UPCOMING EVENTS -- 2012! Friday, Jan 20th: Morning Stroll to the FLASH MOB!
Kick off Trust Women Week and check out San Francisco's Pro-choice Market Street Banners & Occupy Flash Mob on your lunch hour! If you can't make it at noon, we'll be repeating it at 5pm.
Here are the details:
Lunchtime stroll down Market Street from UN Plaza to Justin Herman Plaza and ending with Flash Mob at Occupy SF. This is a self-guided walking tour, ending at the Flash Mob at noon for people to see it. The details on the location of the flash mob are still under wraps. Be sure to end at 11 if you are rehearsing for the flash mob and noon if you just want to watch or sing along. The Flash Mob is an amazing creation by Dancing Without Borders sponsored by SFNOW and CODEPINK .
Watch our last performance!
Performance: 12-1pm.
Location: Financial District, SF. The exact location will be revealed closer to the performance.
details: www.DancingWithoutBorders.org
REHEARSE AT HOME!
Saturday 11am - 1: West Coast Rally for Reproductive Rights! Justin Herman Plaza!
January 21, 2012 -- West Coast Rally for Reproductive Justice
By Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR)
When: Saturday, January 21, 2012
Time:11:00am until 1:00pm
Where: Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco
Please join us for an empowering, positive rally
celebrating your right to reproductive autonomy!
We have speakers, musicians, exhibitors and a
d.i.y. art/ activist tent.
When bills are being passed that allow emergency rooms
to refuse life-saving care to women - it's time for everyone
to STAND UP and fight back.
Women's voices are the most important voices in a
discussion about our rights - get out and use yours.
Who is Speaking?
Raging Grannies
Silver Ribbon to Trust Women
World Can't Wait
California National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)
SF Board of Supervisors on recent women positive legislation
Activist website Change.org
SlutWalk
Local Musician Ziva Hadar!or an empowering, positive rally celebrating your right to reproductive autonomy! We have speakers, musicians, exhibitors and a diy art/ activist tent.
Past Events 2011 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls. Press conference on November 25 and concert November 26.
A message from MamaKoatl, who each year leads us in this important day's events and ritual:
Dear Sisters, wishing you all kinds of success, I write to ask your presence and energy for this work, we carry out year after year in the City of San Francisco.
On Friday the 25th, we will have the press conference, on the sidewalk in front of the lobby at Mission Cultural Center, or in the lobby. The program runs from noon to 2 pm. Mexican artist Hersalia Cantoral will create an altar/installation piece in honor of Marisela Escobedo, a wind ensemble would play a song in her memory and that is how we would start. Three themes: First, sexual slavery in the Bay Area, the fact that there is nothing in the school curriculum or civic calendar to address the issue of violence against women and girls, and propose a course of action for SFSUD. Second, we are denouncing the violence inherent in the "Thanksgiving" "holiday"mythology and thirdly we will adress institutional, political violence. We are inviting three political asylum participants, from Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala. They will share their experiences. This year we are holding our concert under the theme Guardianas de la Vida on November 26.
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MamaKoatl Stop Fake Clinics!!!
Stand with BACORR! The difference between swallowing a pill and an invasive procedure -- that is the price often paid when a woman or child is fooled into delaying her abortion by making an appointment at a fake clinic.
SFNOW and BACORR THANK Malia Cohen for her ordinance to halt false advertising by fake abortion clinics. Please check with BACORR.org for the latest action opportunity and save the date for our big event January 21, 2012! There are many fun and important events leading up to January 21, so please stay in touch!
MOVING PLANET/ PEACE DAY SF Join millions worldwide rallying and demanding peace through sustainability! Both the United Nations International Day of Peace and Moving Planet have chosen September 24 for global celebrations! Moving Planet is a worldwide rally to demand solutions to the climate crisis. Be part of the change you believe in, come on bike, on skates, on a board, or just on foot. Join 350.0rg, N.O.W. and Code Pink rallying for peace through sustainability!
WHEN: 10 to 6 Saturday September 24
WHERE: Civic Center main stage begins the day with a special program for kids at 10:00. Music, dancers and speakers until 6.
Enjoy free music, poetry, performances and phenomenal speakers expressing the cultural diversity and energy of the San Francisco Bay Area. Free to the public.
