Urbana Champaign Reproductive Justice Week 

4/7/2025 Contact Mike Sabacinski

The 3rd annual Urbana-Champaign Reproductive Justice week, April 7 - 13, has virtual and in-person events in Champaign, Urbana, and on campus.


MONDAY, APRIL 7


Noon - 1:30pm (hybrid): ""Legal Challenges to Bodily Autonomy"" sponsored by If/When/How at the University of Illinois College of Law


Panelists: Mike B., Director, Elevated Access; Professor Kara Ingelhart, Director of the LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Stephen Stetson, State Director, Alabama Planned Parenthood; and Allison Siebeneck, Senior Supervising Attorney, ACLU of Illinois



TUESDAY, APRIL 8


6:30pm CT (virtual): ""Crisis Pregnancy Centers: A Threat to Public Health & Reproductive Justice"" with Reproductive Transparency Now. Registration required.


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9


6:30pm CT (virtual): ""Self-Managed Abortion - A Primer"" with Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights and UCRJ. Registration required.



THURSDAY, APRIL 10


Noon-1:30pm: Abortion research group panel at the University of Illinois College of Law



6pm: ""Cookies & Contraception"" with U of Illinois Medical Students in the auditorium of the Medical Sciences Building (506 South Mathews Ave, Urbana)



7pm: ""Is it a Girl or a Boy? Understanding the Ambiguous Genetics of Sex"" with medical geneticist Dr. CM Laukaitis (MD, PhD) at Axe Bar


 


FRIDAY, APRIL 11


Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17)


 


9am - 3:00pm: ""Exercising Choice: Advancing Reproductive Justice and Abortion in Healthcare"" by the RADIANT (Reproductive Advocacy and Diversity in Advanced Nursing Training) Fellowship at the UIC College of Nursing in Champaign. Registration required.


Noon-1:30pm: ""Staying safe against fascist tech"" a workshop with Jake McGinty at the Channing-Murray Foundation



SATURDAY, APRIL 12


8am-noon: Healthy Families Fair! Come one, come all to a health and community resources fair at Lincoln Square Mall. Free raffle, giveaways, kids activities, family-friendly. All are welcome!



1:30-3:00pm: ""From Allies to Advocacy for Transgender and Nonbinary People"" featuring groundbreaking transgender athlete Chris Mosier at Spurlock Auditorium




SUNDAY, APRIL 13


6-9pm: Party for Reproductive Justice! at The Rose Bowl.


     6pm - Paul Kotheimer


     6:45pm - KayBuzz & Uri


     7:30pm - J'Lyn Hope


     8:15pm - New Souls


Pay as you can at the door. Funds raised will support UCRJ and the CU Birth Fund.



The complete schedule of events is here.