Candace Bond-Theriault

Candace Bond-Theriault, JD., LL.M., is a mother, lawyer, professor, author, speaker, and social justice advocate working at the intersections of law, policy, reproductive health, rights, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ liberation, economic justice, and democracy reform. She is the author of "Queering Reproductive Justice: An Invitation" (Stanford University Press), as well as an adjunct professor of sociology and criminology at Howard University.

Most recently, Bond-Theriault held the role of associate director for movement building at Dēmos: a think tank for the Racial Justice Movement. She previously held positions at Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and the American Civil Liberties Union. Candace is a member of the board of directors for SPARK Reproductive Justice Now! and the ReproAction advisory counsel. Her writing has been published in "The Nation," "SELF magazine," "Ms. Magazine," "Colorlines," "the Root," "Blavity," "Rewire," "the Advocate," "the Grio," "the Huffington Post," and many others.

Candace received her LL.M. degree in constitutional law with a dual focus on gender & the law and politics and legislation from the American University Washington College of Law, her JD from the North Carolina Central University School of Law, and her BA from the College of William and Mary.