Community Organizer CAM Morris To Lead Teach-Ins For The School for Black Feminist Politics
Promotional graphic for detailing information about CAM Morris, who will lead an upcoming teach-in for The School for Black Feminist Politics. At the top right of the image there is text that reads The School for Black Feminist Politic” in white letters with a purple background. At the direct bottom of that is text in black that reads CAM Morris. Below CAM Morris’ name is a brief bio in black text. To the bottom right is Black Women Radicals logo, which is circular with a bolded and upper-case R in the middle in black text, with Black Women Radicals written in white around the black circular perimeter. To the left is an image of CAM Morris. They are wearing a camo jacket, with a grey sweatshirt, black pants, and black shoes. They are standing with their legs spread a part and they are holding a bullhorn. They are also wearing glasses and have locs.
Community organizer CAM Morris will lead two teach-ins for The School for Black Feminist Politics.
Community organizer CAM Morris will lead a two-part online teach-ins for the School for Black Feminist Politics, the political education arm of Black Women Radicals. Their first teach-in, Our Legacy: Self-Determination, Bodily Autonomy, and Anti-State Practices for Black Birthing Justice, is on Saturday, April 23rd from 4:30-6:00 PM EST. You can register for the teach-in here.
CAM’s second teach-in will be in September 2022 and the time and location will be announced at the end of the summer.
About CAM Morris: Originally from the southside of Chicago, now residing in Washington, DC, (occupied Piscataway land) CAM (they/them) is a neuroexpansive, non-binary Black radical community organizer. Holding a Black queer feminist and abolitionist politic, the focus of CAM’s work is combatting colonization and neoliberalism, against US occupation and war, patriarchal violence, and capitalism.
Our Legacy: Self-Determination, Bodily Autonomy, and Anti-State Practices for Black Birthing Justice
Left image: Promotional graphic for CAM’s teach-in. The background is a photo of Black midwives. To the left, there is an image of a Black person wearing a uniform holding a Black baby. To the right, there are Black midwives looking at the baby, with the one to the far right smiling as they hold their hands together. The text in the middle is both in white and yellow and reads, “Our Legacy: Self-Determination, Bodily Autonomy, and Anti-State Practices for Black Birthing Justice.” Right image: Promotional collage of historical images and references to the movement for Reproductive Justice. Collage by Doriana Diaz.
About the teach-in: This virtual teach-in will explore the depths of Black birthing justice. Addressing structures of violence like bioessentialism, colonialism, humanness, eugenics, transmisogynoir, white feminism, and anti-abortion legislation. This workshop will examine the power, autonomy, and rebellious practices of Black birthing communities, midwives, doulas, and contemporary efforts toward Black birthing and reproductive justice.
Register for the teach-in here.