Date and Time: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 12:00 PM
Location: Demos, 220 Fifth Avenue (at 26th St.), 5th Floor, New York, NY
Join Demos, the Building Movement Project, and Common Cause/NY for a special forum with author and activist Paul Loeb on the new version of his book, Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in Challenging Times. The book has become a classic handbook for budding social activists, veteran organizers, and anyone who wants to make a difference - large or small - in these challenging times. An antidote to powerlessness, it has inspired thousands of citizens to make their voices heard and actions count.
Loeb will explore what leads some people to get involved in larger community issues while others feel overwhelmed or uncertain; what it takes to maintain commitment for the long haul; and how community involvement and citizen activism can give back a sense of connection and purpose amidst the challenges of our time.
RSVP here.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Repro Health Happy Hour - Tuesday, March 16th!
Save the date! The next Repro Health Happy Hour will be Tuesday, March 16th from 6 to 9pm. We are returning to one of our favorite locations...The Magician bar, located at 118 Rivington St. near Essex Street. Cheap drinks and good company!
Hope to see you on the 16th!
Hope to see you on the 16th!
Reproductive Justice in Action Panel
March 3, 2010, 6:30 pm
Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall
Barnard College
3009 Broadway (at 117th Street)
New York, NY
This panel will feature a group of reproductive justice activists and birth doulas who work across the spectrum of pregnancy, birth, and women's health, connecting the traditional reproductive rights movement with new social justice activism that considers the complete physical, political, and economic well-being of girls and women. Birth doulas, as trained sources of physical, emotional, and educational support, work to empower women and support their reproductive choices. How does childbirth fit into the discussion around reproductive rights, a discussion that is often based around access to abortion and contraception? How can the reproductive justice framework help us consider institutional barriers, such as racism and poverty, that have limited women's empowerment and decision-making when it comes to their reproductive health?
Panelists include:
Aisha Domingue, doula coordinator at the Brooklyn Young Mothers' Collective
Mary Mahoney, assistant director of the Pro-Choice Public Education Project and co-founder and co-coordinator of the Doula Project
Lauren Mitchell, health educator and co-founder and co-coordinator of the Doula Project
Miriam Pérez, founder and sole blogger at RadicalDoula.com and editor at Feministing.com.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
For more information, please visit http://www.barnard.edu/bcrw/events.htm#repro or contact the Barnard Center for Research on Women at (212) 854-2067.
Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall
Barnard College
3009 Broadway (at 117th Street)
New York, NY
This panel will feature a group of reproductive justice activists and birth doulas who work across the spectrum of pregnancy, birth, and women's health, connecting the traditional reproductive rights movement with new social justice activism that considers the complete physical, political, and economic well-being of girls and women. Birth doulas, as trained sources of physical, emotional, and educational support, work to empower women and support their reproductive choices. How does childbirth fit into the discussion around reproductive rights, a discussion that is often based around access to abortion and contraception? How can the reproductive justice framework help us consider institutional barriers, such as racism and poverty, that have limited women's empowerment and decision-making when it comes to their reproductive health?
Panelists include:
Aisha Domingue, doula coordinator at the Brooklyn Young Mothers' Collective
Mary Mahoney, assistant director of the Pro-Choice Public Education Project and co-founder and co-coordinator of the Doula Project
Lauren Mitchell, health educator and co-founder and co-coordinator of the Doula Project
Miriam Pérez, founder and sole blogger at RadicalDoula.com and editor at Feministing.com.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
For more information, please visit http://www.barnard.edu/bcrw/events.htm#repro or contact the Barnard Center for Research on Women at (212) 854-2067.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
pro-choice film screening in Brooklyn
"Obvious Child" Screening and RHA Activism
Monday, February 22
8 pm
The Tea Lounge
837 Union St.
Brooklyn, NY
FREE!
Join us for a screening of Obvious Child, a short romantic comedy about a Brooklyn gal who has an unplanned pregnancy, an abortion, and a great first date in an unlikely location. Activists from NARAL Pro-Choice New York will be there to talk about how you can help pass the Reproductive Health Act, a critical bill that will protect the fundamental right of a woman and her doctor to make private medical decisions here in New York State.
On Facebook here.
Monday, February 22
8 pm
The Tea Lounge
837 Union St.
Brooklyn, NY
FREE!
Join us for a screening of Obvious Child, a short romantic comedy about a Brooklyn gal who has an unplanned pregnancy, an abortion, and a great first date in an unlikely location. Activists from NARAL Pro-Choice New York will be there to talk about how you can help pass the Reproductive Health Act, a critical bill that will protect the fundamental right of a woman and her doctor to make private medical decisions here in New York State.
On Facebook here.
March Across the Brooklyn Bridge for Health Care & the 'Change Agenda' this SATURDAY!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Call Out the Special Interests and their Political Obstructionists
that are stopping ‘Change’ in Washington!
11:30 a.m. – Gather at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn
12 noon – March steps off
1:00 p.m. – Rally in front of the Stock Exchange (Broad St. & Wall St.)
Bring posters, signs, and banners!
• AMERICA VOTED FOR CHANGE. Washington must move forward on a Change Agenda!
• HEALTH CARE IS THE WEDGE ISSUE FOR THE CHANGE AGENDA. If health care moves, so does everything else: jobs and labor law reform, climate change, financial services reform, and immigration reform.
• WASHINGTON MUST FINISH THE JOB ON HEALTH CARE. Get health care reform done, get it done right, and get it done now!
• THE SPECIAL INTERESTS AND THEIR POLITICAL SHILLS ARE STOPPING HEALTH CARE AND THE CHANGE AGENDA – health insurers, drug companies, banks and Wall St. firms, business trade groups.
RSVP for the rally here or Facebook
Volunteers Needed! RSVP here
Organized by Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign, Citizen Action, Health Care for America Now, NYCforChange, MoveOn, UWS Baby Boomers for Change, Communications Workers of America, Committee of Interns and Residents, Downtown East for Obama, Eric's Law, Raising Women's Voices, Queens County for Change, Queens Young Democrats, National Physicians Alliance, NW Bronx for Change, Barack Obama Democratic Club of Northern Manhattan, Westchester Health Care Reform Task Force.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
That Not-So-Fresh Feeling: Marketing Embarassing Products to Women
Monday Feb 22 (7pm)
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby St
Slate spin off site DoubleX presents a panel with Susan Kim, author of the new book Flow, Sarah Haskins of Current TV, Allison Silverman, former executive producer of The Colbert Report, and Hanna Rosin, co-editor of DoubleX and contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly moderating.
More info here.
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby St
Slate spin off site DoubleX presents a panel with Susan Kim, author of the new book Flow, Sarah Haskins of Current TV, Allison Silverman, former executive producer of The Colbert Report, and Hanna Rosin, co-editor of DoubleX and contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly moderating.
More info here.
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