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Roe v. Wade Weekend Wrap-Up

January 28, 2011 by fcBlogAdmin Leave a Comment
Supreme Court Rally

The East Coast Campus Team had a very eventful week with all of the Roe V. Wade events going on! On Thursday January 20 the Team attended the “We are the Champions Event” hosted by Choice USA, where several pro-choice leaders went “head to head” to discuss reproductive issues facing women today. Among these women [...]

Filed Under: Abortion Access & Activism, Clinic Access Tagged With: Amy Richards, Campus Team, Choice USA, clinic harassment, Dr. Carhart, Feminist Campus, Germantown Reproductive Health Services, Kierra JOhnson, NOW, Operation Rescue, pro-choice, Roe v. Wade, Shelby Knox, US Supreme Court, Walk for Life

Conference Early Bird Registration Coming Up

January 28, 2011 by fcBlogAdmin Leave a Comment
Capitol

It’s that time of year again feminists! The 7th annual National Young Feminist Leadership Conference is coming up fast. It’s happening on March 12th-14th at the George Washington University in our nation’s capital, Washington, DC. There, hundreds of young feminist activists will come together to learn from influential feminist activists, as well as to meet [...]

Filed Under: NYFLC Tagged With: Campus Team, conferences, Feminist Campus, Feminist Majority Foundation, NYFLC, The George Washington University, Washington DC

Help Send NV Feminists to Washington DC!

January 27, 2011 by fcBlogAdmin Leave a Comment
Marysa

Guest post from Marysa Falk, member of FMF’s affiliate group at the University of Nevada, Reno.   Growing up in rural Nevada, with an encouraging mother and an inspiring brother, I always knew I would graduate high school, go to college and have a successful career. To me, the sky was the limit and nothing [...]

Filed Under: NYFLC Tagged With: Campus Team, Feminist Campus, Feminist Majority Foundation, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, fundraising, guest post, Marysa Falk, Nevada, NYFLC, passion, University of Nevada Reno

Life at Conception Act Introduced in the Senate

January 26, 2011 by fcBlogAdmin Leave a Comment

News update from feminist.org newswire: Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Life at Conception Act in the Senate yesterday that would establish that human life begins at the moment of conception. If passed, the bill would extend equal protection under 14th article of amendment of the Constitution to unborn fetuses and [...]

Filed Under: Abortion Access & Activism, Leaders & Government Tagged With: birth control, Congress, Feminist Majority Foundation, Feminist newswire, HR 358, Nancy Keenan, NARAL Pro-Choice America, rape, Roe v. Wade, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Roger Wicker, US Senate

How to take your V-Day Events Further

January 26, 2011 by fcBlogAdmin Leave a Comment
Lamp post

As many of you know February means V-Day! And no, we’re not talking about Valentine’s Day. V-Day is an organization that seeks to raise awareness about violence against women and girls as well as raise money for local beneficiaries that are working to end violence. Many student groups put on “The Vagina Monologues” or host [...]

Filed Under: Sexual Assault, Students Rising Up Tagged With: action, campus organizing, event planning, Feminist Campus, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, rape, SAFER Campus, sexual assault, sexual assault awareness, sexual violence, The Vagina Monologues, V-Day, Valentine's Day

This Is What an Organizer Looks Like!

January 26, 2011 by Meghan Shalvoy 1 Comment

The 2010-11 school has brought some big changes to FMF’s Campus Team, and this January has brought the FMF three new organizers on the East Coast. In September, the West Coast welcomed Myra Duran just a few weeks before I started in the East Coast office. And now, I’m pleased to introduce the latest additions [...]

Filed Under: Feminist Campus Tagged With: Adopt-a-Clinic, AmeriCorps, anthropology, black studies, Campus Team, duVergne Gaines, Emma Goldman Women's Health Clinic, Feminist Campus, Feminist Majority Foundation, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, Francesca Witcher, HBCUs, Jacqueline Sun, journalism, Laura Kacere, Meghan Shalvoy, Miami University of Ohio, mid-Atlantic region, midwest region, Myra Duran, National Campus Organizers, political science, Sarah Shanks, southern region, UNCC Feminist Union, University of Iowa, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, women's center, women's prisons, women's studies

A Step Closer to Regulating CPCs

January 26, 2011 by fcBlogAdmin Leave a Comment
"Tell Truth"

At the end of last week, two bills were introduced to Washington State Legislature. These bills (Limited Service Pregnancy Center Accountability Act (SB 5274/HB 1366) both aim at regulating Crisis Pregnancy Centers/ Limited Service Pregnancy Centers throughout Washington. This is such an important step because Washington would be the first to have a state-wide ordinance [...]

Filed Under: Action & Advocacy, Fake Clinics & CPCs Tagged With: abortion, Austin TX, Baltimore MD, CPCs, crisis pregnancy centers, fake clinics, legislation, pregnancy, regulate fake clinics, Rep Carolyn Maloney, truth in advertising, Washington

One Year Later: The women of Haiti & an American feminist

January 12, 2011 by Meghan Shalvoy Leave a Comment

For a while there it seemed as if most of the world had forgotten about Haiti (again). This week, by all indications from the news media, the ongoing tragedy has not been completely forgotten. Unfortunately, I can’t help but feel discouraged when nearly half of the people I speak to about Haiti are sure that [...]

Filed Under: Global Women's Rights Tagged With: abortion, condoms, contraception, contraceptive use, disapora, earthquake, family planning, Haiti, Haitian diaspora, maternal mortality, Meghan Shalvoy, MMRC, natural disaster, pregnancy, Raising Haiti, sex education, skilled birth attendant

Will the New Year Bring New Changes?

January 4, 2011 by Myra Duran Leave a Comment
new year

Happy New Year ya’ll! 2010 was a whirlwind of ups and downs! Downs that included the constant attack on reproductive rights, especially abortion, the failure to pass the DREAM Act and the increase in teen suicides amongst LGBTQ youth. With Arizona leading the way on passing the most unequivocally racist pieces of legislation of 2010 [...]

Filed Under: Get Out Her Vote, Leaders & Government, LGBTQ, Students Rising Up Tagged With: 2011 events, campus organizing, Congress

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