About Take Root

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The Take Root Red State Reproductive Justice Conference continues to create a foundational space for red state connections and organizing. 

Take Root is focused on education and outreach to meet people where they are and engage with ally organizations and academic partners. It’s vital that students and grassroots activists feel empowered to continue the legacy of participating in this tremendous work.
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Hosting a conference with a reproductive justice framework helps us see the connection between:

• poverty and food access in rural and urban communities
• histories of coercive sterilization of people of color
• the disparity in impacts of the criminalization of drugs and its effects on families
• gender self-determination and gender violence
• access to contraception
• trans health
• medical consent information.  

Past speakers include:

• abortion providers, funds, escorts, and practical support groups
• bail funds
• birth workers and doulas
• data and digital security
• students
• health care professionals
• immigrant rights advocates
• legal professionals
• policy and research experts