Cindy Pearson on Women’s E-News
Raising Women’s Voices partner Cindy Pearson was intereviewed by Molly Ginty for Women’s E-News. Cindy is the executive director of the National Women’s Health Network in Washington, DC and is a fabulous lady. The article, from Jun 26th is on their website here. Check it out!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha I love the internet.
This is amazing. I could watch this for hours, probably.
Thanks to Sam, a friend of health care reform advocates all over the world!
“Doing nothing is not an option”
President Barack Obama has scheduled another town hall-style meeting to take place on Wednesday in Annandale, Virginia. The event will focus on questions from citizens submitted via YouTube, and will most likely focus on the President’s message that not acting on health care reform is unacceptable:
“Ultimately, your engagement on this issue is just as important as that of our lawmakers. I’ve always believed that real change doesn’t come from Washington, it comes from the American people — and we won’t be able to achieve reform without you. So America, tell me what you want to know about health care reform and I’ll do my best to answer your questions. I look forward to hearing from you.”
Read the full article here, and Twitter questions with hashtag #WHHCQ.
Some important things from the past couple days
North Carolina passes sex-ed bill: Yesterday, lawmakers passed a bill that requires all seventh through ninth graders to learn about “sexually transmitted infections, how to properly use contraceptives and prevent pregnancy, and “other topics such as sexual assault”. This is a great step away from the abstinence-only program that was in effect in the state until yesterday. However, the bill still allows parents to pull their kids from these classes, so there is definitely still work to be done. Read the full article on RH Reality Check.
What do the private companies have to fear? An opinion piece from Paul Duncan at ABC.
Reflections on health care reform, the rally, and choice from Adrienne at Womenstake.org.
Strip search of Arizona 13 year-old ruled illegal by the Supreme Court
Health Care for All Rally in Washington, DC
If anyone is interested in following the happenings of today, please see the following websites:
HCAN’s Jason Rosenbaum Twittering and blogging
National Women’s Health Network blogging on MySpace and on Facebook
Last night we attended the Health Equities Rally in Freedom Plaza here in Washington, saw some wonderful performances and speakers. It is really exciting to be here when all of these things are happening – there is great energy in the air. We heard Eleanor Hinton Hoytt from the Black Women’s Health Imperative (one of our partners!), Representative John Conyers from Michigan, and a number of citizens talking about the importance of affordable, comprehensive health care
In Eleanor’s words: “Today is the day I ask you to commit to raising your voice…to get the quality, affordable, available, accessible, comprehensive healthcare for everybody. We still have a choice to do something right.”
Whooo hoo! Keep following us on Twitter (RWV4HealthCare), and stay tuned for some more discussion right here.
Raising Women’s Voices goes to Washington…
Ok, kids. Eesha and Emily are off to Washington, DC to help raise women’s voices for the healthcare we need. We’re going down today and will be there all day tomorrow at the Health Care for America Now rally. We’ll be Tweeting our little hearts out with interesting tidbits about the goings on, so you should follow us RWV4HealthCare. There is a hashtag for the rally: #healthcare09, so you can stay up to date in the conversation. Also, check out our blog updates and look forward to some interesting reporting from the center of it all.
Off we go!
A reminder: This coming Thursday rally in Washington, DC
On Thursday, Eesha and Emily from the Raising Women’s Voices office here in New York will be going down to Washington DC, and meeting up with our RWV partners Amy and Cindy and other health care activists from around the country, small-business owners, and concerned citizens to encourage our elected officials to fight for the public option. Join us!!
Allies in the fight for comprehensive health care
A report from RH Reality check quoting Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards saying that “women’s health care must be a priority”.
Several organizations and individuals support a single-payer system
Check out the Our Bodies, Our Blog post about the recent Our Bodies Ourselves position paper that supports a single-payer system. In addition, Judy Norsigian and Jennifer Potter wrote a piece about the single-payer option being the best option. Some New York residents came out to speak about health care reform – many elected officials stating they fully support a single-payer system, and won’t support anything that doesn’t include a public option. This event was hosted by NW Bronx for Change and the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democrats and happened on June 13th. Read the full account here. Howard Dean (D – VT, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee) came out against the co-op option put forward by Kent Conrad.
Grassroots organizing around health care
The Obama-started Organizing for America and other groups and coalitions have put in a bunch of work to promote the President’s health care reform agenda. Read the Washington Post article here.
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