Hey feminists! Just a quick word — The Feminist Campus Team is going to close down registration first thing tomorrow morning, so today is your last day to get in those pre-registrations. Have no fear though! Registration will be available on Saturday & Sunday mornings at the door, just in case you miss the cut […]
Archives for March 2012
BU Takes Back The Night!
Guest post by Boston University Center for Gender, Sexuality & Activism This Friday, students at Boston University are taking back the night. The Feminist Collective, a group that meets under the Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Activism at Boston University, are hosting a Take Back the Night march and rally on BU’s campus. Take Back […]
NYFLC Mixers: Not one, not two, but THREE mixer options!
We know that one of the best parts of NYFLC is all the amazing feminists you have the chance to meet and connect with, but there is so much information and work to be done throughout our plenaries and workshops. The Feminist Campus Team wants to make sure that regardless of your mood and flavor, […]
NYFLC Update: ALL Worshops & Speakers Now Posted!!
Just a quick update to make sure you head on over to the NYFLC webpage to check out the full list of workshops and speakers. We still have a few tricks up our sleeves with the program, but the Schedule page of the website has a full list of all general assembly speakers, workshop topics […]
HERvotes Blog Carnival: What Health-Care Reform Means to Women
By Cindy Pearson, co-founder of Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need For the tenth #HERvotes blog carnival, we’re celebrating the second anniversary of the new health-reform law, the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. Why are women so excited about the ACA? Well, for a start, the law has already started removing barriers […]
The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on One Young Woman
by Lindsay Yancich, NOW Government Relations Intern March is National Women’s History Month as well as the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Women everywhere and of all ages are coming forward to talk about how the Affordable Care Act has improved their lives both medically and financially. I, myself, can attest to how […]
2 Year Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act-What’s In It for Young People?
by Sarah Audelo, Advocates for Youth This week is the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and next week the Supreme Court will hear arguments from some states who are essentially trying to overturn the law for a variety of reasons. While the Affordable Care Act is nowhere near perfect and in fact does some […]
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Reserve a room at Hilton Crystal City now for NYFLC 2012
It is almost here! The National Young Feminist Leadership Conference is just TWO WEEKS AWAY! That’s why we want to make sure you know that the deadline to make your reservations at the Hilton Crystal City with the NYFLC group rate has been extended AGAIN until next Thursday, March 29th at NOON!! This year’s conference […]
ACTION ALERT: Urge Sponsors of Limbaugh’s Show to Pull Their Ads & #FlushRushNow
UPDATE (3/19/12 @ 1:03 PM): New action!! Head over to Say It, Sister! (National NOW’s blog) for more info about taking action to tell the Missouri state government a Rush Limbaugh statue is NOT OK!! Also, at last count there were over 150 advertisers who dropped Rush!! UPDATE (3/12/12 @ 12:51 PM): According to Media […]
Call to Action: Rush Limbaugh calls BC Champion Sandra Fluke a ‘Prostitute’
The Feminist Campus Team is outraged this morning after hearing Rush Limbaugh’s vicious and inappropriate attacks waged at Sandra Fluke. Fluke is the outspoken and courageous Georgetown Law student who has advocated for birth control coverage without co-pays or deductibles for students and employees of religiously-affiliated institutions. Sandra was denied a seat at the table […]