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Everyone welcome our newest staff member at Yellowhammer Fund, Frances Wallace! 🥳 Frances (they/them) has dedicated so much of their time to YHF as a volunteer, as part of our first fellowship cohort and as one of our first field team members aboard our Repro Raven! Frances is highly sought after among Alabama organizations due to the beautiful intersectionality of their reproductive justice work, as well as their passion and dedication to community care. We couldn't be more excited to have Frances continue to grow with us as our first-ever Digital Organizer! 🎊
Frances Wallace (They/Them) is an organizer who resides in Birmingham, Alabama. They gained their fuel for organizing at a young age, experiencing poverty as a child in Atlanta. Their drive to help people led to an Emergency Medical Services Certification from Gadsden State, but they felt like they needed to do more. They have done work addressing homelessness, voting rights, reproductive justice, racial justice, environmental justice, gender and sexual liberation. Frances believes that social justice work is intersectional, and that we must address all barriers caused by bias within a society in order for people to thrive. In their spare time, they like to do music production for local artists and garden. 🎶🪴
#Alabama #DeepSouth #ReproductiveJustice #Bham #BhamAL #YellowhammerFund
Frances Wallace (They/Them) is an organizer who resides in Birmingham, Alabama. They gained their fuel for organizing at a young age, experiencing poverty as a child in Atlanta. Their drive to help people led to an Emergency Medical Services Certification from Gadsden State, but they felt like they needed to do more. They have done work addressing homelessness, voting rights, reproductive justice, racial justice, environmental justice, gender and sexual liberation. Frances believes that social justice work is intersectional, and that we must address all barriers caused by bias within a society in order for people to thrive. In their spare time, they like to do music production for local artists and garden. 🎶🪴
#Alabama #DeepSouth #ReproductiveJustice #Bham #BhamAL #YellowhammerFund
We are obsessed with @Women In Training, Inc. Teen co-founders Brooke and Breanna Bennett are leading our next generation of young people in an unstoppable mission to end period poverty and we were honored to sponsor of their first International Day of the Girl event in Montgomery, AL! 💗 They held a 5k run downtown and a WIT Multicultural and STEM Festival at the Rosa Parks Museum - featuring panel discussions from Montgomery’s girl and women leaders, and cultural performances representing Africa, the Caribbean, East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Indigenous Native American cultures. There was also an exhibit of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, including a replica of the bus Rosa Parks sat in!
Our team distributed a total of 150 lunches, 50 boxes of menstrual pads, and 50 bags of toys. Thank you for putting together such a special event @womenintraining! We had a great time! 🌸
#EndPeriodPoverty #DeepSouth #InternationalDayOfTheGirl #MontgomeryAlabama
Our team distributed a total of 150 lunches, 50 boxes of menstrual pads, and 50 bags of toys. Thank you for putting together such a special event @womenintraining! We had a great time! 🌸
#EndPeriodPoverty #DeepSouth #InternationalDayOfTheGirl #MontgomeryAlabama
Black & brown pregnant folks in Alabama are impacted the hardest when it comes to navigating barriers to reproductive health care. Here’s a quick breakdown about Alabama’s post-Dobbs landscape and how Yellowhammer Fund is bridging the gap to resources for our communities by our field team member Frances Wallace! 🙌🏽
#BansOffOurBodies #BodilyAutonomy #PlanB #Julie #SafeSex #Seggs #BirthJustice #ReproJustice #AbortionRights #DeepSouth #BhamAL
#BansOffOurBodies #BodilyAutonomy #PlanB #Julie #SafeSex #Seggs #BirthJustice #ReproJustice #AbortionRights #DeepSouth #BhamAL
The Yellowhammer Fund asked a federal court to prevent the Alabama Attorney General from making good on his threats to criminalize people that help pregnant Alabamians leave the state to access legal abortion.
Those who provide aid in helping people access their rights – like abortion funds - are vital in protecting civil liberties.