Planeta en movimiento es una manifestación internacional que tiene el objetivo de ir más allá de los combustibles fósiles y exigir soluciones climáticas. Ven en bicicleta, en patines, en skate o a pie. Ven con tus vecinos y amigos, familiares y compañeros de trabajo. Ven a formar parte de algo grande.
¿Por qué?: Durante demasiado tiempo, los líderes políticos han negado o retrasado su compromiso, o bien se comprometieron y no lo cumplieron. Esa era debe tocar fin; es hora de ponerse en movimiento en cuanto a la crisis climática.
PAST EVENTS -- 2011
EARTH DAY! April 23, 2011:
Join us for Earth Day SF on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at Civic Center/City Hall.
FREE! Hear Dolores Huerta and Patty Bellasalma share their ecofeminist news. Stacy Malkan will give a workshop on safe personal care products. The kid's zone will have music, crafts and lots of eco fun!
2 live music stages. Over 50 earth friendly vendors. Come join the fun!
WE ARE ONE! RESPECT OUR RIGHTS RALLY! The protests in Wisconsin changed the game in America when it comes to workers' rights and
standing up for the American Dream.
There's new energy out there and the entire labor movement has come together to keep the
momentum going by calling for an unprecedented day of solidarity this Monday, April 4—
the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination.
Progressives nationwide have stood up to join with the labor movement in overwhelming numbers.
Already nearly 1000 solidarity events including rallies, teach-ins, work site discussions, vigils, faith
events, and more are planned for the next few days.
The April 4 day of action is going to be huge, and the bigger the crowd at each event the better.
Can you join in? Click here to sign up for an event in your area:
This is our chance to show the nation that the spirit of the working people who rose up in Wisconsin
is only spreading, growing, and getting stronger—but the day of the events, April 4, is also
significant itself.
It's the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis 43 years ago. Dr. King
was in Memphis to stand in solidarity with striking sanitation workers who were demanding their
rights and their chance to live out the American Dream. And this week's events, under the shared
name "We Are One," are our chance to stand up for the very same rights and the same American
Dream. It is a grassroots effort being led by a broad coalition of unions and progressive allies
committed to realizing Dr. King's goal of economic justice for all.
California National Organization for Women
Celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day!
Two Free One-woman Plays Highlight Stories of Women in History
California chapters of the National Organization for Women will be sponsoring two free one-
woman plays in March, celebrating women’s history month and International Women’s Day
(March 8). Both events are free to the public.
TRIANGLE
Written & performed by Elaine Ocasio
Developed with and Directed by Rod Menzies
TRIANGLE commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire by
exploring where the responsibility rests to prevent a similar tragedy from happening today.
Elaine Ocasio is an LA based writer/performer. Her solo show “All I Ever Wanted” premiered at
the Santa Monica Playhouse in 2009. She is a proud member of IBEW Local 45.
Sponsored by NOW San Francisco and LaborFest, Northern California Coalition For Commemoration Of The Triangle Fire, San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco City College Labor And Community Studies, California NOW, California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day CCWMD, San Francisco Mime Troupe, BJE Jewish Library, Progressive Jewish Alliance, Labor Video Project, San Francisco Coalition Of Labor Union Women CLUW
March 5th, 2011 at 3 p.m.
Fellowship Hall, Ebenezer/herchurch Lutheran
678 Portola Dr. San Francisco, CA 94127
AN ENCOUNTER WITH CLARA SCHUMANN
A concert/drama by Katie Ketchum
Through storytelling, music, letters and costume, Katie Ketchum, brings Clara Schumann, one
of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, alive on stage. “An Encounter With Clara
Schumann-19th century pianist”, takes place in 1892 at Clara Schumann’s home in Frankfurt,
Germany. Katie Ketchum will play and sing some of Clara’s rarely performed works and some
pieces by Robert Schumann, Brahms, and Chopin.
Katie Ketchum is a composer, playwright, pianist and actor from the Bay Area. She received the
National Endowment for the Arts for her musical about the American painter Mary Cassatt. In
2008, Ketchum’s “Magdalene” received critical acclaim in San Francisco and Sacramento.
March 6th, 2011 at 3 p.m.
Temple of Isis Grand Theater
20889 Geyserville Avenue, Geyserville, CA 95441
March 8, 2011: International Women's Day: San Francisco NOW and California NOW have several speaking and other events scheduled, so please check canow.org for details.
