Recently, Jordyn Hester, EverThrive IL’s Communications Manager, interviewed Chicago Abortion Fund’s Director of Advocacy and Communications, Alicia Hurtado, for a Q&A interview. The Chicago Abortion Fund is a non-profit organization that advocates for reproductive autonomy by providing support to people seeking abortions and working toward political and cultural change. With this Q&A, we wanted to […]

Think back to your first Sex Education class in school, if you were able to take one. The curriculum that covered topics such as relationships, puberty, and reproductive health was probably taught only in the context of cis-hetero relationships, meaning the relationship between a cisgender man and cisgender woman. But what about those who weren’t […]

In recent years, there have been conversations about eliminating sex education in schools across the country. Florida’s Department of Education, for example, has been pressuring school districts in the state to eliminate any comprehensive sex education. If there is any sex education in the curriculum, it must primarily focus on abstinence.   What is the difference […]

*Trigger warning: this blog post discusses domestic violence and mentions abusive behaviors* Every year in the United States, about 12 million people are impacted by intimate partner violence (IPV), also known as domestic violence. According to the CDC, IPV is when a person exhibits abusive or aggressive behavior toward their romantic partner, either once or […]

On any given night in Illinois, thousands of people experience homelessness, including families with children. Homelessness is defined as not having a home at all, and it’s important to note that it isn’t always the lack of housing or ‘being on the streets. Someone can be experiencing homelessness and staying at a shelter or going […]