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Ja’Loni Owens

Ja’Loni Owens is a Black Muslim feminist lawyer, writer and full-spectrum birth worker based in the Greater Atlanta Metro area. Ja’Loni’s legal and policy background is primarily in eliminating patriarchal violence, family policing abolition, international human rights, and bodily autonomy.

Acknowledgment as Denialism: The Myth of Reparations in the US
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Acknowledgment as Denialism: The Myth of Reparations in the US

by Ja’Loni Owens December 11, 2024December 11, 2024

These ongoing practices of control, erasure, and harm make clear that the U.S. has never fully confronted the deep structural violence embedded within its legal, healthcare, and political systems.

Dear Reproductive Justice Movement Show Up for Palestinian Solidarity
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Reproductive Justice Movement: Show Up for Palestinian Solidarity

by Ja’Loni Owens October 24, 2024October 23, 2024
ICC
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

No one is coming to save us. Not even the ICC.

by Ja’Loni Owens October 17, 2024October 17, 2024

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