Golden Gate San Francisco Join us on March 8 at 10am at Crissy Fields in Presidio park for banner making and preparations.
The San Francisco march will leave at 11 to get to the northern bank where you will get your “100th anniversary Passport” to certify that you crossed the Golden Gate Bridge for Women on March 8, 2011. There are complimentary shuttles to bring you back to the San Francisco bank if you want to stay to the celebration.
PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING DRIVE:
Donations accepted until
January 31, 2011 @ 5pm
Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5pm
50 Van Ness (between Market & Fell)
Essentials for a professional wardrobe needed!
Donations are
Tax-Deductible!
Tax receipts available on-site.
Please consider the value of your
donation ahead of time.
Questions?
(415) 581-2364 or
Marissa.Bloom@sfgov.org
January 22, 2011: Roe v. Wade Anniversary ACTION ALERT. Please notify volunteer@sfnow.org if you are available to join in various protests in the Bay Area or just show up -- details below. Memorial service for Lana Phalan and various actions scheduled. Check bacorr.org for more details. N.O.W. thanks and appreciates BACORR for all they do to organize to protect a woman's reproductive freedom.
PAST EVENTS -- 2010
Hoo Wants a Kids' Menu?
Hoo Wants a Kids' Menu? If you have 30 minutes to help NOW speak up about normalized sexism, please stand with us at noon in San Francisco 11/23/2010!
Hoo wants to see the kids’ menu? At noon on Tuesday, November 23rd on the steps of the San Francisco City Hall, the California chapter of the National Organization for Women announces a national action to be acted upon locally everywhere there is a Hooters Restaurant serving and marketing to children. NOW has chosen the annual ratify CEDAW event to announce the launch of the Hoo Wants a Kids' Menu task force because the culture of discrimination begins during childhood.
In the late 90’s, Hooter’s Inc. told the EEOC that their main function is not providing food, rather their executives characterized Hooter’s Restaurants as primarily a provider of, "vicarious sexual entertainment". Despite this, Hooters advertises themselves as a family restaurant where kids eat free on Tuesdays. They locate themselves in shopping malls and near child-oriented stores. They have high chairs, booster seats and kids' menus. They sell child sized t-shirts with "Future Hooters Girl" printed across the front.
Hooters cannot have it both ways. Hooters requires the young, pretty women they hire to wear sexually provocative uniforms and to sign a release against what would otherwise be considered a hostile work environment of blatant sexual innuendo, commentary and jokes. If they can claim to the EEOC that they should be allowed to discriminate in hiring because they are a provider of “vicarious sexual entertainment” rather than a restaurant, then they should not be allowed to market to children and families, thus exposing children to a sexualized atmosphere.
"Marketing to young children and creating a family restaurant atmosphere amounts to the legalization and normalization of sexual discrimination and a hostile work environment," says Patty Bellasalma, president of the California chapter of NOW. "Every local county or city with a Hooters should consider a ban on marketing sexual entertainment to minors, and require that sexual entertainment businesses check IDs at the door."
Kid’s can’t always choose where they are taken for a meal, let’s make good choices for future generations. Let’s educate kids about gender equality! Millions of child meals have been served up by Hooter's Restaurants. Demand a ban serving minors in establishments of "vicarious sexual entertainment".
