Pro-Choice volunteer opportunities and events - NARAL

From NARAL:

Here at NARAL Pro-Choice New York, we having been hard at work planning for the work ahead and are excited to announce a full calendar of new events and action opportunities!!



We are holding virtual phone banks to ensure that reproductive health coverage is kept in health care reform, campaigning for pro-choice City Council campaigns and inviting new members to join the Activist Leadership Circle . The best part is that there are opportunities for everyone to get involved whether you live in Buffalo , Staten Island , or even out of state!


For a complete listing of all upcoming events and opportunities, please check out our Community Events Calendar

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

2009 NYC Reproductive Health Fair

Friday, August 7, 2009
Union Square Park ? 5 - 8 pm

Organization:
NARAL Pro-Choice New York

Topic:
2009 Reproductive Health Fair

Description:
* Resources on free or low-cost reproductive health care

* Free condoms and information on safe sex methods

* Find out on-site if you are eligible for public health insurance

Sponsored by NARAL Pro-Choice New York
As a large public event dedicated solely to reproductive health, the health fair will be an opportunity to distribute materials and inform New Yorkers about local advocacy efforts. In addition, the health fair will be an opportunity to share with uninsured New York women information on public insurance options and health care resources they have available to them. It will also serve as an outlet to recruit volunteers and add contacts for advocacy membership.

Visit www.prochoiceny.org for more information


In collaboration with (list in formation):
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* New Space for Women's Health/Choices in Childbirth
* Institute for Family Health
* New York Abortion Access Fund
* New York Civil Liberties Union
* Reproductive Health Access Project
* Planned Parenthood NYC
* NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault


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!

Two Pro-Choice Events Coming Up Next Week

Re-Elect City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn!

Tuesday, July 7^th

5:30 PM

Quinn 2009 Campaign Headquarters

123 West 18th Street, 7th Floor

New York, NY 10011

Please join NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn and activists from NARAL Pro-Choice New York & Planned Parenthood of New York City to discuss issues important to New York City women and collect signatures to get Chris on the ballot!

Please RSVP to lhoward@prochoiceny.org or 646-520-3506

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Choices: Abortion

Wednesday, July 8^th

6:30 PM- 8:30 PM

NARAL Pro-Choice New York

470 Park Avenue South, 7^th Floor, NYC

NARAL Pro-Choice New York and the National Institute for Reproductive Health in partnership with co-sponsors the New York Abortion Access Fund and Exhale presents: “Choices: Abortion”.

Presenters will share the work they do each day to provide financial assistance to low-income women who cannot afford to pay for an abortion, support and counsel women after they have an abortion, ensure that all women have the health care coverage and access necessary to obtain reproductive health care, and work on the legislative and political levels to ensure that all people have access to safe and legal abortion.

Presenters include:

Constance DeCherney, Board Chair, New York Abortion Access Fund

Kristen Schultz Oliver, Lead Trainer, Exhale

Myra Batchelder, Director, Low-Income Access Program, the National Institute for Reproductive Health

Sabrina Shulman, Political Director, NARAL Pro-Choice New York

Event is free and open to all with RSVP to Lalena Howard at lhoward@prochoiceny.org or 646-520-3506. Event space is wheel-chair accessible