Rebecca Cokley

Sep 16, 2024 | fordfoundation.org | Rebecca Cokley |Erika Wood

At the Ford Foundation, we see our work for democracy and our work for disability rights as inextricably intertwined. We fund a mix of grassroots, policy, and advocacy organizations that support nonpartisan voter accessibility efforts in communities that have historically been marginalized or underrepresented across the country. Disability rights and accessible voting: key components of democracy

Dec 12, 2023 | rebecca-cokley.medium.com | Rebecca Cokley

The unspoken legacy of COVID, could have been a change. It’s not too late. The Cleveland Clinic estimated that 1/3 of COVID survivors may be long-haulers, individuals who experience long-term symptoms of the virus. These range from brain fog, cardiac damage, respiratory distress, depression and other mental illnesses in addition to the striking similarity to Myaglic Encephalomyelistis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Oct 4, 2023 | thenation.com | Elizabeth S. Ling |Emily Raboteau |Spencer Ackerman |Rebecca Cokley

Society / A Nebraska mother and daughter were put behind bars for self-managing an abortion, but not because of what the law says is illegal. Ad PolicySelf-managed abortion is not a crime in Nebraska, and yet a teenager in Nebraska was recently sentenced to three months in jail and two years of probation for self-managing her own abortion when she was 17 to escape parenting with an abusive partner.

Oct 2, 2023 | thenation.com | Rebecca Cokley |Lev Golinkin |Jeet Heer |Mychal Denzel Smith

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