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Bekah Bailey and Rebecca Cokley On How One Decision Impacts The Little Person Community
Bekah Bailey and Rebecca Cokley On How One Decision Impacts The Little Person Community
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56 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2022
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Podcast episode
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To start I would like to issue a trigger warning. In this episode myself and my guests talk about sexual harassment and sexual assault. If these are triggers for you, please feel free to skip this episode. This episode was recorded less than 24 hours after Justice Alito’s draft opinion indicating the Court was going to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked by Politico. I sat down with Rebecca Cokley, a program officer at the Ford Foundation, and Bekah Bailey, a disability rights advocate, to talk about how we feel in the moment, how this decision impacts the little person community, and the ways in which the community can and should step up to support its members. How To Find Your Loca Abortion Fund: https://abortionfunds.org/funds/ Where You Can Donate: Autistic Women and Non-Binary Network: https://awnnetwork.org/donate-to-awn/ The YELLOWHAMMER FUND: https://www.yellowhammerfund.org WE TESTIFY: https://www.wetestify.org Follow Bekah Bailey: Instagram: @_poopatraitor_ Follow Rebecca Cokley: Twitter: @RebeccaCokley Follow Me: Instagram: @jill_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: alwayslookingup227@gmail.com This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin.
Released:
May 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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