Reproductive Freedom And...

Briana Perry and Anna Carella interview two birth workers in Memphis who are responding to the need for more equitable access to birth services and care for Black women and people to address the disparities that Black and other communities of color face. Dr. Nikia Grayson, a family nurse midwife, anthropologist, and public health activist, speaks of her experience working for over ten years in public health and serving and empowering people in marginalized communities. Mia Peake, a birth doula, Program Manager at Abortion Care Network, and founder of Peake Women’s Wellness, speaks of her work to expand the full range of birth control options in abortion clinics across the country. Interview originally recorded in 2019. You can find more information about Dr. Nikia Grayson on Instagram (@nikiagrayson_midwife). You can find more information abut Mia Peake on her website (peakewomenswellness.com) or Instagram (@peakewellness_tn).

Transcript for episode available at: bit.ly/ReproAndBirthWorkers

In this first episode, Briana Perry and Anna Carella interview three advocates who work at the intersections of reproductive freedom and incarceration. Alex Chambers and Jawharrah Bahar, from the organization Free Hearts, speak about the lack of reproductive freedom in jails and prisons and personal experiences of pregnancy and parenting while incarcerated. Erica Perry, a movement lawyer and former organizer with the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter, discusses the Black Mama’s Bail Out and the End Money Bail Campaign. Interview originally recorded in 2019. You can find more information about Free Hearts on their website (freeheartsorg.com), Instagram (@freeheartsorg), Twitter (@freeheartsorg), or Facebook (Free Hearts). You can find more information about Official Black Lives Matter on their Instagram (@official_blm_memphis), Twitter (@blm_memphis), or Facebook (The Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter). You can find more information about Black Mama's Bail Out and the End Money Bail Campaign on their website (nationalbailout.org) or Facebook (National Bail Out).

Transcript for episode available at: bit.ly/ReproAndIncarceration