Reproductive Freedom And...

Healthy & Free Tennessee
Reproductive Freedom And...

Reproductive Freedom And… is produced by Healthy & Free Tennessee. Healthy & Free Tennessee is a non-profit organization that strives to promote sexual and reproductive health and freedom in Tennessee by advancing policies and practices which recognize these elements as essential to the overall well-being of all individuals and communities. This podcast highlights the many issues that make up the topic of reproductive freedom, as it includes topics of abortion and contraception and much more.

Episodes

  1. Reproductive Freedom And... Birth Workers

    04/15/2021

    Reproductive Freedom And... Birth Workers

    Briana Perry and Anna Carella interview two birth workers in Memphis who are responding to the need for more equitable access to birth services and care for Black women and people to address the disparities that Black and other communities of color face. Dr. Nikia Grayson, a family nurse midwife, anthropologist, and public health activist, speaks of her experience working for over ten years in public health and serving and empowering people in marginalized communities. Mia Peake, a birth doula, Program Manager at Abortion Care Network, and founder of Peake Women’s Wellness, speaks of her work to expand the full range of birth control options in abortion clinics across the country. Interview originally recorded in 2019. You can find more information about Dr. Nikia Grayson on Instagram (@nikiagrayson_midwife). You can find more information abut Mia Peake on her website (peakewomenswellness.com) or Instagram (@peakewellness_tn). Transcript for episode available at: bit.ly/ReproAndBirthWorkers

    47 min
  2. Reproductive Freedom And... Incarceration

    04/15/2021

    Reproductive Freedom And... Incarceration

    In this first episode, Briana Perry and Anna Carella interview three advocates who work at the intersections of reproductive freedom and incarceration. Alex Chambers and Jawharrah Bahar, from the organization Free Hearts, speak about the lack of reproductive freedom in jails and prisons and personal experiences of pregnancy and parenting while incarcerated. Erica Perry, a movement lawyer and former organizer with the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter, discusses the Black Mama’s Bail Out and the End Money Bail Campaign. Interview originally recorded in 2019. You can find more information about Free Hearts on their website (freeheartsorg.com), Instagram (@freeheartsorg), Twitter (@freeheartsorg), or Facebook (Free Hearts). You can find more information about Official Black Lives Matter on their Instagram (@official_blm_memphis), Twitter (@blm_memphis), or Facebook (The Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter). You can find more information about Black Mama's Bail Out and the End Money Bail Campaign on their website (nationalbailout.org) or Facebook (National Bail Out). Transcript for episode available at: bit.ly/ReproAndIncarceration

    55 min
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Reproductive Freedom And… is produced by Healthy & Free Tennessee. Healthy & Free Tennessee is a non-profit organization that strives to promote sexual and reproductive health and freedom in Tennessee by advancing policies and practices which recognize these elements as essential to the overall well-being of all individuals and communities. This podcast highlights the many issues that make up the topic of reproductive freedom, as it includes topics of abortion and contraception and much more.

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