Events
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Upcoming Events
May 16, 2024 | 2024 Senior Hunger Conference (Washington, DC)
- Host: Capital Area Food Bank
- Nicole’s role: Meeting facilitator
- Registration open
June 15, 2024 | Board Leadership and Governance
- Host: Medical Students for Choice
- Nicole’s role: Presenter
- Closed to the public
- Host: JSI, Inc.
- Nicole’s role: Panelist and breakout session presenter
- By invitation only
Past Events
April 10, 2024 | Maternal Mental Health Learning Collaborative: Stigma & Engagement (Virtual)
- Host: SAMHSA’s State Program Improvement Technical Assistance Project’s Learning Collaborative on Maternal Mental Health (in partnership with Abt Associates and JBS International)
- Nicole’s role: Presenter
- Host: Expanding the Bench
- Nicole’s role: Speaker
May 31, 2023 | Contraceptive Justice Community Campaign
- Host: EverThrive
- Nicole’s role: Consultant and speaker
March 14, 2023 | Maternal Health Equity: Supporting Community and Structural Interventions (Webinar)
- Host: Abt Associates
- Nicole’s role: Panelist
September 26 + October 6, 2022 | Birth Equity Investments Theory of Change Training
- Host: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Nicole’s role: Meeting facilitator
May 23, 2022 | Birth Equity Investments Theory of Change Presentation
- Host: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Nicole’s role: Meeting facilitator
May 13, 2022 | Strategic Planning Retreat (Virtual)
- Host: Florida Access Network
- Nicole’s role: Retreat facilitator + strategic planning consultant
May 11, 2022 | Birth Equity Investments Theory of Change Presentation
- Host: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Nicole’s role: Meeting facilitator
May 10, 2022 | Maternal Health Innovation Workshop
- Host: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Nicole’s role: Speaker and activity facilitator (in partnership with Veenu Aulakh and Janhavi Kirtane)
April 30, 2022 | Strategic Planning Retreat (Virtual)
- Host: Medical Students for Choice
- Nicole’s role: Retreat facilitator + strategic planning consultant
April 23, 2022 | Strategic Planning (Student Chapter Engagement Session)
- Host: Medical Students for Choice
- Nicole’s role: Retreat facilitator + strategic planning consultant
April 13, 2022 | Heroes Against Gun Violence Campaign Year 1 Impact and Learning Debrief
- Host: Amnesty International USA
- Nicole’s role: Evaluation consultant
February 10, 2022 | Lessons Learned: Lowering the Barriers to Research Participant Recruitment & Enrollment (Virtual)
- Host: Association of Black Researchers
- Nicole’s role: Speaker
January 24, 2022 : RJ program design meeting (Virtual)
- Host: EverThrive
- Nicole’s role: RJ + program design consultant
December 13, 2021: Reproductive Justice 101 (Virtual)
- Host: EverThrive
- Nicole’s role: Presenter
June 14 – 18, 2021: Consortium of Abortion Providers (CAPS) Abortion School (Virtual)
- Host: Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Nicole’s Role: Faculty & session facilitator, Deeper Dive: Abortion Equity
May 13, 2021: Public Health Research in Action (Virtual)
- Host: Joyee Washington Consulting, Public Health Research Consulting
- Event Type: Clubhouse discussion
- Nicole’s Role: Panelist, “Community-Building: It’s Not Your Fixer-Upper”
April 13, 2021: NFPRHA 2021 (Virtual)
- Host: National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
- Event type: Virtual Conference
- Nicole’s role: Plenary speaker, “Incorporating the Reproductive Justice Framework into Messaging and Advocacy“
November 9-11, 2020: Shared Measures of Contraception Equity Success (Virtual Convening)
- Host: Converge Partners in Access
- Event type: Partnership convening
- Nicole’s role: Convening facilitator
February 25-26, 2020: Women’s Health Update 2020 (Los Angeles, CA)
- Host: Essential Access Health
- Event Type: Conference
- Nicole’s role: Workshop presenter, “Incorporating the Reproductive Justice in Clinical Settings”
December 2019, Location Undisclosed: Partnership Meeting
- Host: Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Nicole’s Role: Meeting facilitator
October 25-27, 2019: Let’s Talk About Sex: Accountability. Transcendence. Liberation (Atlanta, GA)
- Host: SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s role: Workshop presenter, “From Clearing Ambiguity to Addressing Power Dynamics: Getting Your Staff on Board with Reproductive Justice”
September 28-29, 2019: NYAAF Strategic Planning Retreat (New York, NY)
- Closed to the public
- Host: New York Abortion Access Fund
- Event type: Meeting
- Nicole’s role: Organizational sustainabilty consultant & meeting facilitator
September 17-19, 2019: Birth Equity Leadership Academy Retreat (New Orleans, LA)
- Closed to the public
- Host: HealthConnect One
- Event type: Retreat for BELA participants
- Nicole’s role: Evaluation consultant
June 24, 2019: “Quality Improvement Network for Contraceptive Access 2.0: NYC Healthcare Facility Learning Collaborative” (New York, NY)
