Oriaku Njoku (she/they), is a first-generation, Black, Igbo, Nigerian-American, queer, fat, Southern femme, healing centered coach living and loving in Atlanta, Georgia. As a Co-Founder and Executive Director of Access Reproductive Care - Southeast, she works at the intersection of abortion access and reproductive justice. She and her team at ARC-Southeast supports Southerners in navigating pathways to accessing safe, affordable, and compassionate abortion care through funding, logistics, and advocacy. Oriaku is deeply committed to finding joy and pleasure in everything she does and believes radical love is a core value that can be embodied and operationalized in movement spaces. She truly believes that we can and will create a cultural shift around how we address abortion in the South and invites you to join her in making reproductive justice a reality.

Renee Bracey Sherman is a reproductive justice activist, abortion storyteller, and writer. She is the founder and executive director of We Testify, an organization dedicated to the leadership and representation of people who have abortions and share their stories at the intersection of race, class, and gender identity. She is also an executive producer of Ours to Tell, an award-winning documentary elevating the voices of people who’ve had abortions, and the co-author of the forthcoming book COUNTERING ABORTIONSPLAINING from Amistad/Harper Collins.

Jasmine Burnett is a reproductive justice activist, business owner, trainer with the Rockwood Leadership Institute, and a writer. She is the principal and founder of Blkfeminst Advisors LLC, a training, coaching, and peacemaking practice, working with individuals and organizations to support criminalized issues, people, and communities. Her most recent publications are in two anthologies, The Echoing Ida Collection and Sweeter Voices Still: An LGBTQ Anthology From Middle America. She is also the lead writer for the new Rockwood curriculum, and participant guide called The HeART of Black Leadership, which was successfully piloted last year.