About Us.
Roc.SRJ is comprised of community members from different areas, including sexual health educators, professors, college students, nurses, and advocates, all from across
Monroe County.
Our goal is to educate people of all backgrounds and have them understand how laws, policies, grants and resources linked to sexual and reproductive justice affect their world. To accomplish this goal we must foster an involved and understanding medical community, a support network of wrap-around services, and a community of service providers in Rochester, NY who also believe in centering Black, Brown and Indigenous people.
Our Story
Rochester’s Sexual & Reproductive Justice Task Force was founded on July 16, 2016, by a group of local health educators, advocates, and community members who knew something had to change. Too many of us were navigating systems that excluded our voices, limited our choices, and failed to meet our needs. We came together with a shared understanding: the people most impacted by these issues deserve to lead the conversation.
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What started as a small but determined group quickly grew into a collective rooted in community, trust, and action. Over the past decade, we’ve shown up in the ways our community needed most—hosting workshops that tell the truth, organizing protests that demand better, creating spaces for joy and healing, and building resource networks that make support more accessible.
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Our work has always been about more than information—it’s about power. Power to make informed decisions. Power to access care without barriers. Power to challenge systems that create inequity in the first place.
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We know this work cannot happen in isolation. Roc.SRJ is built on collaboration, and we are deeply connected to a network of organizations, advocates, and community members who share a vision for justice. Together, we are strengthening a movement that is intersectional, community-led, and grounded in the lived experiences of Rochester residents.
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And we’re just getting started.
Our Vision
We envision a future where sexual and reproductive justice is not an afterthought, but a standard—where every law, policy, and system is examined through a justice lens. In this world, communities most impacted are leading, inequities are actively dismantled, and access to care, information, and autonomy is not restricted by bureaucracy or bias. We are working toward a reality where barriers are removed, power is redistributed, and everyone has the freedom to make decisions about their bodies and futures.
Meet the Team
Jilian Quigley
Co-Director
Sex Educator
Jilian.Quigley@gmail.com
Tess Brown
Veterinarian
info@mysite.com
Tess Brown
Veterinarian
info@mysite.com
Holly Eckelberger
Co-Director
info@mysite.com
Holly Eckelberger
Co-Director
info@mysite.com