Fourth Annual
San Francisco Women’s Policy Summit
Empowerment and Access
Wednesday September 15, 2010
San Francisco Women’s Political Committee (SFWPC)
and The San Francisco Women’s Collaborative
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi * Senator Barbara Boxer * Senator Dianne Feinstein * Assemblywoman Fiona Ma * District Attorney Kamala D. Harris * Supervisor Carmen Chu * Board of Equalization Chairwoman Betty Yee
Friends of the Commission on the Status of Women * SEIU 1021 * Filipina Women’s Network * Democratic Women’s Forum * Commission and Department on the Status of Women * Black Women Organized for Political Action * Domestic Violence Consortium * Emerge California * Good Ol’ Girls * National Council of Jewish Women * Older Women’s League * Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo * San Francisco Democratic Women in Action * California Democratic Party Women’s Caucus * Women’s Initiative for Self Employment * The 2012 Project * Women’s Community Clinic * IBEW 1245 * Band of Wives * SFNOW * Women’s Intercultural Network-California Women’s Agenda
State Senator Leland Yee * City Attorney Dennis Herrera
Invite you to the
Fourth Annual
San Francisco Women’s Policy Summit
Empowerment and Access
Featuring
EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock
SFPD Assistant Chief Jeff Godown
Coleman Advocates Executive Director NTanya Lee
Family Support Network Executive Director Andrew Russo
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
11:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Milton Marks Auditorium in the State Building
455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco
Summit Schedule
10:00 AM Affordable Housing Tour (Separate Registration)*
11:00 AM Registration opens
11:30 AM Opening Remarks by Heidi Sieck, SFWPC President
12:00 PM Networking Lunch and Elected Official Remarks
12:30 PM Empowerment and Access: Women and Families in San Francisco Keynote Panel
- Emily Murase Ph.D, Dept. on the Status of Women
- N’Tanya Lee, Coleman Advocates for Education
- Kimberly Ellis, Emerge California
- Andrew Russo, SF Family Support Network
- Asst Chief Jeff Godown, San Francisco Police Department
2:00 PM Annual Agenda-Setting Breakout Sessions
1. Achieving Gender Parity in Policy & Politics
2. Advocating for Affordable Housing
3. Building Community: Urban Planning for Access
4. Exploring Economic Independence: The Cost of Being a Woman in San Francisco
5. Making San Francisco Schools the First Choice for Families
6. Creating a Safe San Francisco
7. Accomplishing Gender Equity in the Private Sector
4:30 PM “Sarah Doesn’t Speak for Me!”
Closing Keynote by Stephanie Schriock, EMILY’s List President
5:30 PM Networking Reception
Piano Bar at the Hotel Whitcomb
1231 Market Street
*Mercy Housing is hosting an optional pre-Summit affordable housing tour from 10 AM to 11 AM. Please register for this separately at the registration site. Space is limited.
Register at http://sfwps.wordpress.com/register
For questions, email PolicySummit@sfwpc.org
The San Francisco Women’s Policy Summit is intended for elected officials and their staff, executive directors, presidents and board members, and others in leadership positions representing women’s organizations in San Francisco.
The keynote speech and reception following the event is open to all.
SFNOW is a volunteer-operated effort. Your help is appreciated. SFNOW invites you to help out in a way that works with your interests, schedule and skills. If you have particular skills or interests, please let us know! Whether it is a recurring committment, board or committee work or just making yourself available for rallies or events, we thank you for contributing your most valuable resource -- yourself. Please contact us with the form below if you are interested!
Free Feminist Workshop for Young Women 8-18 When: Saturday, March 27, 11:00AM to 2:00PM Location: herchurch
678 Portola Drive
San Francisco, CA 94131 US
SF Area Chapter of the National Organization for Women invites you and/or young women you may know to a fun, free, feminist event. Please forward this invite on to all who may be interested! Music, knowledge, healthy snacks and sisterhood...please join us!
This free About Face workshop equips women and girls with tools to understand and resist harmful media messages that affect their self-esteem and body image.
Everywhere girls and women look, they see messages about their bodies and their selves, telling them they must be tall, blonde, tan, and sexually available. In fact, a woman can rarely separate her feelings about her physical body from her self-worth, especially in our media-saturated society. And the messages even the youngest girls are seeing and hearing are skewed, sexualized, and sexist.
These messages -- part of what About-Face calls the "toxic media environment" -- are contributing to a host of girls' and women's ills, including low self-esteem, depression, persistent anxiety over weight and appearance, extremely unhealthy diets and exercise regimens, and eating disorders. All of these problems interfere with a woman's ability to function to the best of her abilities.
SFNOW thanks cohosts About-Face.org, SFRockSchool.com and herchurch.org for this brilliant opportunity for Bay Area girl and young women! Please invite your friends! RSVP recommended, space is limited.
The 9th Annual University of San Francisco Global Women’s Rights Forum will take place March 8 – International Women’s Day – to March 11, 2010. All events take place on the University of San Francisco Campus, 2140 Fulton Street, and are free and open to the public. For more information contact Elisabeth Jay Friedman, ejfriedman@usfca.edu, 415-422-6046 or Angela Mucci, amucci@usfca.edu, 415-422-5060.
