Bread & Roses + Song Confessional + Boom! Lawyered Road Trip
Abortion funds nationwide need:
a narrative shift on what abortion is, who needs access to healthcare and the hurdles that people are experiencing following the Dobbs decision
storytelling that educates, inspires, and puts a human face on what reproductive justice means in America today
action steps that are easy to understand and possible to accomplish, for long-haul organizing and advocacy work
consistent, reliable, annual funding at all giving levels
public support from the music industry in thoughtful, not extractive or exploitative relationships
Bread & Roses Collaborative will partner with Song Confessional and Boom! Lawyered will partner with local and national abortion funds to collect abortion stories. Our emphasis will be on those individuals who have sought reproductive healthcare, along with people whose partners have had abortions, and those who work in the reproductive justice movement. We will interview and include local reproductive justice advocates and musicians in every location. B!L will complete a deep dive into how we got here, alongside long-form journalism that tells the story of abortion in America today.
Song Confessional will produce an album with songwriters and artists from across the country, turning abortion stories collected into songs that support abortion funds in perpetuity. In 2025, we will complete a tour, hosting public and private salons in select cities, screening a short film, and hosting benefit concerts to support and uplift local abortion funds.
An educational web series, storytelling training, advocacy toolkit, and impact campaign will accompany the project, collecting donations for abortion funds. Sale of the short film will benefit abortion funds nationwide.
ABOUT THE BREAD & ROSES COLLABORATIVE: Co-founded by Kari Nott and Rob Vessels, The Bread & Roses Collaborative is an agency of cultural organizers working within the music industry. We spread defiant joy and spur systemic change to realize a just world for all people and the planet.
ABOUT SONG CONFESSIONAL: Today's top bands and songwriters turn anonymous stories into new original songs. Each episode features the "confession" that inspires the original song, the song premiere, and an interview with the songwriter. Song Confessional is hosted by Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro and is a collaboration with KUTX radio in Austin, Texas.
ABOUT BOOM! LAWYERED: Every week, Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy take you on a wild ride through the latest legal battles in the fight for reproductive justice. On everything from abortion rights to trans discrimination to racial justice, Boom! Lawyered will help you get smart, stay mad, have fun, and fight back.
This project is fiscally sponsored by Unmanageable.