- Host: Public Health Solutions
- Event type: Training
- Nicole’s role: Sexual and Reproductive Justice consultant and training facilitator
March 26, 2019: “Birth Equity: Building a Sustainable Future” Leadership Academy Evaluation Meeting (Chicago, IL)
- Host: HealthConnect One
- Event type: Evaluation meeting
- Nicole’s role: Evaluation consultant and meeting facilitator
March 27-29, 2019: Culturally Responsive Evaluation & Assessment 2019: “Intersectionality as Critical Inquiry, Method and Practice- Moving Beyond Nominal Categories and False Dichotomies in Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment” (Chicago, IL)
- Host: Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s role: Roundtable co-facilitator, “Infusing Evaluation with Community Organizing to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes in Underserved Communities”
December 8-9, 2018: Black Maternal Health Conference and Training Institute (Atlanta, GA)
- Host: Black Mamas Matter Alliance
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter:
- December 8 @ 12pm: An Introduction to Evaluating Community-Based Black Maternal Health Programs (with Nia Mitchell, MPH, CPH and Ayanna Robinson, MPH, Ph.D.)
- December 8 @ 2:30pm: Parenting is Parenting: Addressing the Myths, Stigmas, and Criminalization of Young Black Parenting (with Jessica Roach of Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT))
October 31, November 3, 2018: “Evaluation 2018: Speaking Truth to Power” (Cleveland, OH)
- Host: American Evaluation Association
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter:
- November 1st at 1:45pm and 2:45pm: “Meet the Pros: Intermediate Consulting Skill Fair”
- November 3rd @ 10:00am: “Promoting Choice, Individual Power and Safety: Practical Tips for Interviewing Survivors of Sexual Exploitation, Sex Workers, and Individuals with Experience Selling or Trading Sex” (with Katie Fritz Fogel of Rainbow Research)
October 3, 2018: “Using Community Organizing and Culturally Responsive evaluation as Collaborative Tools for Change”
- Host: HealthConnect One
- Event type: Webinar
- Nicole’s involvement: Webinar trainer
August 2-5, 2018: Sexual Freedom Summit 2018 (Alexandria, Virginia)
- Host: Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “Keep It 100: Sparking the Conversation about Sex between Youth of Color and Adults”
July 11-12, 2018: Birth Equity Leadership Academy (BELA) (Closed to the Public) (New Mexico)
- Host: HealthConnect One
- Event type: Leadership retreat
- Nicole’s involvement: Evaluator consultant
June 20-23, 2018: National Association of Social Workers Conference (Washington, DC)
- Host: National Association of Social Workers Conference
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “Social Workers for Reproductive Justice”
April 13-15, 2018 | “From Abortion Access to Social Justice: Building for Movement for Reproductive Justice” (Amherst, MA)
- Host: Civil Liberties and Public Policy
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s role: Workshop facilitator, “Redefining Allyship: Communities of Color Building Trust, Recognizing Privilege, and Uniting in Solidarity”
December 6-9, 2017 | National Sex Ed Conference (Atlantic City, NJ)
- Host: The Center for Sex Education
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s role: Roundtable presenter, “Placing Reproductive Justice and the Forefront of Comprehensive Sex Education”
October 11, 2017 | Self Care & Navigating Online Spaces
- Host: Echoing Ida
- Event type: Webinar
- Nicole’s role: Trainer
October 5-8, 2017 | Let’s Talk About Sex: Resist. Reclaim. Redefine (New Orleans, LA)
- Host: SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s role: Workshop facilitator
- The Revolution Starts with Me: Recipes, Remedies, Rituals, & Resources for Radical Self Care (with Adaku Utah)
- Keep It 100: Sparking the Conversation about Sexuality Between Youth and Adults
September 26, 2017 | “Birth Equity: Building a Sustainable Future” Leadership Academy Evaluation Meeting (Chicago, IL)
- Host: HealthConnect One
- Event type: Evaluation meeting
- Nicole’s role: Evaluation consultant and meeting facilitator
April 18, 2017 | “Social Work in the City: Challenges, Uncertainty, and New Opportunities” (New York, NY)
- Host: National Association of Social Workers-NYC
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s role: Session presenter, “Social Workers for Reproductive Justice”
April 7-9, 2017 | “From Abortion Access to Social Justice: Building for Movement for Reproductive Justice” (Amherst, MA)
- Host: Civil Liberties and Public Policy
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s role: Workshop presenter, “The Revolution Starts with Me!: Recipes, Remedies, Rituals, and Resources for Activist Self Care” and “Social Workers for Reproductive Justice”
March 24, 2017 | “Self Care for Latinas on the Front Lines for Reproductive Justice” (New York, NY)
