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Upcoming Event - Beyond Choice: Exploring Reproductive Justice from Scholarship to Activism

Hurry and register! It's free, but after May 19th, you're not guaranteed a lunch! I'll be in attendance in the morning.

The Section of Family Planning at the University of Chicago
Presents its 3rd annual conference celebrating women's reproductive freedom

Beyond Choice: Exploring Reproductive Justice from Scholarship to Activism

Thursday, May 22, 2008
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Keynote Speaker
Dorothy Roberts
Kirkland and Ellis Professor, Northwestern University Law School
Professor, Department of African-American Studies and Sociology

Other speakers include:

Lisa Harris
Assistant Professor,
Obstetrics and Gynecology &
Women’s Studies
University of Michigan

Toni Bond
CEO and Co-Founder,
African-American Women Evolving

Cassing Hammond
Assistant Professor,
General Obstetrics and Gynecology
Northwestern University

Christine Stansell
Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor,
United States History
University of Chicago

Heather Bonstra
Senior Public Policy Associate,
The Guttmacher Institute

Elena Guiterrez
Assistant Professor,
Gender and Women’s Studies &
Latin American and Latino Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago

Gaylon Alcaraz
Executive Director,
Chicago Abortion Fund

Lorie Chaiten
Director, Reproductive Rights Projects
American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois

Register at www.ChicagoFamilyPlanning.org

Free admission—donations appreciated
Lunch available—please order upon registration
Space is limited and will be filled on a first come first serve basis.

International House - Assembly Hall, University of Chicago
1414 East 59th Street | (773)753‐2274

Persons with disabilities that may need assistance should contact the
Office of Programs & External Relations in advance of the program at (773) 753-2274

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