![]() The culprit for the supposed danger of gentrification, he argues, is Black women getting abortions, thus “killing” the future Black generation. Drew puts up a billboard that reads “Abortion is genocide” right next to the Black Women’s Health Initiative, a “medical clinic and reproductive rights center.”ĭrew’s campaign sees gentrification in Englewood as an imminent threat that is pushing out an already declining and under-resourced Black community. However, he is also described as a sheep in wolf’s clothing and there seems to be an unclear, hidden agenda behind his campaign against Lewis. ![]() The story begins in the leadup to a local election where the incumbent City council member Cheryl Lewis faces off against Demetrius Drew, a community activist known for his advocacy for Black liberation. Long subject to systemic disinvestment, Englewood is now also threatened by gentrification, which forms the backdrop of the play’s events. Once a flourishing neighborhood, it has lost much of its population and housing stock in the last several decades. The play takes place in contemporary Englewood. But the play does not offer the readers or the audience any definite answers The Billboard demonstrates how we know less than we think, and serves as an invitation to open ourselves up to the perspectives and experiences of others. By showing the conflict between the main characters and a group of anti-abortion advocates, the play navigates important questions surrounding abortion and suggests that there is more to reproductive justice than the right to choose. At its core, The Billboard, a play by journalist and author Natalie Moore, grapples with abortion by exploring how several generations of Black women talk about abortion and how it relates to self-care, reproductive justice, community, and economic disinvestment.
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