About Take Root

The Take Root - Red State Reproductive Justice Conference continues to create a foundational space for red state connections and organizing. As we enter into Take Root’s twelfth year, we find ourselves in a crucial moment in which to engage activists in red states. The 13th annual Take Root Red State Reproductive Justice Conference returns to an in person convening October 14th & 15th, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! Information to submit proposals and join committees coming soon!

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