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If you are in D.C. today (Monday, January 5) and want to start 2009 off on the right (feminist) foot, join the members of YWTF and celebrate the launch of Stand Up for DC Women!, a project that aims to raise awareness about injustices in the treatment of sexual assault victims by law enforcement and health care institutions in D.C., educate the community on the rights of sexual assault victims, and ensure that all victims of sexual assault receive adequate care through D.C. hospitals and law enforcement agencies.

When: Monday, January 5, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: The CommonWealth Pub
Street: 1400 Irving Street, NW (Columbia Heights Metro)
City/Town: Washington, DC

Each year, an estimated 1,735 women living in DC will be raped. Eighty-four percent of all sexual assaults go unreported and a common barrier for not reporting is fear. YWTF believes that when more women are educated on the rights of sexual assault victims, there will be an increase in reporting.

Reminder - Los Angeles Feministing Reader Holiday Happy Hour at the cozy Redwood Bar tonight, 7-10 pm. Drop in and take a break from holiday stresses!

All are welcome - come party, network, and celebrate the holidays with Feministing readers from LA!

If you're on Facebook, more details here. Or see Vanessa's post on the main page here. Thanks to Vanessa for being a huge help, and to fellow reader Mahlena-Rae Johnson in LA for helping to organize.

**ping us in the comments if you're an LA reader!

NARAL Pro-Choice New York is throwing a party in your honor as a thank you for all your hard work this election season. Together, we secured a democratic majority in the New York senate and elected a pro-choice president. Now it's time to party!

Come together with fellow pro-choicers for a night of open mic, food, games and prizes.
We encourage new faces to join in on the party.

Please bring something to share: a food dish, song, friend or willingness to get on stage and tell your story. It's your choice!

Thursday December 4th, 6-9pm
the cell theatre 338 W.23rd St. NYC between 8th & 9th
Take the 1, C, or E to the 23rd St. stop or the M23

RSVP to Lalena Howard at 646-520-3506 or lhoward@prochoiceny.org with your name, phone number and what you plan to bring.

im trying to gauge the interest in a happy hour in the dallas/fort worth area.  i cant be the only reader in the not on the east coast.  im in west fort worth so im partial to doing it in fort worth, but whatever's clever.

i would also like a child/mother-friendly venue if there are women unable to find child-care or have nurslings.  friday night or the weekend is also preferable.

any takers?

Tonight, H*yas for Choice (the unofficial pro-choice group of students at Georgetown University) will have a fundraiser/bar night:

Rhino Bar
$20 Open Bar
9pm - midnight
3295 M St NW
Washington, DC 20007

Facebook Event

I know it's short notice, but if anyone in the DC area can come, we'd appreciate it!

As a Pro-Choice group at a Jesuit institution, H*yas for Choice does not receive any funding from the university. We are also the only source of condoms within 6 blocks of our campus and rely entirely upon donations to provide this resource. This event is a fundraiser to help us make sure that we can continue to provide condoms and comprehensive sexual education on our campus. H*yas for Choice runs into many bureaucratic issues trying to provide this as we are only allowed to operate in "free speech zones" on campus and are not even afforded the "privilege" of using the university name (hence the asterisk).

So, if you're in the DC area and want to support free access to condoms and sex ed on a college campus in need (or just want to hang out with some awesome, pro-choice, feminist college students) please come by!

For more information about the history of H*yas for Choice please visit our website.

Purity balls. Abstinence-only sex education. The global gag rule. In a political environment in which sex and the prevention of pregnancy and STIs are dirty topics of discussion, younger women are faced with extreme challenges as they seek credible facts about sexuality and sexual health. Christina Page’s How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics , and the War on Sex reveals that the anti-abortion, anti-sex crusaders are damaging not only our access to family planning tools and health information, but preventing our access to the basic American rights of independence, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness.

Join YWTF-NYC as we discuss the book with the author, Christina Page. Bring your questions and concerns to the table in an open conversation about health, women’s rights, and politics.

Date & Time: Monday, November 17, 7 PM
Location: NARAL Pro-Choice New York

Please RSVP.

Younger Women's Taskforce--NYC Metro Chapter YWTF-NYC), the foremost organization on New York City's women in their 20s and 30s , empowers younger women in the New York metro area politically, professionally, and personally by building a grassroots community that allows a space for younger women to learn about and take leadership on issues that matter most to them.

Twin Cities feminists:

The Center on Women and Public Policy at the Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs (301 19th Ave. South) would like to invite local pro-choice feminists to a small, informal lunch on Tuesday, October 28th with Nancy Keenan, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America. YOU MUST RSVP. Please see below for further details. For more information about the Center, please go here.

Join us for lunch with
Nancy Keenan, President, NARAL Pro-Choice America
 
Tuesday, October 28
Noon
Room 180, Humphrey Center

 
Nancy Keenan began her tenure as president of NARAL Pro-Choice America in December 2004. Committed to working on behalf of America's pro-choice majority, Nancy took the reins of the organization pledging to protect and defend the American values of freedom and privacy.

A successful elected official in her native state of Montana, Nancy applied her experiences as a candidate in overseeing NARAL Pro-Choice America's political program in the 2006 midterm elections, which helped fuel the gain of 23 pro-choice seats in the U.S. House and three in the U.S. Senate. The organization also worked with state-based leaders to defeat three anti-choice ballot measures, including the repeal of an abortion ban in South Dakota that was designed as a direct threat to Roe v. Wade .

RSVP:  Sue Finnegan 

Meet at NARAL Pro-Choice New York offices

470 Park Ave. South , 7th Floor

Buses leave at 7:30 am.  We will be back around 7pm

Take a ride on the pro-choice bus with us to Pennsylvania. W e will go door to door and turn out the pro-choice vote for Barack Obama and local pro-choice candidates !

Wednesday, October 15th

Hofstra University

Congregate at 7:00 pm at the “Freedom of Speech” area at Hagadorn Hall Lot for rally.  Lot is at corner of Uniondale Avenue and Hempstead Turnpike. I <3 Pro-Choice New York T-shirts, signs, and buttons will be provided!

We will move to the Monroe Lecture Center at 8:00 to watch the simulcast of the debate

VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE PRINT YOUR PASS TO GET IN TO WATCH SIMULCAST OF DEBATE HERE

The debate will end at 10:30 pm

For directions to Hofstra by car and public transportation, please click here.