RJLI (Reproductive Justice Leadership Institute) is a 6-month program that will build key analysis and skills for deepening your leadership within NAPAWF (National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum). This is the first time NAPAWF is organizing RJLI in Florida; we have ran the program in Georgia, Illinois, New York, and Minnesota. All participants who fit eligibility requirements (listed below) will receive a $1000 stipend. If you don't fit the eligibility requirements (listed below) but are interested in participating, NAPAWF will work with you to figure something out. 

RJLI consists of multiple virtual trainings in October/November (going over basics), with shorter monthly trainings December-March (digging deeper). The trainings will cover topics such as systemic racism, reproductive justice, community organizing, power, base building, campaigns, direct action, and more. After the first two months of basic training, the cohort will then work on specific campaigns/projects tailored to their interests and the skills they want to build for the rest of the program. Participation in RJLI comes out to be a ~10 hour commitment every month. 

The October/November trainings will happen nationally with our Indiana, New York, and Georgia cohorts. They will be on Saturday mornings on October 16th, October 30th, and November 13th.

The stipend is $1000 paid in two installments (halfway in December and then at the end in March). Participants will also get access to any resources they need to fully participate (phones, tablets, interpretation, etc.). 

Eligibility (You must meet all of the green requirements and at least one of the blue requirements):

• Commit to the entirety of the program (training, projects/tasks, & check-ins), which comes out to be 10-12 hours every month
• Open to the mission and vision of NAPAWF
• Be willing to engage in and build capacity for NAPAWF's work, specifically the Chapter's work, and develop their leadership within NAPAWF / the Chapter
• Be Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander women or trans, gender-nonconforming, or intersex people and at least 18 years old
• Based in the state of Florida
• Be active Chapter Members for at least the past year OR directly impacted community members who have signed up to become Chapter Members - they are “directly impacted” by reproductive injustice, meaning they lie at the nexus of multiple forms of marginalization: 
  • Lack access to and/or have previously experienced challenges accessing social services, such as health and reproductive care
  • Survivors of gender-based violence
  • Low-income
  • Are immigrants, regardless of documentation status, and/or members of mixed-status households
  • Live in multi-generational households or are caregivers (parents, guardians, etc.)
  • Youth (18-24) or elders (50+)
  • Have limited English proficiency
     

DEADLINE: 
NAPAWF members will be prioritized in the selection process. Sign up to become a NAPAWF member: napawf.org/membership.
Current members: Apply by Thursday, September 16th, at 6pm EST. 
Non-members: Apply by Thursday 14th, at 6pm EST.

CONTACT: Reach out to May at mthach@napawf.org for more information.

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NAPAWF's mission is to build collective power of all Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and girls to gain full agency over our lives, our families, and our communities. NAPAWF is the leading national multi-issue organization that advocates and organizes within a reproductive justice framework. We work on issues at the intersection of reproductive rights and health, immigrant rights and racial justice, and economic justice and worker rights at both the national and local level. We engage in five core strategies: base-building and leadership development, grassroots organizing, policy advocacy, research, communications, and strategic coalition building. 

Founded in the fall of 2020 following our Get Out The Vote (GOTV) campaign, the Florida Chapter of NAPAWF strives to be a space for community and support for AAPI women within the state. We have focused our work on educating and advocating using a reproductive justice framework to our AAPI community. The chapter engages in voter engagement, base building, and local campaigns to work on the issues that impact our lives, families, and communities. We believe in the collective power we have as voters - every voice and every vote matters.