Day of Action for Reproductive Justice
Stop the War on Women
A massive thanks to all who came out despite the rain for the RALLY & MARCH against the Right Wing "Walk for Life - West Coast." We had a fabulous time, did our die-ins, our kiss-ins, had the Brass Liberation Orchestra, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Raging Grannies, fabulous speakers, wonderful participants, extra rad volunteers, made lots of new friends and chanted our butts off in defense of reproductive justice, human rights (and not the weird anti-woman, anti-choice ones that the other side preaches about like the "definition of personhood" being at conception, and disdain for stem cell research, which saves lives, which seems to be something the "pro-life" movement would be into) and abortion rights, which are here to stay. We want an expansion, not a contraction, of abortion rights internationally, and we will not stand idle as they're taken from us.
FIGHT BACK WITH BACORR and attend an evaluation/wrap up meeting on Tuesday, February 2nd at 7pm in San Francisco at the historic Women's Building. For more info, please call 415-864-1278. ONE LOVE!
BACORR would like to thank the following community groups, elected officials, individuals and grassroots organizations for attending and/or speaking at the Day of Action for Reproductive Justice:
West Coast Feminist Health Project/Women' s Choice Clinic
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
San Francisco Labor Council
Single Payer Now
Nursing Students for Choice - UCSF
Haiti Action Committee
SF Pride at Work/HAVOC
American Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 2121
University Professional & Employees, UPTE-CWA 9119 Local 1
World Can't Wait
Radical Women
Feminist Walkers
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
San Francisco Athiests
Tom Ammiano
State Assemblyman, 13th Assembly District, San Francisco
Mark Leno
State Senator, San Francisco
Raging Grannies Action League
Freedom Socialist Party
Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) San Francisco
Idriss Stelley Action & Resource Center
Education Not Incarcerastion - San Francisco
San Francisco LaborFest Writing Group
Latin American Alliance for Immigrant Rights (ALIADI)
Berkeley NOW
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Jane Kim
Vice President, San Francisco School Board
Sandra Fewer
Member, San Francisco School Board
Aaron Peskin
Chair, San Francisco Democratic Party
Norman Yee
Member, San Francisco School Board
Rachel Norton
Member, San Francisco School Board
Jeff Adachi
San Francisco Public Defender
David Chiu
President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Chris Daly
Supervisor, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
News from BACORR:
Next BACORR Meeting is in San Francisco at the Women's Building, 1/19
Tuesday, 1/19 at 7pm we will be meeting in SF at the Women's Building at 18th between Valencia and Guerrero in the Resource Room.
BACORR
meetings will be held weekly as we build for the January 23, 2010 Day of Action
for Reproductive Justice, always on Tuesdays at 7pm. Activists & volunteers needed! Please click here for our meeting schedule.
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BACORR Movie Night, Thursday Jan. 7th at 7pm in SF
BACORR (the Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights) is going to
kick off the new year strong with a Reproductive Justice Movie Night on Thursday, January
7th at New Valencia Hall (625 Larkin St, Suite 202, SF CA) at 7pm, in
preparation for the Day of Action for Reproductive Justice, which
coincides with the anti-abortion, anti-gay Walk for Life West Coast
march in SF on Jan. 23, 2009. We will have some snacks and outreach
resources for the rally available as well!
At the movie
night, we are going to show Aborto Sin Pena (Abortion Without Apology)
about women's experiences with abortion in Mexico, and Third Wave: the
March for Women's Lives, two great films about the fight for
reproductive justice here and abroad.
For more information call
415-864-1278.
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BACORR Benefit at El Rio this Friday, Jan. 8th!
HEAVY ROTATION is an outsiders club for body rebels, size queens, radical fatties,
chubsters, transfolk, queers and our friends and lovers of all colors,
genders, sexualities and ages 21 and beyond! Basically, it's San Francisco 's dance party for everyBODY!!!
The next Heavy Rotation is Friday, January 8th @ 10pm at El Rio 3158 Mission St, San Francisco. It's in the back room and will be a benefit for Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights! Please come support, dance and have a great time. $5!
Featuring Bay Area bands:
Deep Teens and special guests, plus a fabulous dance party with DJ's Durt (ships in the night) and special guests DJ Jiggles and Teen Beat!... get yr booty on the floor!
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Click here to hear
BACORR featured in a roundtable discussion on healthcare rights,
abortion rights and the ongoing struggle for human rights from KPFA's
Women's Magazine, aired 12/21/2009 at 1pm Pacific time.
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Women’s Lives Are Human Lives!
Health Care for People, Not Profits!
Please click here to see photos from the die-in.
Thank you to all who came out for the Die-in for Healthcare and Against Stupak on December 5, and the organizations that sponsored: Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights, Direct Action for Single Payer, Code Pink, Single Payer Now and Progressive Democrats of America. And a big thanks to the patient and supportive folks at the Ferry Building Farmer's Market! Support local business and fresh produce every Saturday from 8 am to 2 pm by clicking here.
