Faith & Reproductive Justice

Choice USA Lunch and LearnJune 2009

IntroductionsEmily Goodstein

Director, Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom

Introductions and Icebreaker

RCRC’s History and Program Overview

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Agenda

IcebreakerPlease share your…NameOrganizationSchoolFavorite thing about

your home town…

Clergy Consultation Service Pro-choice clergy

in New York begin to organize in 1967

1,400 members throughout the nation join in one year

Formation of the Religious Coalition on Abortion Rights in 1973

What's in a name?1973: Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR)

pronounced “R-car”

1993: RCAR broadens its mission and changed its name to the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC)

2001: RCRC starts Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) program

Pronounced “surf”

RCRC Members Include

United Methodist Board of

Church and Society

Union for Reform Judaism

Catholics for Choice

Unitarian Universalist Association

Others…

RCRC’s Mission

The preservation of reproductive

justice through a faith positive

lens.

RCRC’s Programs IncludeInterfaith Outreach

Clergy for ChoiceSeminarians for Choice

Multi-Cultural ProgramsLa Iniciativa LatinaBlack Church

InitiativeSpiritual Youth for

Reproductive FreedomPublic Policy

Small Group Activity

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Regional Training Institutes

Program GrantsOnline

CommunityOrganizer

Program