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.