fight Against Policing & Criminalization
Interrupting Criminalization & The National Network of Abortion Funds present "Abortion Access and the Fight Against Policing & Criminalization," a roundtable of Black feminist, trans, and queer organizers discussing why an abolitionist vision is necessary for the future of reproductive justice organizing, and how movements can support the other.
Speakers included:
Adaku Utah- National Network of Abortion Funds
Andrea Ritchie - Interrupting Criminalization
Maria Thomas, Beyond Do No Harm Fellow, Interrupting Criminalization
Oriaku Njoku, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Access Reproductive Care—Southeast
Erin Grant, Deputy Director, Abortion Care Network
Paris Hatcher, Founder and Director, Black Feminist Future - Imara Jones, Founder, TransLash Media
Healing and Transformative Justice: Black Feminist Futures
What if we eliminate institutions that pathologize, punish, and brutalize, and instead develop methods of accountability that allow for change and healing? In a co-curated and co-moderated conversation, Cara Page, Mariame Kaba, and Adaku Utah ask these questions and discuss the current moment through the lenses of Healing Justice and Transformative Justice, imagining a Black feminist future free from eugenic state violence, policing, and exploitation.
Restore, Renew, and Reparations: Adaku Utah and Bob Alotta on Healing Justice
On the Laura Flanders show, Adaku Utah and J. Bob Alotta discuss what healing and healing justice would look like for communities under attack and in particular, for trans women of color and gender non conforming people.
Practicing the Art of Liberatory Healing
A Blade of Grass documentary on Adaku Utah and Harriet’s Apothecary
Healing, Health, and Resiliency During COVID 19
Movement for Black Lives held an intentional space for those of us who want to deepen our resiliency and learn new health and healing practices. Duriing this national call, we heard from social movement practitioners in healing, somatics, ritual, hoodoo, and yoga about how to care for our physical body, our minds, our spirits during and beyond COVID 19. Speakers include Chinyere Tutashinda, Adaku Utah, Juju Bae, Prentis Hemphill.
Minding Your Relations with Adaku Utah : Emergent Strategy Podcast
Adaku Utah is a 6th generation Igbo healer and the organizing director of the National Network of Abortion Funds. Adaku and Mia meet to talk about organizing and providing services to communities outside of the parameters of the state, and Adaku points to the work that is required for tending to our relationships. They also leads listeners through a centering practice. So find a place that brings you comfort and press play.
