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Join Candace Bond-Theriault, Associate Director of Policy, Research and Strategy  at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, for a discussion about Queering  Reproductive Justice.  

About Candace Bond-Theriault 

Candace Bond-Theriault (she/her/hers) is a Black queer feminist lawyer, writer,  social justice advocate and self-care guru working at the intersections of law,  policy, reproductive health, rights and justice, racial justice, economic justice, and  LGBTQ+ liberation. Candace is currently the Associate Director of Policy,  Research and Strategy at Planned Parenthood Federation of America where she  leads the organization’s policy research agenda as well as sets the strategy for  proactive long-term regulatory policy change. Candace previously worked as the  Senior Policy Counsel for Reproductive Rights, Health and Justice, and the  Democracy Project Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force and as a  Legislative Associate at the American Civil Liberties Union.  

Candace received her dual LL.M. degree in Gender & the Law and Politics &  Legislation from the American University Washington College of Law, her J.D.  from North Carolina Central University School of Law, and her B.A. from the  College of William and Mary where she studied the intersections of race, gender  and sexuality. Her writing has appeared in SELF magazine, Colorlines, the Root,  Blavity, Out magazine, Rewire, Ms. magazine, the Advocate, the Grio, and the  Huffington Post.

 

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