- Host: National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
- Event type: Staff training
- Nicole’s role: Trainer, “The Revolution Starts with Me!: Recipes, Remedies, Rituals, and Resources for Activist Self Care”
February 8, 2017 | “Uncorked Series: The Importance of Self Care”
- Host: Whine & Cheese
- Event type: Teleconference
- Nicole’s role: Guest presenter
December 7, 2016 | Washington, DC: Reproaction Staff Retreat
- Host: Reproaction
- Event type: Staff professional development retreat
- Nicole’s role: Workshop facilitator,“The Revolution Starts with Me!: Recipes, Remedies, Rituals and Resources for Self Care”
November 4, 2016 | Long Island City, NY: Sexual and Reproductive Justice & NYC: Voices from the Community
- Host: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Event type: Community meeting and panel discussion
- Nicole’s role: Consultant and panlist
November 3, 2016 | New York, NY: “Jackson: The Place with One Clinic”
- Host: If/When/How Columbia University Law School chapter
- Event type: Documentary screening and discussion
- Nicole’s role: Panlist
October 24-29, 2016 | Atlanta, GA: Evaluation 2016
- Host: American Evaluation Association
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s role: Session facilitator
August 16, 2016 | Brooklyn, NY: Healthy Women Healthy Futures Coalition Meeting
- Host: Choices in Childbirth
- Event type: Client meeting
- Nicole’s role: HWHF evaluator and meeting facilitator
- Closed to the public
August 8-9, 2016 | New York, NY: SEANYC Youth Advisory Council Training
- Host: Sexuality Education Alliance of New York City
- Event type: Youth leadership training
- Nicole’s role: Trainor and meeting facilitator
- Closed to the public
June 22-25, 2016: National Association of Social Workers Conference
- Host: National Association of Social Workers Conference
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “Reproductive Justice as a Social Work Value- Dilemmas in Abortion, Adoption, and Parenting” (with Social Workers for Reproductive Justice)
April 8-10, 2016: “From Abortion Access to Social Justice: Building for Movement for Reproductive Justice”
- Host: Civil Liberties & Public Policy (Amherst, MA)
- Event type: Annual conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “The Revolution Starts with Me!: Incorporating Self Care and Preventing Burnout” (with Adaku Utah)
March 31, 2016: TRAPPED Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion
- Hosts: If/When/How, National Institute for Reproductive Health, Reproductive Health Access Project, and Sea Change
- Event type: Documentary screening and panel discussion
- Nicole’s involvement: Panelist
March 21st and 28th, 2016: Community-Based Participatory Process
- Host: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Event type: Training for the NYC DOHMH Community Engagement Group
- Nicole’s involvement: Co-facilitator, community-based participatory research process
November 9-15, 2015, Chicago, IL | Hyatt Regency Chicago: “Exemplary Evaluations in a Multicultural World: Learning from Evaluation’s Successes Around the Globe
- Host: American Evaluation Association
- Event type: Annual conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Conference advisory group member
June 23, 2015, Long Island City, NY | CUNY Law School” “Advancing Health Equity: A Community Dialogue on Sexual and Reproductive Justice”
- Host: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Event type: Community stakeholders meeting
- Nicole’s involvement: Consultant with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Bureau of Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health
- *By invitation only*
April 10-12, 2015: “From Abortion Access to Social Justice: Building for Movement for Reproductive Justice”
- Host: Civil Liberties & Public Policy (Amherst, MA)
- Event type: Annual conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “The Revolution Starts with Me!: Incorporating Self Care and Preventing Burnout”
October 15-19, 2014: “Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future”
- Host: American Evaluation Association (hosted in Denver, CO)
- Event type: Annual Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Conference attendee
August 14-17, 2014: “Sexual Freedom Summit”
- Host: Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance (Washington, DC)
- Event type: Annual conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “Good Girls Don’t Have Sex”: Young Women of Color, Spirituality, Sex, & Body Image
July 23-26, 2014: “Hope, Courage, & Leadership”
- Host: National Association of Social Workers (Washington, DC)
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Poster Presenter: “Reproductive Justice as a Social Work Value: Dilemmas in Abortion, Adoption, and Parenting”
June 10, 2014: “Talking About Birth Justice”
- Host: Women’s Information Network- New York City (New York, NY)
- Event type: Panel discussion
- Nicole’s involvement: Co-chair of WIN.NYC’s Women of Color Network
