RCRC Joins Sexual Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice Partner Statement on SCOTUS Vacancy

For Immediate Release: Friday, September 25, 2020 Media Contact: Racine Tucker-Hamilton, 301-922-8417, racine@blackrj.org Planned Parenthood Media Office; 212-261-4433; media.office@ppfa.org   Sexual Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice Partner Statement on SCOTUS Vacancy Justice Ginsburg was a tireless guardian of the Constitution, an outspoken protector of equality under the law and a lifelong advocate for fairness and justice. As leaders of the…

RCRC Statement on Allegations of Forced Sterilization on Immigrants at ICE Detention Centers

Contact: Melanie Bui Larsen Director of Communications and Outreach press@rcrc.org 202.403.2220   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 15, 2020   RCRC Decries Forced Sterilization on Immigrants at ICE Detention Centers and the U.S.’s History of Reproductive Oppression of BIPOC   (Washington, DC) – Statement by the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC): The recent account of alleged forced…

Compassion: Toward a More Just Society

by Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson   What kind of society do we want to be? This is a question I ask audiences of undergraduate students, law school students, faith communities — everywhere I can. The top two answers I hear every time: compassionate and just.   In his Nobel lecture in 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “A great nation is a compassionate nation.” According to the Dalai Lama XIV, “Love…