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Sevonna M. Brown

Sevonna M. Brown, a Ms. Foundation Public Voices Fellow, is the human rights project manager at Black Women's Blueprint in Brooklyn, New York.

Sevonna's Latest Articles

All Points Callout: We Need to Build a Culture of Consent

By Sevonna M. Brown ● Commentary ● June 7, 2016

We can all take steps to spread the ethos of consent among children and adults. A Planned Parenthood survey of male-female attitudes about sex, along with numerous recent incidents, shows why everyone has to be involved.

No Plan B: For Colored Girls Who Pursue Holistic Reproductive Care When the Emergency Room is Not Enough

By Sevonna M. Brown & Por Alison Bowen ● Commentary ● March 3, 2016

When a black woman walks into a medical institution, her trauma shows up at the door with her. Beyond childbirth, sexual trauma greatly impacts the lives of black women who desire any kind of reproductive health care.