Press featuring Samantha
WASHINGTON POST:
Lauren Lumpkin, “Happy Valentine’s Day from your RA. Here’s a condom.” Washington Post (Feb 2020).
“We can’t pretend that 18-year-olds show up to college with no understanding or with no experiences…” Cyrulnik-Dercher said. “What young people are learning in too many classrooms across the country today is shame and stigma. That sexuality itself is shameful and that sex itself is a stigma,” Cyrulnik-Dercher said.
REWIRE:
Jo Yurcaba, “Adolescent Health Groups Warn of Risks Anti-Choice Crisis Pregnancy Centers Pose to Young People,” Rewire (Oct 2019).
“This patchwork of sex ed laws and policies… is what’s failing to provide young people with a rudimentary foundation in sex ed,” Dercher said.
ESQUIRE:
Dave Holmes, “Let’s Talk About Sex Ed,” Esquire (June 2019).
“We’re not just failing our young people by failing to provide them with the sex ed that they need,” says Cyrulnik-Dercher. “We’re failing the country.”
MASHABLE:
Katie Berohn, “Clever new campaign reveals dangers of abstinence-only sex ed,” Mashable (June 2019).
“In a time when our sexual and reproductive health and rights are constantly under attack, we need to be providing young people with honest, accurate, and inclusive sex ed,” said Dercher.
COSMOPOLITAN:
Hannah Smothers, “Get the Sex Education You Never Had With These 9 Books,” Cosmopolitan (Nov 2018).
“We desperately need more options for sex-ed books that have an intersectional feminist lens—especially ones that prioritize transgender kids.” —Dercher
CNN:
Christina Zdanowicz, “Posters of the Jeff Flake elevator confrontation appear at Kavanaugh protest,” CNN (Oct 2018).
Kavanaugh is uniquely unfit to serve on our nation’s court. His temperament and partisanship during his hearing alone should be enough to disqualify him from consideration,” Dercher told CNN.
CNN:
Dakin Andone, “‘Do you believe survivors?’ Activists descend on Washington to protest Kavanaugh,” CNN (Oct 2018).
“A man who has been credibly accused of sexual assault has no place making decisions on women’s bodies for generations to come,” protester Samantha Dercher told CNN Thursday.
Blog Posts by Samantha
We are taught to stay silent so that the propaganda of anti-abortion extremists can control the narrative – and therefore control our bodies, too.
“The fight for reproductive freedom should start in the classroom,” SIECUS, May 2019.
The more we normalize sexual health care as part of our everyday lives, the easier it is for young people to seek out the services they need without feeling ashamed.
“STD Awareness Month: More talking. Less stigma.,” SIECUS, April 2019.
We need a fully functioning democracy, [and] elected officials who recognize that there is no sexual and reproductive health and rights without racial equity, free exercise of religion, economic inequality, or fully funded public schools.
“Post-midterm elections: Let’s celebrate, recalibrate, and focus on the work ahead,” SIECUS, November 2018.
Press Statements by Samantha
We condemn the separation of families and the detention of children and families… We condemn the Trump-Pence administration’s callous, cruel policies and rhetoric. We condemn those in power who would rather stay silent or debate semantics while migrant families continue to die.
Over 60 sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations condemn the Trump-Pence administration’s treatment of migrants at border detention camps, SIECUS, July 3, 2019.
There is no Constitutional right to use religion as a cudgel to destroy the rights and health of other people. Religious freedom is not a pass for overt discrimination – especially in the life-saving field of health care.
Trump administration announces new rule, greenlighting discrimination against patients, SIECUS, May 3, 2019.
“A presidential budget is a statement of priorities and, once again, President Trump has clearly shown that he is willing to jeopardize the health of millions to pay for his racist border wall and tax cuts for billionaires and corporations.
Trump’s 2020 budget predictably neglects sexual health and well-being of nation, SIECUS, March 20, 2019.
The president’s queerphobic, racist, and sexist rhetoric are at odds with his purported goals. Following tonight’s speech, we sincerely hope to see this administration promote proactive policies instead of empty promises.
Trump’s SOTU supports ending HIV in the U.S. His actions say otherwise., SIECUS, February 5, 2019.
Despite all that has come to light surrounding Brett Kavanaugh, the Senate completely ignored his many disqualifying attributes. Throughout this process, they dismissed the voices of women—and the voices of survivors.
SIECUS Statement on Kavanaugh confirmation, October 6, 2018.
Samantha Cyrulnik-Dercher 