Student Activism – Page 24

BU Takes Back The Night!

Published: March 28, 2012

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 […]

ACTION ALERT: Urge Sponsors of Limbaugh’s Show to Pull Their Ads & #FlushRushNow

Published: March 2, 2012

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 Matters, […]

Catholic Students Speak Out: We Want Birth Control Access!

Published: February 24, 2012

The Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States are, for the most part, a hierarchy of privileged, white men attempting to make decisions regarding women’s health. That, in itself, is puzzling enough for many people. Most remarkably, we see that their recent opposition to birth control access blatantly conflicts with the needs of […]

How to Host a Birth Control Clinic in 3 Easy Steps

Published: February 4, 2012

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Crossposted with permission from Law Students for Reproductive Justice. Fordham University is a Jesuit school. Because of this, students are not able to get birth control prescribed to them at the on-campus health centers. Fordham LSRJ wanted to provide Fordham students with a way to have access to doctors and birth control prescriptions. Here’s […]

Defending Roe in Mississippi

Published: November 9, 2011

When I was asked to come to Mississippi about three weeks ago to organize students against Initiative 26 or the “personhood” Amendment I honestly did not know if we even had a chance of winning. The amendment could have made abortion illegal and banned most forms of birth control including the pill. With Mississippi being […]

How the Youth, Women’s, and Minority Vote are at Stake in 2012

Published: August 26, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. The Feminist Majority Foundation and Ms. Magazine are partnering with other organizations that represent women and people of color in a Health and Economic Right or HERvotes initiative for the election in 2012. FMF’s Campus Team is gearing up together with HERvotes for its Get Out Her Vote (GOHV) […]

Summer of Choice is Over — What Now?

Published: August 15, 2011

So you’ve read Sarah’s blog about the amazing pro-choice support for Summer of Choice and Laura’s blog about the anti-choice extremists who are targeting providers and clinics here in Germantown and across the country. I know what you’re thinking – what can I do to take action, fight back, and protect access to comprehensive women’s […]

Student Activist Speaks Out About Defending Orlando Clinics

Published: July 26, 2011

When Operation Save America/Operation Rescue (OSA/OR) announced its plans for a “siege” of Orlando abortion clinics (July 16-23,) pro-choice allies did not wait long before taking action. This event drew around 40 anti-choice protesters, and organizations such as Feminist Majority Foundation, NOW, and local student groups came together to ensure the safety of the clinics […]

Cal State Long Beach Hosts the 2nd Annual Chicana/Latina Feminisms Conference

Published: April 28, 2011

Last weekend, I attended an awesome free conference at California State University, Long Beach. With the help of the Gender, Women and Sexualities Studies Student Association, our FMF affiliate group, the Conciencia Femenil hosted the 2nd annual Chicana/Latina Feminisms Conference: Joteando Por Vida! Para Nunca Mas Nos Vuelvan A Borrar! This conference focused on intersectional […]

Boston Unite, Take Back the Night!

Published: April 27, 2011

Guest post by the Boston Take Back the Night Collective. With megaphone cries, righteous posters and strong companionship, a group of students in Boston is hoping to pull off their first Take Back the Night march this Saturday. Take Back the Night is an evening of education and action in protest of sexual violence and […]