Kierra Johnson
GET UPDATES FROM Kierra Johnson
 
Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of Choice USA, heads the leading pro-choice organization working to mobilize and provide ongoing support for the diverse, upcoming generation of leaders who promote and protect reproductive choice both now and in the future. Often sought after for her expertise on youth and reproductive justice, Kierra fosters dialogue between major national organizations and local activists to raise the voices of young people on the ground in the national debate. She serves on the boards of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Center for Community Change and the advisory council of the Women’s Information Network.

Blog Entries by Kierra Johnson

Where's the Woman? (VIDEO)

Posted October 4, 2010 | 11:37:03 (EST)

Imagine a "Where's Waldo?" illustration where the page is filled with isolated fetuses and Waldo is a pregnant woman who is nowhere to be found.

That picture is exactly what so-called "fetal personhood" initiatives intend to do: separate the pregnant woman from her fetus, thereby making the woman --...

Read Post

A Corrupted Dream

Posted August 25, 2010 | 17:43:37 (EST)

The legacy of the Civil Rights Movement is my legacy. The roots of my life begin in Valdosta and Decatur, Georgia. My family went to the Dr. King celebrations every year. I've attended Ebenezer Baptist Church. When I was about 11, I held a nice, tall man's hand as we...

Read Post

The Myth of the Teen Pregnancy Epidemic

Posted July 21, 2010 | 08:58:16 (EST)

Driving down many highways in the US, one sees billboards that read, "Virgin: Teach your Kids It's Not a Dirty Word" or "Wait for the Bling." These billboards, funded by conservative organizations, perpetuate a myth that teen sex is a problem, a crisis and even an epidemic.

...

Read Post

Sexual Cluelessness

Posted June 9, 2010 | 15:02:45 (EST)

There is a reason that people are afraid of the dark. The dark is filled with uncertainty, with the unknown. And while fear of the dark is among the most common of phobias, we have been leaving millions of young people in the dark on sex for generations.

On...

Read Post