Carlie Cintrón and Petrice Sams-Abiodun

Recorded June 21, 2024 39:02 minutes
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Description

Mentee Carlie Cintrón (21) and mentor Petrice Sams-Abiodun [no age given] reflect on their relationship and work at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast. They discuss the new Planned Parenthood center in New Orleans, Louisiana's abortion ban, and their hopes for the future and each other.

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Petrice Sams-Abiodun (PSA) recounts growing up in New Orleans and her professional background in sociology as a family demographer.
PSA explains that, as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, she leads the strategic direction and manages community relations at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast.
PSA expresses her desire to invest in young people, like Carlie Cintrón (CC), who intend to stay in Louisiana.
CC remembers her first tour of the new Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast center in New Orleans and learning that abortions have never been performed in the state-of-the-art abortion wing.
PSA describes Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast's previous New Orleans center and recounts the arduous process of constructing the new one. She remembers that no one was willing to sell land to Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast and the threats that contractors faced for working with them.
PSA praises CC's leadership skills.
CC reflects on growing up in a conservative family within a predominantly white community on the North Shore.
CC describes the North Shore's first ever Pride Parade, at which she organized Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast's presence.
CC and PSA acknowledge their different identities and upbringings and celebrate that their passion for reproductive health and rights has brought them together.
CC appreciates the opportunities for self-reflection that PSA offers her. PSA shares that she is impressed CC's passion and commitment.
PSA wishes to follow CC's leadership and support her growth over the course of the next year. She hopes that CC simultaneously fights for justice and gives herself lots of joy.
CC and PSA consider alternate uses for the abortion wing of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast's New Orleans center. CC laments that the wing can't presently be used for its intended purpose and PSA hopes that young people reclaim the space as a place to connect and heal.
PSA recounts a recent family trip to Tennessee and considers what she does when she feels like giving up.
CC shares that she remains hopeful by thinking of the change-makers who came before her and remembering that she is not alone. She looks forward to continuing to connect with PSA and other leaders and elders.

Participants

  • Carlie Cintrón
  • Petrice Sams-Abiodun

Recording Locations

Newcomb Institute at Tulane University

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Partnership Type

Fee for Service

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