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END THE LIES: the fight against fake women’s health centers in Gwinnett County

Fake women’s health clinics peddle lies and shame to pregnant folks seeking more information about their reproductive healthcare options. Calling themselves “crisis pregnancy centers,” pregnant folks believe they are going to a licensed healthcare facility to get medically accurate information about their pregnancy and pregnancy options. Unfortunately, they only get lies, shame and stigma from untrained volunteers. This past weekend, half a dozen Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) swept through Gwinnett County to speak

Equality, Rights & Justice Issues

Comfort Women memorial commemorates victims of sex trafficking

Georgia is the first state in the deep south to have a Comfort Women memorial statue, unveiled last month in Brookhaven’s Blackburn Park. Atlanta joins 54 other municipalities around the world that have comfort women memorials to commemorate the more than 200,000 victims of sex trafficking during WWII. There’s been opposition to the memorial — which was originally slated to be placed at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights — from a variety

Equality, Rights & Justice Issues

Trump won’t keep Satyam Barakoti from fighting for justice

Like many organization, NAPAWF, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, expected Hillary Clinton to win the election. They had been planning for a future in which the women they serve — who are refugees, immigrants and citizens — would be able to press for needed policy changes. Donald Trump’s ascension to the presidency has thrown a ratchet in their plans, but not their commitment to justice. “We were all on the ‘yes this might be