{"id":17,"date":"2017-04-13T10:18:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2014\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2017-05-15T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T13:00:48","slug":"how-to-do-a-footnote","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-echarley\/how-to-do-a-footnote\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassroots Organizing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Men (K)onnect<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Brooklyn Men (K)onnect is a Brooklyn (NY) based community organization that provides health & sex education while\u00a0advocating for safe sex practices for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM). BMK works\u00a0towards strengthening Brooklyn’s LGBT community through events, programming, and collaboration.<\/p>\n

Circle of Voices Inc.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Circle of Voices is an organization located in Brooklyn, NY for Womyn of Color and Womyn of African decent. This group uses art as a medium through which they address issues such as cancer and HIV\/AIDS awareness. They do so by holding workshops and performances with these issues as the focal points.<\/p>\n

Classy L.A.D.<\/a>Y.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Classy L.A.D.Y. (Loving Accepting & Defining You) is a small organization in Columbia, South Carolina that provides reproductive health and sex education to young women. It is a community based organization, which focuses on healthy relationships and programing that prioritizes\u00a0pregnancy prevention.<\/p>\n

More Than Sex-Ed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

More Than Sex-Ed is an Organization based in Los Angeles, CA that provides children, teens, educators and parents with sexual education. Through yearly programs and events, they organize\u00a0with\u00a0an emphasis on\u00a0sex education and awareness within LA.<\/p>\n

Prison Birth Project\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Prison Birth Project of Holyoke, MA works with both formerly and currently incarcerated mothers interested in Reproductive Justice. This organization provides education on Reproductive Justice and encourages the mothers to become leaders within their communities. This group was formed due to consistent cases of the denial of basic health care rights for incarcerated women.<\/p>\n

Rustin’s Place\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rustin’s Place is an organization located in St. Louis, Missouri. It provides health services and education to community members — specifically of the African American non-heterosexual community. According to their\u00a0website<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> page, their\u00a0free services include various STD and STI testing, free pregnancy tests, social events and activities for the community\u00a0as well as\u00a0support groups for those in need. Although the organization was created with a specific demographic in mind, all are\u00a0welcome.<\/p>\n

Scarleteen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Scarleteen is a grassroots organization in Seattle, Washington. It provides sex, health, and reproductive health education for young girls. It is an organization that promotes healthy sexual experiences and centers its programing on sex education.<\/p>\n

Sister Reach<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sister Reach is a community based organization located in Memphis, Tennessee. This organization strives to educated women and girls about women’s health and Reproductive Justice.<\/p>\n

Sister Song<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sister Song is an organization in Atlanta, Georgia. This group of women focuses on strengthening the voices of women of color and indigenous women in an attempt to attain Reproductive Justice.<\/p>\n

SPARK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SPARK is an organization that provides Reproductive Justice education to individuals of all backgrounds. Anchored in Atlanta, Georgia, the organization has expanded to other Georgian communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Men (K)onnect Brooklyn Men (K)onnect is a Brooklyn (NY) based community organization that provides health & sex education while\u00a0advocating for safe sex practices for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM). BMK works\u00a0towards strengthening Brooklyn’s LGBT community through events, programming, and collaboration. Circle of Voices Inc. Circle of Voices is an organization located in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-echarley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-echarley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-echarley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-echarley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-echarley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-echarley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-echarley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}