Woodhull Freedom Foundation is excited to announce the launch of a brand new project, Woodhull’s Human Rights Commissions. It is fitting to announce this new program on Human Rights Day, 2021 as the Commissions will mirror the theme for the…
The Woodhull Freedom Foundation strongly supports House Resolution 5250, which would create a special legislative commission to ensure racial equity and the optimization of health and safety laws impacting marginalized individuals. I am Ricci Levy and I am one of…
When abuse happens in BDSM communities, systemic support is harder to access in part because many definitions of intimate partner violence rely on evaluating patterns of power and control. However, because the “bargained-for” exchange in BDSM culture is based in…
In activism and organizing spaces (as well as our larger culture), many of our bodies carry the impacts of personal and collective trauma. Often, these leave us feeling afraid or unworthy of our own pleasure or unsure how to navigate…
Join us to come away inspired by our 2018 Vicki Sexual Freedom Summit award recipient, Caroline (Carrie) Bettinger-Lopez. We heard about violence against women, violence against sex workers, gender and race discrimination, and immigrants' rights and how we can work…
The Woodhull Freedom Foundation filed an Amicus (“Friend of the Court”) Brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case of Austin v. Illinois, Case No.: 19-1029, supporting a constitutional challenge to an Illinois law that harms victims of…
The Woodhull Freedom Foundation, in conjunction with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) and other national domestic and sexual violence advocates and survivors, is voicing its opposition to the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid. As…
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote as early as TODAY on the Adams version of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, also known as VAWA, (H.R. 4970). This bill not only eliminates important provisions included in the…