Monday, March 8: African and African American Feminisms
6-8pm, Fromm Hall
Speakers:
Frances Beal, Peace and Freedom Activist, Journalist, and Social Justice Feminist, Oakland
Lateefah Simon, Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, San Francisco
Tuesday, March 9: First First World:
Indigenous Women and the Environment 6-8pm, Fromm Hall
Speakers:
Candis Callison, Journalist and Media Scholar, University of British Columbia
Morning Star Gali, Community Outreach Liaison for the International Indian Treaty Council, Oakland
Wednesday, March 10: Bringing Home the Right to Health:
Critical Interventions in Women's Health Care
6-8pm, Fromm Hall
Speakers:
Lori Freedman, Visiting Scholar, Department of OB/GYN and Reproductive Sciences and the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California at San Francisco
Lupe Rodriguez, Interim Executive Director, ACCESS, Oakland
Eve Zaritsky, Medical Director, Women’s Community Clinic, San Francisco and Oakland Kaiser OB/GYN
Respondent:
Nancy Smee, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of San Francisco
Thursday, March 11: Gendered Violence and Militarization:
National Security versus Women’s Rights to Security?
1:30-3:30pm, USF Campus
Speakers:
Kathleen Staudt, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso
Muadi Mukenge, Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, the Global Fund for Women
Margo Okazawa-Rey, Professor, Fielding Graduate University
PAST EVENTS Sunday January 10, 2010
SFNOW Supports WOW (Women of the Wall).
Jewish women and men will conduct a prayer service at Union Square, San Francisco CA on Sunday January 10, 2010 wearing Jewish prayer shawls in support of the woman who was arrested in the Western Wall in Jerusalem last November for the "crime" of praying while wearing a "tallit" or Jewish prayer shawl. Powerful Jewish Orthodox groups in Israel curretnly prevent women from praying at the Western Wall while wearing Jewish ritual objects, claiming that these object are reserved for men. However, no Jewish law exists which bans women from using them.
This is one of the many prayer services that will take place in town squares across the nation.
You don't have to be Jewish to show your support for Jewish women. Please turn out to support woman being treated with dignity while they exercise their right to pray in traditional ritual attire.
More info here.
http://www.pr.com/press-release/202574
for more information contact Abby Caplin, MD abby@abbycaplinmd.com
January 22, 2010:
Activist opportunity! Press Conference: Coalition for Reproductive Freedom! Show the PRESS where you stand this Friday, January 22, 2010 at 11:00 for ONLY one hour in front of the Women's Building! Busloads of protestors are arriving this Friday from far and wide to shake their scary signs and demand an end to Roe and legalized abortion. WE NEED YOUR PRESENCE. We have a sign for you to hold, but feel free to bring your own. The sad irony: their funders are also opposed to sex education, birth control, day after contraception and funding Planned Parenthood. Abortion does not exist in a vacuum -- reproductive freedom is a fundamental aspect of women's equality. Mass media glamorizes teen pregnancy at the same time as abstinence only education strategies have deprived youth of fundamental information about their own bodies. Even in San Francisco, kids are being denied basic knowledge -- teens who don't know how their ovaries function and that emergency contraception is available at the drug store next door. Please show up this Friday and help us stand united for reproductive freedom.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Justin Herman Plaza's Music Concourse, San Francisco
RALLY & MARCH: Against the Right Wing "Walk for Life - West Coast".
10 am: Gather at Music Concourse outside of Embarcadero BART (click HERE for a map) for music, speakers and rally. If you are walking outside of BART, facing the Ferry Building, we are just to the right of the building, next to Justin Herman Plaza.
11:15 to 12noon: Prepare to march.
OUR DEMANDS:
- Affordable, accessible abortion without apology
- No insurance companies, no restrictions: universal healthcare now.
- An end to sexual violence and rightwing terrorism
- Protection for pro-choice doctors, our heroes. RIP Dr. Tiller
Choice Corps California Kick-Off
A NARAL Pro-Choice California event Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Oakland, CA (location provided upon RSVP)
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Save the Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010
Eighth Annual Evening Celebration to Benefit the International Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.) Please join us on May 6, 2010 in San Francisco for an annual evening celebration event to support the International Museum of Women! This year's event will be held in an exciting new venue.