We will never stop fighting for abortion access in Alabama.
https://www.yellowhammerfund.org/abortion-fund-sues-alabama-attorney-general/?fbclid=IwAR3xYmNc08SpZnOYKojuBosByfaGPSqV57qgSr3UR-mprlREUeFTHtsN5iUAbortion
#reproductivejustice #yellowhammerfund #repro #lawsuit #justice #jointhefight #Alabama #emergencycontraception
Those who provide aid in helping people access their rights – like abortion funds - are vital in protecting civil liberties.
We will never stop fighting for abortion access in Alabama.
https://www.yellowhammerfund.org/abortion-fund-sues-alabama-attorney-general/?fbclid=IwAR3xYmNc08SpZnOYKojuBosByfaGPSqV57qgSr3UR-mprlREUeFTHtsN5iUAbortion
#reproductivejustice #yellowhammerfund #repro #lawsuit #justice #jointhefight #Alabama #emergencycontraception
"F*** your abortion ban!" We know best when it comes to making decisions about our own bodies and our own lives. Abortion is health care and we will never back down from fighting for our clients' right to access it. 💛
#DeepSouth #YellowhammerFund #Alabama #Bham #Birmingham #MagicCity #Tuscaloosa #MontgomeryAlabama #ReproJustice #Abortion #ab0rshun #ReproRights #LiberateAbortion #BansOffOurBodies
#DeepSouth #YellowhammerFund #Alabama #Bham #Birmingham #MagicCity #Tuscaloosa #MontgomeryAlabama #ReproJustice #Abortion #ab0rshun #ReproRights #LiberateAbortion #BansOffOurBodies
Our summer bus tour was a huge success! We drove 500 miles across Alabama, and reached over 600 people! 🥳
With your help, our team distributed a total of
🚌 3,000 period products including pads, tampons, and reusable menstrual cups
🚌 24,400 diapers size newborn - 6 & adult sized diapers.
🚌 600 safer sex kits! Each kit includes a dose of Emergency Contraception (such as Plan B), condoms, pregnancy tests, repro health resources, and more.
We can’t thank our supporters enough for making this tour possible! The Repro Raven is STILL rolling and we will continue hosting monthly pop-ups and collabs with partner orgs in our region. Hit the link in our bio to fund supplies for our communities or to purchase supplies directly from our Amazon wishlist! 💝
#BirminghamAlabama #DeepSouth #MagicCity #Tuscaloosa #IrondaleAlabama #HuntsvilleAlabama #Guntersville #ReproJustice #PlanB #Julie #PeriodPoverty #BirthJustice #ab0rshun #seggs #FamilyJustice
With your help, our team distributed a total of
🚌 3,000 period products including pads, tampons, and reusable menstrual cups
🚌 24,400 diapers size newborn - 6 & adult sized diapers.
🚌 600 safer sex kits! Each kit includes a dose of Emergency Contraception (such as Plan B), condoms, pregnancy tests, repro health resources, and more.
We can’t thank our supporters enough for making this tour possible! The Repro Raven is STILL rolling and we will continue hosting monthly pop-ups and collabs with partner orgs in our region. Hit the link in our bio to fund supplies for our communities or to purchase supplies directly from our Amazon wishlist! 💝
#BirminghamAlabama #DeepSouth #MagicCity #Tuscaloosa #IrondaleAlabama #HuntsvilleAlabama #Guntersville #ReproJustice #PlanB #Julie #PeriodPoverty #BirthJustice #ab0rshun #seggs #FamilyJustice
Yellowhammer Fund is ecstatic to announce that we recently purchased a bus and this summer we’re taking it on the road across the state of Alabama!
The bus serves as a mobile unit for reproductive health items such as Emergency Contraceptives, condoms, pregnancy tests, period products, diapers, and more. Our goal is to increase access to our services and to make sure that Alabamians know about us as a resource, especially now that it’s been nearly a year since Roe v. Wade was overturned and abortion became illegal in Alabama and most of the South.
