Finding My Voice as an Advocate

We welcome Angie Orozco-Rasique (she/her), a Peer Educator with the Women’s Outreach and Advocacy Center at Cthe ommunity College of Philadelphia and the Founder of the Period Poverty Project. In this episode, Angie traces her trajectory as an advocate for comprehensive reproductive health justice for incarcerated women. She reflects on finding her voice and connecting her personal journey with her passion for equity. We learn more about reproductive health justice for folks who are incarcerated and how policies fail to provide the services and supports needed.

Sources:

-On Reproductive Health for Incarcerated Individuals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9851923/

-The SPOT Period Germantown

-On Period Poverty in Prisons: https://www.aclu.org/news/prisoners-rights/why-im-fighting-for-menstrual-equity-in-prison