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June 25th, 2010Blog, Events, Partner EventJune 29, 2010 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Come meet your favorite feminists and drink to benefit Trust Women PAC!
Tues, June 29th
6-9 PM
4th Ave Pub
76 4th Ave. bet Bergen St. & St. Marks Pl., Brooklyn, NYSliding fee scale starting at $15. Donations benefit Trust Women PAC, an organization that works to protect the rights of abortion providers and fights anti-choice legislation.
Buy your ticket here: http://www.actblue.com/page/trustwomenhappyhour
Meet Julie Burkhart, Executive Director of Trust Women PAC. She worked side by side with Dr. George Tiller for 8 years and was the Chief Executive Officer of ProKanDo, a pro-woman, pro-choice political organization founded by Dr. Tiller.
Special guests: Jessica Coen, Anna North, Jenna Sauers, Sadie Stein, and Dodai Stewart, Jezebel.com / Shelby Knox, ShelbyKnox.com / Chloe Angyal, Feministing.com / Nona Willis Aronowitz, author of Girl Drive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism / Amanda ReCupido, UnDomesticGoddess.com / Julie Klausner, author of “I Don’t Care About Your Band” / Doree Shafrir, contributing editor, New York magazine / Lynn Harris, author of “Death By Chick Lit.”
And MORE!
Subways: B/Q/2/3/4/5 (Atlantic Ave Station), D/M/R/N (Pacific St Station).Questions? Comments? Contact hosts Steph (of IAmDrTiller.com and the AbortionGang.org) at sbherold@gmail.com or Irin (of Jezebel.com) at irincarmon@gmail.com.
To learn more about Trust Women PAC, visit http://www.trustwomenpac.org/
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March 19th, 2010Blog, Events, Partner Event
March 24, 2010 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Back Up Your Birth Control NYC Day of Action! Next Wednesday, March 24th NARAL Pro-Choice New York activists are hitting subway stations throughout the city to hand out condoms and information about emergency contraception and where to get it.
NARAL staff and interns are already planning to head out to 2 different subway stops and we would love for you to join us. We will be at Union Square (14th st.) from 12-2 pm and Herald Square (34th and 6th) from 5-7 pm. We’ve organized the materials and ordered the condoms, so all you need to do is let me know which time and stop works for you and I’ll sign you up! Once I hear back from everyone, I will send out a final confirmation with the exact meet-up location for each stop.
Last year we had a lot of fun and handed out so many condoms and EC info that we ran out! I really hope you can make it and please feel free to invite your friends, networks and colleagues. All are welcome!
NARAL Pro-Choice New York is a political and advocacy reproductive rights organization that works at the state and local level to protect and advance access to the full range of reproductive health care to help men, women and teens stay healthy and safe.
We work to pass proactive, pro-choice legislation and to defeat anti-choice initiatives. Politically, we work to elect pro-choice officials and hold them accountable by ensuring they pass or defeat legislation consistent with our mission. At the community level, we provide educational resources and information while simultaneously engaging and empowering individuals to join us in working to achieve reproductive choice for all New Yorkers.
For information on upcoming events and activist opportunities, please visit our websitewww.ProChoiceNY.org and contact our Community Organizer, Lalena Howard atlhoward@prochoiceny.org or 646-520-3506.
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January 14th, 2010Events, Paradigm Shift Event
February 23, 2010 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Paradigm Shift: NYC’s Feminist Community Proudly Present
“The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women”
A Discussion withJESSICA VALENTI, Author & Feministing.com Founder/Editor
CRITICS’ PICK- PARADIGM SHIFT HONORED FOR 5TH TIME!
UPDATE- AS OF 2/18- tickets are almost sold out- please buy now!
Portion of the proceeds donated to Willie Mae Rock Camp For Girls
Buy Tickets Now- this event will sell out!
Network with your community before & after discussion“This book is solidly researched, candidly personal, and smartly political. Valenti skewers sexism from abstinence campaigns to pop culture. Every young woman should read The Purity Myth – and it sure as hell would help if every young man read it as well!”
- Robin Morgan, Author and Activist“It’s hard not to love Jessica Valenti. The Brooklyn-based founder of Feministing.com–the uncompromising, balls-out, feminist blog–is brilliant, beautiful, and not even 30 years old.”
-BUST magazineWhen: TUES, FEB. 23rd
Time: 7:00-10:00 pm
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
The Tank- 354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues).
Subway directions:
Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street/Time Square. Walk West.Cost: $7 students/pre-paid, $10 at door
BUY TICKETS NOW- CLICK HERE
Partners include
Therese Shechter, Director of “How to Lose Your Virginity”
The American Virgin blog
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
Chicks Rock, a program of The Women’s Mosaic
NARAL Pro-Choice New York
Planned Parenthood of New York City Activist Council
Bluestockings
NOW NYS YFTF
Manhattan Young Democrats
New Yorkers Against Religion-Based Bigotry
WomenAndHollywood.comABOUT JESSICA VALENTI:
http://jessicavalenti.comBUY “The Purity Myth”- now out in paperback:
Click here to buyABOUT “THE PURITY MYTH”:
The United States is obsessed with virginity from the media to schools to government agencies. The Purity Myth is an important and timely critique of about why this is so, and why it’s problematic for girls and women. Analyzing cultural stereotypes and media messages, Jessica Valenti reveals the overt and hidden ways our society links a woman’s worth to her sexuality rather than to values like honesty, kindness, and altruism. Valenti takes on issues ranging from abstinence-only education to pornography and exposes the legal and social punishments that women who dare to have sex endure. Importantly, she also offers solutions that pave the way for a future without a damaging emphasis on virginity, including a call to rethink male sexuality and reframe the idea of “losing it.” With Valenti’s usual balance of intelligence and wit, The Purity Myth presents a powerful and revolutionary argument that valuing girls and women for their sexuality needs to stop–and outlines a new vision for how it can happen.ABOUT WILLIE MAE ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS:
Tags: activism, feminism, feministing.com, jessica valenti, sex, virginity, young women
http://www.williemaerockcamp.org
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls is a non-profit music and mentoring program that empowers girls and women through music education and activities that foster self-respect, leadership skills, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. -
January 9th, 2010Blog, Julia K. Weis
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Tags: activism, community, feminism, feministing, media
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