Our predecessors risked everything to protect a woman’s right to choose. If we want, we can defeat the Stupak amendment. I am reading an inspiring book, Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California. From free speech rights to the gay rights movement, the book recounts numerous [...]
I love it when I come across organizations and campaigns that I had no idea existed! Women on Waves (WOW) is a new discovery of mine. The organization is based in the Netherlands, but helps provide abortion, education and advocacy for reproductive rights in areas where it is illegal. It does this in part, by [...]
I have to thank Twitter for educating me about an issue that continues to have an increasing importance in all societies. Although I was hesitant to start a Twitter account in the first place I now admit it has really broadened my horizons! One area that I have had my awareness raised by Twitter is [...]
In the heart of New York’s East Village lies the home of a project that is playing a unique and vital role in the reproductive rights movement. Although they operate with a staff of fewer than ten (including interns and graduate assistants), NYU’s Margaret Sanger Papers Project is providing a valuable service to the movement [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to permanently establish an Office of Global Women’s Issues. I excitedly began to look up more information about the legislation and was bombarded by anti-choice “news” sites screaming their opposition to the new office. Much of the coverage reported the goal of “gender integration and women’s empowerment” as [...]
The basics of activism develops through acts of personal activism. We may talk about people and events but as brilliant activist minds we should talk about ideas. We must fight for equality and justice by using our minds, mouths and ears. I find myself in a position of privilege as a teacher because I get [...]