The bus has been fondly named the “Repro Raven” after our beloved Mia Raven, who was a founding board member and staff member of Yellowhammer Fund, as well as an avid abortion activist and one of our dearest friends. We honor all that she did to fight for Reproductive Justice in the South and this is one way we can continue the work that she cared so deeply about. 💐
Hit the link in our bio or visit:
bit.ly/FYourAbortionBan to learn more.
Stay tuned for more to come!
#GasUsUp #Birmingham #Alabama #Guntersville #Tuscaloosa #Irondale #Huntsville #DeepSouth #ReproJustice #ImmigrantJustice #Bham #RollTide
The bus serves as a mobile unit for reproductive health items such as Emergency Contraceptives, condoms, pregnancy tests, period products, diapers, and more. Our goal is to increase access to our services and to make sure that Alabamians know about us as a resource, especially now that it’s been nearly a year since Roe v. Wade was overturned and abortion became illegal in Alabama and most of the South.
The bus has been fondly named the “Repro Raven” after our beloved Mia Raven, who was a founding board member and staff member of Yellowhammer Fund, as well as an avid abortion activist and one of our dearest friends. We honor all that she did to fight for Reproductive Justice in the South and this is one way we can continue the work that she cared so deeply about. 💐
Hit the link in our bio or visit:
bit.ly/FYourAbortionBan to learn more.
Stay tuned for more to come!
#GasUsUp #Birmingham #Alabama #Guntersville #Tuscaloosa #Irondale #Huntsville #DeepSouth #ReproJustice #ImmigrantJustice #Bham #RollTide
It’s our first Catalysts for Reproductive Justice Fellowship graduation! For 6 weeks, our fellows gathered to learn about our current legal landscape, self managed ab0rshun care, LGBTQIA+ inclusive sex ed, Black maternal health and how to take action. 🔥 We’re so proud of our fellows and are so excited to share how they will be putting their new skills to practice in the coming weeks! Congrats y’all! 🥳
#DeepSouth #Alabama #ReproJustice #RuralAlabama #Bham #Birmingham #MagicCity #ab0rshun #selfmanagedabortions
#DeepSouth #Alabama #ReproJustice #RuralAlabama #Bham #Birmingham #MagicCity #ab0rshun #selfmanagedabortions
We’re almost caught up y’all! 🎉
The Dobbs impact was too real! Requests for our free Emergency Contraception skyrocketed to 8k almost overnight. This sudden increase helped us identify opportunities to streamline our process to meet a high volume of orders. We leaned in on our community to help us source EC as the shortage continued to pose challenges to bulk ordering and we leaned in again to get packed and caught up on our requests.
We are so grateful for accountability and for the grace you’ve shown us through this process. We are also incredibly grateful to our allies, full staff and our fellows for banding together as we navigate a different landscape together.
We know now more than ever that it's going to take all of us and we are ready to go! ✊️
#PlanB #MorningAfterPill #EmergencyContraceptive #DeepSouth #Alabama #Birmingham #Bham #RollTide #BansOffOurBodies #YellowhammerFund #ReproJustice
The Dobbs impact was too real! Requests for our free Emergency Contraception skyrocketed to 8k almost overnight. This sudden increase helped us identify opportunities to streamline our process to meet a high volume of orders. We leaned in on our community to help us source EC as the shortage continued to pose challenges to bulk ordering and we leaned in again to get packed and caught up on our requests.
We are so grateful for accountability and for the grace you’ve shown us through this process. We are also incredibly grateful to our allies, full staff and our fellows for banding together as we navigate a different landscape together.