September 19-22, 2013: “Sexual Freedom Summit”
- Host: Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance (Washington, DC)
- Event type: Annual conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “Good Girls Don’t Have Sex”: Young Women of Color, Spirituality, Sex, & Body Image; Panelist on the Women of Color Sexual Health Network: “Can We Talk?- Our Experiences as Sista Sexual Scholars in the Field of Sexuality”
July 19, 2013: Generation to Generation Awards
- Host: URGE (Washington, DC)
- Accepted the Excellence in Leadership award
- Fellow awardess: University of Kansas (Outstanding Campus Chapter), Dr. Tracy Weitz (Steinem-Waters Legacy awardee), Joanne Smith, MSW (Steinem-Waters Legacy awardee), Mary Jean Collins (VIP Tribute)
June 5-9, 2013: “Embracing the Sensuality of Diversity in Identities & Cultures”
- Host: American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) (hosted in Miami, FL)
- Event type: Annual conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “Good Girls Don’t Have Sex”: Young Women of Color, Spirituality, Sex, & Body Image; panelist with the Women of Color Sexual Health Network: “Can We Talk?- Our Experiences as Sista Sexual Scholars in the Field of Sexuality”
April 12-14, 2013: “From Abortion Access to Social Justice: Building for Movement for Reproductive Justice”
- Host: Civil Liberties & Public Policy (Amherst, MA)
- Event type: Annual conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “The Revolution Starts with Me!: Incorporating Self Care and Preventing Burnout”
March 15-17, 2013: “Sparking Communication in Sexuality, Acceptance, & Activism”
- Host: CatalystCon (hosted in San Diego, CA)
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop- presenter “Good Girls Don’t Have Sex”: How Do Religion, Sexuality, and the Media Influence the Body Image and Self Esteem of Young Women and Girls?
February 19, 2013: “Millennials in the Movement: Working for Choice”
- Host: Women Information Network NYC (New York, NY)
- Event type: Panel
- Nicole’s involvement: Panelist
- Fellow panelists- Kelly Baden (Center for Reproductive Rights), Nicole Grafilo (John Hopkins University School of Medicine), Kristen Shunken (Public Health Institute), Finn Shubert (NYU Lutheran Medical Center), and Alison Turkos (New York Abortion Access Fund)
October 27, 2012: Sisterhood Summit
- Host: Black Girl Project (Brooklyn, NY)
- Event type: Annual conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “Good Girls Don’t Have Sex”: How Do Religion, Sexuality, and the Media Influence the Body Image and Self Esteem of Young Women and Girls?
June 6-7, 2012: Strong Families Annual Summit
- Host: Strong Families (Oakland, CA)
- Event type: Summit
- Nicole’s involvement- Involved with the Blog and Social Media committee of the summit.
April 13-15, 2012: “From Abortion Access to Social Justice: Building for Movement for Reproductive Justice”
- Host: Civil Liberties & Public Policy (Amherst, MA)
- Event type: Annual conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “The Revolution Starts with Me!: Incorporating Self Care and Preventing Burnout”
March 30- April 1, 2012: “Making Waves in Sexuality, Feminism, and Relationships”
- Host: MomentumCon (Washington, DC)
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “Can We Love God & Sex: Young Women, Media, and Making Room for Sexuality & Spirituality”
March 7-9, 2012: “PowerShift 2012”
- Host: Black Women for Wellness (Los Angeles, CA)
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Workshop presenter- “From the Dirty South to the West Coast: Attracting Young Black Women to the Reproductive Justice Movement”
February 11, 2012: LSRJ Northeastern Regional Conference
- Host: Law Students for Reproductive Justice (hosted in New York, NY)
- Event type: Panel discussion- “Influencing Policy: From Discussion to Campaign”
- Nicole’s involvement: Panelist
- Fellow panelists- Anjela Jenkins (The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights) and Shivana Jorawar (National Asia Pacific American Women’s Forum)
October 22, 2011: Sisterhood Summit
- Host: Black Girl Project (Brooklyn, NY)
- Event type: Workshop presenter- The Revolution Starts with Me!: Incorporating Self Care & Prevention Burnout
September 24, 2011: 41st Annual Legislative Conference (Washington, DC)
- Host: Congressional Black Caucus’
- Event type: Conference
- Nicole’s involvement: Panelist- “African American Women & Reproductive Health & Rights”.
- Panel moderator- Aisha Tyler (actress, comedianne, and board member of Planned Parenthood Federation of America)
- Fellow panelists- Gabrielle Union (actress and board member of Planned Parenthood Federation of America), Loretta Ross (formal national coordinator, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective), Dr. Vanessa Cullins (Planned Parenthood Federation of America), Rev. Alethea Smith-Withers (board chair, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice), and Jill Morrison (National Women’s Law Center)