November 20, 2009:
Video and Discussion Redefining Liberation/ Warning: Does Advertising Affect Your Health
November 28-29 & December 5-6, 2009:
Volunteer for the 31st Annual Celebration of Craftswomen! Herbst Pavilion Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
The Celebration of Craftswomen is San Francisco’s largest holiday fine crafts retail fair, and the largest event celebrating the craft of women in the nation. The event is sponsored by and is a benefit for The Women’s Building, a community service center serving women and girls in San Francisco. To learn more about The Women's Building go to womensbuilding.org.
December 4: San Francisco Women's Holiday Party The San Francisco Women's Holiday Party is going to be even bigger and better than last year's. Co-Sponsored by SFPWC, Good Ol' Girls, Emerge California, Filipina Women's Network, and NARAL Pro-Choice America, it will be held in the premier nightclub & lounge space of the brand new Lot46 in Union Square, San Francisco.
More information about this event, including the program, will follow. For now, please save the date, and if you are considering sponsoring this event, contact SFWPC Advisory Board Co-Chair Jaynry Mak at jaynry@sfwpc.org.
December 20:Winter Solstice Peace Jubilee Join N.O.W. members and other community organizations, SFRockSchool, WomenRock and the Temple of Isis manifesting peace:
Where: Isis Oasis 20889 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville, California
When: Opening Ceremony 3pm Sunday Afternoon Dec. 20th.
Who: SFNOW, SF Rock School & Temple of Isis
What: Live music featuring PeaceOuts, Pamela Parker and many more, conscious crafting project for all ages, consciousness raising, dinner buffet, community drum, dance and more.
Requested donation: $20 adults, children are free. Everyone welcome! Space is limited. RSVP requested! Please fill out the form below!
Please fill out the form below if you would like to inquire about
volunteering! Thank you!!
The San Francisco Women's Holiday Party is right around the corner! This Friday, December 4th, 2009 get together with San Francisco's political movers and shakers, policy wonks, and our future women electeds to kick off the Year of the Woman. The event is co-hosted by SFWPC, Good Ol' Girls, Emerge California, Filipina Women's Network, National Organization of Women San Francisco Chapter, and NARAL Pro-Choice America, and it will be held in the premier nightclub & lounge space of the brand new Lot46.
The Women's Holiday Party Committee will be providing sushi, a fabulous dessert bar, drink tickets, and free champagne for the first 150 women.
The San Francisco Women's Holiday Party is right around the corner! This Friday, December 4th, 2009 get together with San Francisco's political movers and shakers, policy wonks, and our future women electeds to kick off the Year of the Woman. The event is co-hosted by SFWPC, Good Ol' Girls, Emerge California, Filipina Women's Network, National Organization of Women San Francisco Chapter, and NARAL Pro-Choice America, and it will be held in the premier nightclub & lounge space of the brand new Lot46.
The Women's Holiday Party Committee will be providing sushi, a fabulous dessert bar, drink tickets, and free champagne for the first 150 women.
Activist opportunity! Press Conference: Coalition for Reproductive Freedom! Show the PRESS where you stand this Friday, January 22, 2010 at 11:00 for ONLY one hour in front of the Women's Building! Busloads of protestors are arriving this Friday from far and wide to shake their scary signs and demand an end to Roe and legalized abortion. WE NEED YOUR PRESENCE. We have a sign for you to hold, but feel free to bring your own. The sad irony: their funders are also opposed to sex education, birth control, day after contraception and funding Planned Parenthood. Abortion does not exist in a vacuum -- reproductive freedom is a fundamental aspect of women's equality. Mass media glamorizes teen pregnancy at the same time as abstinence only education strategies have deprived youth of fundamental information about their own bodies. Even in San Francisco, kids are being denied basic knowledge -- teens who don't know how their ovaries function and that emergency contraception is available at the drug store next door. Please show up this Friday and help us stand united for reproductive freedom. 
Women's Building 
November 28-29 & December 5-6, 2009:
December 20: Winter Solstice Peace Jubilee
When: Saturday, March 27, 11:00AM to 2:00PM 
SF Area Chapter of the National Organization for Women invites you and/or young women you may know to a fun, free, feminist event. Please forward this invite on to all who may be interested! Music, knowledge, healthy snacks and sisterhood...please join us!