We know now more than ever that it's going to take all of us and we are ready to go! ✊️
#PlanB #MorningAfterPill #EmergencyContraceptive #DeepSouth #Alabama #Birmingham #Bham #RollTide #BansOffOurBodies #YellowhammerFund #ReproJustice
Everyone should have freedom to control their own lives and make their own reproductive health care decisions. That’s why we support the EACH Act, which would guarantee affordable abortion care for each of us when we need it, regardless of how much we make. ✨️ Tell your House Representative to vote YES on the EACH Act by filling out our form at the link on our bio! #4EACHOfUs #BeBoldEndHyde #AbortionJustice #HydeAmendment
Our team visited the Mothers of Gynecology Monument dedicated to Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey, by artist Michelle Browder. The 3 were enslaved African women in Alabama plantations in the 1840s, who were experimented on without consent by Dr. Marion Sims.
Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey were brought to Dr. Sims by slavers who sought a cure - not out of concern for their wellbeing, but because they could no longer work or bear children due to injuries in childbirth.
Anarcha, who was pregnant and 17, endured 30 trial and error procedures within a 3 1/2 year period, without anesthesia and usually in front of an audience. Sims did not believe Black people experienced pain the same way as white people do - a racist belief that persists today. After publishing about his eventual success, he moved to New York to seek fame and was later recognized as the Father of Gynecology. A statue of him still stands at the Alabama State Capitol.
Michelle Browder’s Mothers of Gynecology Monument reclaims this history by telling the story through their Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey's perspective. Their bodies tell the stories of their suffering with surgical instruments like scissors and speculums or cutouts on their backs representing the slave ships. Each statue stands up to 15 feet tall, with expressions of hope, defiance and resilience. In Anarcha’s body, there is a hole where her uterus should be and a rose resting in its place.
We had the opportunity to meet Michelle Browder, who allowed us to visit the future Mothers of Gynecology Health and Wellness Museum and Clinic! We discovered on our trip that this building is the original site that Dr. Sims performed his experiments on. What a beautiful way to reclaim, heal this space and honor Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey. Follow @anarchalucybetsey to learn more or visit anarchalucybetsey.org.
#anarchalucybetsey #reprojustice #DeepSouth #BHM #BlackHistory #MontgomeryAL #MothersofGynecology #MichelleBrowder
Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey were brought to Dr. Sims by slavers who sought a cure - not out of concern for their wellbeing, but because they could no longer work or bear children due to injuries in childbirth.
Anarcha, who was pregnant and 17, endured 30 trial and error procedures within a 3 1/2 year period, without anesthesia and usually in front of an audience. Sims did not believe Black people experienced pain the same way as white people do - a racist belief that persists today. After publishing about his eventual success, he moved to New York to seek fame and was later recognized as the Father of Gynecology. A statue of him still stands at the Alabama State Capitol.
Michelle Browder’s Mothers of Gynecology Monument reclaims this history by telling the story through their Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey's perspective. Their bodies tell the stories of their suffering with surgical instruments like scissors and speculums or cutouts on their backs representing the slave ships. Each statue stands up to 15 feet tall, with expressions of hope, defiance and resilience. In Anarcha’s body, there is a hole where her uterus should be and a rose resting in its place.
We had the opportunity to meet Michelle Browder, who allowed us to visit the future Mothers of Gynecology Health and Wellness Museum and Clinic! We discovered on our trip that this building is the original site that Dr. Sims performed his experiments on. What a beautiful way to reclaim, heal this space and honor Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey. Follow @anarchalucybetsey to learn more or visit anarchalucybetsey.org.
#anarchalucybetsey #reprojustice #DeepSouth #BHM #BlackHistory #MontgomeryAL #MothersofGynecology #MichelleBrowder
Mifepristone + Misoprostol is the most common method of abortion. It is easy and safe and has helped millions of people. Banning mifepristone makes abortion access harder than it already is for queer & BIPOC communities and for people trying to make ends meet. We need a full range of options. ✨
#mifepristone #misoprostol #abortionpill
#mifepristone #misoprostol #abortionpill