SisterSong

The site I explored was called SisterSong they are a site dedicated to reproductive justice for colored women. I found this site interesting because in their mission statement they have a focus of not only bringing women together but "organizing and mobilizing to affect change." This is not something always seen in a mission statement although, I feel like it is the most important. It is great to have organized groups that discuss important issues, but I think that more active groups need to focus on getting their views and opinions heard because that is how change starts. This site also has many news articles on the right hand side of the page. One article that I read about was about a rally and how they experienced barriers and overcame them. This protest was about pro-choice and pro-life. Both sides were represented but each side had vastly different ideas of what was done at a protest and how each side was represented. Another feature that this website has is a map titled "Mapping Our Rights." This allows the reader to click on any state and see the demographics of the state and see how they rate from emergency contraceptives and other facilities concerning reproductive health. It was not that surprising to see that the west coast score generally low. In this case a low score is good, it shows we have few laws intruding with contraceptive choices. Most states however do not have a low score and have many laws mainly for abortion that include parents knowing if their child is getting one or having few clinics withing the state.