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Judy Norsigian's Acceptance Speech for the Robert Coles Award

November 26, 2024

On Friday, November 8, 2024, Our Bodies Ourselves founder Judy Norsigian accepted the Robert Coles Award for Public Service from the Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard University.

Her remarks reflected on the five and half decades she has spent as a women’s health activist. Judy shared what she has learned about sustaining advocacy and social change movements throughout trying times.

You can read Judy's remarks or watch a video of the event:

Judy Norsigian at Robert Coles Award 2024
Judy Norsigian, Diana Namumbejja Abwoye (president of the Our Bodies Ourselves board of directors), and Carline Desire (Executive Director of the Association of Haitian Women) at the Robert Coles Award reception, November 8, 2024.