About
Us
We are committed to worker solidarity and centering the leadership of marginalized people in the fight for reproductive justice.
Reproductive Justice can only exist when all people have the social, political, and economic power and resources to make healthy decisions about their gender, bodies, sexuality, and families for themselves and their communities.
We are:
Feminists Organizing and Reimagining Civic Engagement! We are active at the grassroots and legislative levels and most places between.
Local 1 activists filled a bus and joined the Indianapolis Bans Off Block Party in 2022.
Leaders With
Lived Experiences
Indiana Task FORCE is a member-led organization that fights for a better state. We center the leadership of people most affected by the issues and trust people to know what they need to be free.
Statewide Core Team
Melissa Gruver Organizing Director
Vanessa Pacheco, Director of Policy
Lacey Davidson, Director of Partnerships
Christelle Mutombo, Organizer (At-Large)
Ulyssa Hester, Organizer (Indianapolis)
Emily Rames, Organizer (Greater Lafayette)
Circle of Directors at 2023 Lose Your Friends & Lovers Gala.
Greater Lafayette (Local 1) Circle of Directors
Indiana Task FORCE started with a gathering of friends in a living room in Lafayette. First known as Younger Women's Task Force, Local 1 (est. 2016) started the movement that has grown into a statewide organization with members across the state.
Local 1 Circle of Directors members are Roxy Bischoff, Amy David, Katie Dufault, Elisabeth Garland-Kuntz, Melissa Gruver, Erin Hallett, Jessica Joneson, Vanessa Pacheco, and Emily Rames.
Members of Greater Lafayette Local 1 Circle of Directors
Indianapolis (Local 317) Circle of Directors
Indiana Task FORCE grew when the Indy Local officially opened membership in 2021.
The Circle of Directors building power in Central Indiana includes Lacey Davidson, Ulyssa Hester, Christelle Mutombo, Haley Sumner, and Ketki Tamhankar.
Indy Local Directors and Members gather at the 2023 Lose Your Friends & Lovers Gala
We
Demand
Intersectional approaches to social change
Our struggles are connected and inseparable.
Reproductive Justice
For us this means the freedom to choose whether to have children, when to have them, and to parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.
Equal pay for equal work and an end to all labor exploitation
We stand in solidarity with all workers, including sex workers.
Access to education and healthcare for all.
An end to violence against marginalized genders
including women, nonbinary people, and all trans people.
Leaders who look and think like us
We are the change agents who can build a better future.
Ready to learn more about what this work looks like?
Check out a mini-documentary about our first five years! This film was created by Alli Chaney, member of Local 1. It first aired at our Gala in 2021.
Who Stands
With Us
We organize and build power with partners across the state. No one does anything alone. Building community is critical to building progressive power in Indiana.
We believe that together, we have everything we need to create a better world.
Statewide and National Partners
We Believe In
Our Friends
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