Rage Runs Out: Sustainably Organizing for Reproductive Freedom

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams explore what motivates people to stay engaged in the struggle for reproductive health, rights, and justice — especially when the constant rage we have all consistently felt starts to wear us all out.

Talking sustainability, activism fatigue, and sacred self-care, Kelley and Terry give voice to how the work of repro organizing shifts when movement energies ebb and flow, giving perspective to our current moment and providing strategies for folks in all settings to keep moving forward in the work of collective liberation no matter the tide or season.

Links to discussed content:

• Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows: www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473  
• Ohio Passes Issue 1: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/11/07/ohio-voters-pass-issue-1-constitutional-amendment-to-protect-abortion-and-reproductive-rights/
• Abortion Apathy: Sustaining the Movement After Issue 1: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/abortion-apathy-sustaining-the-movement-after-issue-1/
• Radical Rebellion: Why Self-Care Will Always Nuture Reproductive Freedom: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/radical-rebellion-why-self-care-will-always-nurture-reproductive-freedom?rq=care%20
• Why Self-Care Matters – Even as the World Burns: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/why-self-care-matters-even-as-the-world-burns
• The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Folk: www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score

Music by Korbin Jones

Photo: "raged, street art, wall, graffiti" by burdakov.dmitry, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.