The Next Major Reproductive Freedom Movement Has Begun—and It’s Creating Something Way More Powerful Than Roe

“When the work gets heavy, I often lean on Afrofuturism and sankofa, a Twi word from Ghana that speaks to the idea of looking back to go forward. I am but one of a long line of folks who have done this work. I’ve learned from abolitionists like Mariame Kaba that organizing is not simply about overcoming oppression, control, violence, and coercion—it is about experimentation in ways of being that actually hold and uplift us. I believe in radical rest and imagination.”

—AYÉ JOHNSON (they/homie); community and volunteer engagement accomplice, Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project; PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA