Patricia Zavella, "The Movement for Reproductive Justice: Empowering Women of Color through Social Activism" (NYU Press, 2020)

Published: July 24, 2020, 8 a.m.

b"In The Movement for Reproductive Justice: Empowering Women of Color through Social Activism (NYU Press, 2020), Pat Zavella shows how reproductive justice organizations' collaborative work across racial lines provides a compelling model for other groups to successfully influence change.\\nIn the context of the war on women's reproductive rights and its disproportionate effect on women of color, and increased legal violence toward immigrants, The Movement for Reproductive Justice demonstrates that a truly intersectional movement built on grassroots organizing, culture shift work, and policy advocating can offer visions of strength, resiliency, and dignity for all.\\nDr. Pat Zavella\\u202fis Professor Emerita in the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is also the author of\\u202fI\\u2019m Neither Here nor There: Mexicans\\u2019 Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty\\u202fand coauthor of\\u202fTelling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios.\\nDr. Isabel Machado is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Department of History of the University of Memphis.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law"