The Reproductive Rights Committee kicked off their ReproWarriors campaign with an intergenerational event held at UW-Milwaukee in February. They joined forces with Milwaukee’s local Planned Parenthood Generation Action team to attract Generation Z attendees in addition to LWV members.
The venue was fair-like with attendees moving from booth to booth given their interests and time constraints. A key booth included a short presentation on the two-prong strategy of protecting and expanding reproductive freedoms via the judicial and legislative paths. The importance of the April 1st WI Supreme Court election was emphasized. Other booths included the identification of mis/dis-information on social media, how to take personal action in ways that work for you, voter information, the Garland of Hope art activation, and the work of feminist artist, Niki Johnson.
The committee’s efforts are a pilot to attract and engage youth to advocate for the LWVUS policy position….”that public policy in a pluralistic society must affirm the constitutional right of privacy of the individual to make reproductive choices”.
Another key aspect of the ReproWarriors campaign is to align and work with other organizations which share the same goals and to expand the effort throughout all WI leagues to address this important state issue. Niki Johnson, Persisters, Arts4Impact, and WIVEC collaborated.
