How to Start Making Change With Those You鈥檇 Rather Cancel
Black feminist and reproductive justice organizer Loretta J. Ross has spent decades dealing with people she fundamentally disagrees with, starting with an encounter she had as a young sexual assault survivor. She was working as a rape counselor when she received a letter from a convicted rapist asking to visit him in prison because he wanted to learn how to not be a rapist. At first she was enraged but then decided to meet him.
That interaction began her lifelong journey toward developing a philosophy about how people who are fundamentally on opposite sides of one another can come together. Her new book, 鈥攁 handbook, a memoir, and a manifesto all at once鈥攍ays out what she has learned.聽
Ross is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow and associate professor at Smith College. She co-founded the National Center for Human Rights Education and the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. She spoke with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about her new book.
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