罗蕾塔-J-罗斯 生殖正义和人权倡导者

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罗蕾塔-J-罗斯
生殖正义和人权倡导者｜2022级
塑造一个连接社会正义、人权和生殖正义的有远见的范式。


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标题
生殖正义和人权倡导者
工作单位
妇女和性别研究项目，史密斯学院
工作地点
马萨诸塞州北安普顿
年龄
获奖时为69岁
重点领域
卫生政策、人权和人类安全
网站
lorettajross.com
史密斯学院。罗蕾塔-罗斯
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发表于2022年10月12日
关于洛雷塔的工作
Loretta J. Ross是一位生殖正义和人权活动家，在更广泛的人权背景下重新规划生殖权利。在她几十年的基层组织和国家战略领导工作中，罗斯将有色人种妇女的声音和福祉作为中心。

罗斯是生殖正义运动的主要设计师，该运动将生殖决策置于社会、经济和政治背景下。1994年，罗斯和其他有色人种妇女设计了生殖正义框架。它有三个关键原则：生孩子的权利，不生孩子的权利，以及在安全和健康环境中养育孩子的权利。该框架包括获得清洁的空气和水、负担得起的住房、食品安全、教育和母婴保健。当时，生殖权利活动绝大多数都集中在堕胎和支持选择/支持生命的辩论上。这反映了中产阶级和上层阶级白人妇女的优先事项和特权，她们有经济手段，可以获得堕胎和可靠的医疗护理。通过生殖正义框架，罗斯和她的同伴们试图说明人类的现实情况，并解决生育者在种族、阶级和其他身份方面面临的系统性障碍。在她与人合著的教科书《生殖正义》（Reproductive Justice: 介绍》（2017年）中，罗斯概述了有害的法律和医疗实践的遗产，为该运动强调生殖自主权提供了依据。黑人、拉美人、亚洲人和原住民以及残疾人都受到种族主义和白人至上主义的生殖政策的影响，包括强迫被奴役的人配种，强迫原住民和黑人绝育。1997年，罗斯共同创立了SisterSong有色人种妇女生殖正义集体，将全国各地的生殖正义组织团结在一起，共同完成教育政策制定者了解新阐述的生殖正义原则的任务。

除了她在生殖正义方面的开创性工作外，罗斯还通过她的写作、演讲和宣传为许多其他社会正义运动作出了贡献。她创建了国家人权教育中心，提供打击种族主义、反犹太主义和白人至上主义的教育和培训。最近，罗斯将她的注意力转向了社交媒体和我们日益分裂的公民话语。她为运动建设树立了一个更有同情心和包容性的方法，并认为围绕如何解决已经犯下的伤害的教育和对话可以弥合看似不可能的差距，推进社会正义事业。罗斯以其务实的方法、政治敏锐性和战略眼光，为改善我们社会中最弱势群体的生活提供了重要指导。

个人简历
Loretta J. Ross在Agnes Scott学院获得学士学位（2007年），并在Emory大学攻读博士学位（2008-2009年）。自2019年以来，她在史密斯学院的妇女和性别研究项目中担任副教授。罗斯之前在汉普郡学院（2017-2018）和亚利桑那州立大学（2018-2019）担任过职务。从2005年到2012年，她是SisterSong有色人种妇女生殖正义集体的国家协调员。罗斯是《不可分割的权利》的合著者。有色人种妇女组织生殖正义》（2004年）的合著者，以及《激进的生殖正义》的共同编辑。基础、理论、实践和批判》（2017）的共同编辑。她即将出版的《呼唤中的呼唤文化》将于2023年出版。

罗蕾塔的话


一位面带微笑的黑人妇女坐在一栋房子前，背景是树木。


"不要让成功进入我的头脑，也不要让失败进入我的内心，这是我希望我的人生旅程为他人提供的永恒的教训之一。我所经历的一切是为我准备迎接未来挑战的坩埚。并不是说我从来不害怕；我只是学会了永远不要让我的恐惧阻止我变得比发生在我身上的事情更多。激进主义一直是使我的生命变得重要的艺术"。



Loretta J. Ross
Reproductive Justice and Human Rights Advocate | Class of 2022
Shaping a visionary paradigm linking social justice, human rights, and reproductive justice.


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Title
Reproductive Justice and Human Rights Advocate
Affiliation
Program for the Study of Women and Gender, Smith College
Location
Northampton, Massachusetts
Age
69 at time of award
Area of Focus
Health Policy, Human Rights and Human Security
Website
lorettajross.com
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Published October 12, 2022
ABOUT LORETTA’S WORK
Loretta J. Ross is a reproductive justice and human rights activist reframing reproductive rights within a broader context of human rights. Over her decades of grassroots organizing and national strategic leadership, Ross has centered the voices and well-being of women of color.

Ross is a key architect of the reproductive justice movement, which places reproductive decision making within social, economic, and political contexts. In 1994, Ross and other women of color designed the reproductive justice framework. It has three key tenets: the right to have a child, the right to not have a child, and the right to parent children in a safe and healthy environment. The framework includes access to clean air and water, affordable housing, food security, education, and maternal and infant healthcare. At the time, reproductive rights activism was overwhelmingly focused on abortion and the pro-choice/pro-life debate. This reflected the priorities and priviliges of middle- and upper-class White women, who have economic means for and access to abortions and reliable medical care. With the reproductive justice framework, Ross and her fellow activists sought to account for human realities and address the systemic barriers childbearing people face across race, class, and other identifiers. In her co-authored textbook, Reproductive Justice: An Introduction (2017) Ross outlines the legacies of harmful legal and medical practices that inform the movement’s emphasis on reproductive autonomy. Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous people and people with disabilities were subjected to racist and White supremacist reproductive policies, including forced breeding of enslaved people and forced sterilizations of Indigenous and Black people. In 1997, Ross co-founded SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective to unite reproductive justice organizations across the country around the shared mission of educating policymakers about the newly articulared reproductive justice principles.

In addition to her seminal work in reproductive justice, Ross has contributed to many other social justice movements through her writing, speaking, and advocacy. She founded the National Center for Human Rights Education to offer education and training in combating racism, antisemitism, and White supremacy. More recently, Ross has turned her attention to social media and our increasingly fractured civic discourse. She models a more compassionate and inclusive approach to movement building and argues that education and dialogue around how to address harms that have been committed can bridge seemingly impossible gaps and advance social justice causes. With her pragmatic approach, political acumen, and strategic vision, Ross provides essential guidance on ways to improve the lives of the most vulnerable in our society.

BIOGRAPHY
Loretta J. Ross received a BA (2007) from Agnes Scott College and pursued doctoral studies (2008–2009) at Emory University. Since 2019, she has been an associate professor in the Program of the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College. Ross has held previous appointments at Hampshire College (2017–2018) and Arizona State University (2018–2019). From 2005 to 2012, she was the National Coordinator for SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. Ross is the co-author of Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice (2004) and the co-editor of Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, and Critique (2017). Her forthcoming book, Calling in the Calling Out Culture, is due out in 2023.

IN LORETTA'S WORDS


A smiling Black woman sits in front of a house with trees in the background


”Not letting success go to my head or failure go to my heart is one of the timeless lessons I hope my life’s journey offers others. What I’ve gone through has been the crucible to prepare me for future challenges. It’s not that I’m never scared; I’ve just learned never to let my fears stop me from becoming more than what’s happened to me. Activism has been the art of making my life matter.”