Day of Action against Stupak this Wednesday

[Image via MassArt's Feminist Majority]

Dear members of the Hunter Women's Rights Coalition (Hunter Equality),

This Wednesday we are having an important meeting (with free pizza, naturally) about our upcoming fundraiser for the Ali Forney Center as well as how to take action at home against the Stupak Amendment, which, if passed along with the health care reform bill before the Senate, could leave women worse off than before.

There will, however,be a National Day of Action THIS WEDNESDAY in Washington, D.C. -- we encourage you to attend if you can. I've included the information from Planned Parenthood below:

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
DECEMBER 2, 2009
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Washington, DC

Please join us to lobby the Senate for health care reform that ensures women's access to reproductive health care.

To rsvp click here and email hunterequality@gmail.com

From Planned Parenthood: Join thousands of others to speak with one voice and let our elected officials know that we support health care reform that protects women's health! Real health reform will respect the right of women to purchase private health insurance that covers comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion. We hope to see you there! If you can't make it to DC, stop by our Facebook page for online activities through December 2. www.facebook.com/plannedparenthood

If you can't make it to DC, we will be discussing The Hanger Project during our Wednesday meeting.

If you can't make it to the meeting either, you can help fight Stupak by calling your Senators: Look them up by state

We are incredibly proud to have worked together throughout this semester and we're very excited for the next. Whether it's in DC, in the clubroom, or online -- we hope to see you by our side in pushing for real health care reform that doesn't leave women behind.

With love and in solidarity,
Sabrina

President
Hunter Women's Rights Coalition
Hunter Equality@gmail.com

Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/HunterEquality
Blog: http://hunterequality.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/happyfeminist

Action Alert: Counter-Protest to Anti-Choice Demonstration

Join Feminist Majority Foundation interns in a non-confrontational counter-protest, tomorrow July 28 at 10:45 A.M., outside Cannon House Office Building. Troy Newman and Operation Rescue are planning to bring their “abortion is not health care” campaign to the Capitol and we will be there to offer a pro-women, pro-choice perspective!

Here are the details:
What: Counter-Protest to Operation Rescue Demonstration
When: Tuesday, July 28th at 10:45 A.M.
Where: Cannon HOB (Corner of Independence and New Jersey Ave.)

Join us and help to fight for reproductive rights to be included in the health care legislation!

Questions call 703-522-2214 and ask to speak with Laura Ponchick or Sarah Hejma.

Posted by:
Jerin Alam
National NOW Young Feminist Task Force
National Organization for Women (NOW)

Pro-Life leader questions need for diversity

Please watch the following video, which features incoming NOW President Terry, along with Elisabeth Crum, who was on the Young Feminist Task Force workshop with me at the NOW National Conference in Indiana.

I am so glad Operation Rescue's leader questions the need for diversity in Supreme Court. This just proves how ridiculous that Pro-Life group's argument is. He is clearly racist, as many of those people are.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/07/13/VI2009071302693.html?referrer=emaillink

Posted by,
Jerin Alam
National NOW Young Feminist Task Force
National Organization for Women (NOW)

THF: Recipe for awesome

Posted by: THF (HappyFeminist@gmail.com)
Image via: Seagull

My recipe for today? Two parts good news, four parts activism, stir.

Good domestic news: D.C., starting today, will recognize same-sex marriages.

The D.C. Council has passed a gay marriage recognition bill. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has signed it. The Board of Elections and Ethics has rejected a referendum effort aimed at overturning it. A Superior Court judge has upheld that decision.

Good foreign news: Uganda will pass a bill that outlaws female genital mutilation (FGM).

"The way God made it, there is no part of a human body that is useless," President Yoweri Museveni told a gathering in the eastern Karamoja district.

These things don't happen by themselves! Keep up the good work, feminists (wherever you may be!)

With that in mind, now is a good time for some quick activism:

1. Give your Member of Congress a call today and remind them health care can’t wait!
2. Sign the petition and declare your independence from the insurance industry.
3. Tell Congress that we want real healthcare reform now.
4. Make sure reproductive-health services are covered in the new health-care system.

And don't miss Sarah Haskin's latest!



News via: California NOW, Twitter's @Haliburton, @FeministCampus (the girls from the Feminist Majority Foundation or FMF), and @ShelbyKnox. Thanks so much!