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After Roe: What can happen and your action ideas

Dobbs v Jackson left bodily autonomy up to the states, and the effects will be many and not good for millions of vulnerable people. So I’m gonna guess what you’re thinking about doing.

More insights + reflections…

multicultural group of people gathered at a rally holding signs that say "trans people belong in Louisiana" and "trans rights are human rights" and "We say gay!" along with LGBTQ+ flags

How anti-LGBTQ+ policy can hurt the hospice and palliative care population

April 6, 2022September 1, 2022

Black femme with blonde individual braids smiling wearing an equality shirt and rainbow makeup at an outdoors event

“Don’t say gay” and similar policies from a social work perspective

March 19, 2022July 15, 2022

I got blocked by a Louisiana state senator

April 30, 2021July 15, 2022

An open magazine, sunglasses, unicorn, 2 Black ballerinas, and an astronaut on a table of grass and sky with library shelves in the background

Three days of civic engagement in Lincoln Parish (or “I love the library”)

December 7, 2020July 15, 2022

black and white photo of white crowd at Little Rock protest against integration in 1959

Yes, Mike Milstead, racism is systemic in Lincoln Parish and the Lincoln Parish schools

July 3, 2020September 5, 2022

United States Capitol building on a clear day

Congressional Analysis: SMARTWATCH Data Act and Beyond the Box for Education Act

February 2, 2020July 15, 2022

sign at an immigration protest that says immigrants make america great

Louisiana corrections industry is profiting from ICE contracts while asylum seeker dies

October 16, 2019July 15, 2022