New Voices Pittsburgh

About me:

Out of the silence, we come
In the name of nuestras abuelas,
In honor of our mamas
In the spirit of our petit fils,
In tribute to ourselves
We come crying out
Documenting the torture
We come wailing
Reporting the rape
We come singing
Testifying to the abuse
We come knowing
Knowing that the silence has not protected us from the racism
the sexism
the homophobia
the physical pain
the emotional shame
the auction block
Once immobilized by silence
We come now, mobilized by collective voice
Dancing in harmonious move-ment to the thick drumbeat of la lucha, the struggle
We come indicting those who claim to love us, but violate us
We come prosecuting those who are paid to protect us, but harass us
We come sentencing those who say they represent us, but render
us invisible
Out of the Silence, we come
Naming ourselves
Telling our stories
Fighting for our lives
Refusing to accept that we were never meant to survive

We Stand Up

"We will not bow to your racism / We will not bow down to injustice / We will not bow down to exploitation / I'm gon' stand / I'm gon' stand!"

- "Freedom" , Panther Soundtrack, 1995

Who We Are

New Voices Pittsburgh: Women of Color for Reproductive Justice is deeply committed to building a local movement for Reproductive Justice and we intend to elevate the powerful voices of women of color on human rights, reproductive oppression and the totality of our experiences as women of color.

Our Story

New Voices Pittsburgh was founded in 2004 to mobilize women of color in Southwestern PA to attend the March for Women’s Lives. Since then, NVP has become the forerunner in using the Reproductive Justice organizing framework to build a local movement with young women of color and allies in the Pittsburgh region.

Our Mission

The mission of New Voices Pittsburgh is to engage women of color with the Reproductive Justice Movement, educate communities of color about Human Rights and develop new voices for leadership in Pittsburgh. NVP primarily serves women of color ages 12-35 through social change activism, civic engagement and leadership development.

Our Vision is Reproductive Justice

As an organization, we interpret Reproductive Justice to mean the following:

A movement to ensure that all women have all choices about our bodies, sexuality, labor and reproduction;

A human rights-based organizing framework that seeks to ensure our:
- Sexual Rights
- Pregnancy Rights
- Birth Control & Abortion Rights
- Birthing Rights
- Parenting Rights
- free from individual, family and state-sanctioned violence;

The affirmation of the intersectionality of our identity and the eradication all forms of oppression thereby connecting to existing social justice movements;

The complete physical, emotional, spiritual, political, economic, environmental and social well-being of women and girls and it will be achieved when women, our families and our communities have the social, economic and political power to make decisions for ourselves, our families and our communities in all aspects of our lives; and

A mechanism to transform the lives of all people through the healing practice of self-help inspiring us towards justice and social change with a revolutionary transformation of the human spirit.

Join New Voices Pittsburgh

If you want to particpate in our local movement for Reproductive Justice, email us at newvoicespgh@gmail.com or call 412.389.3081.