What's Going on at Planned Parenthood

A Public Affairs update from VP for Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs, Katherine Bruno.

Things are moving quickly in Public Affairs and we want to keep you all up to date on everything that is happening!

Day of Action: There was an exciting event Monday at the State Capitol in Albany! More than 1,500 people from across the state came to Albany to show they stand with Planned Parenthood. PPFA President Cecile Richards and Governor Andrew Cuomo, in addition to many other representatives and activists, spoke on behalf of reproductive rights and UHPP’s own Omiyea Stanford served as the co-host of the event. Photos can be found on our Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/UHPPANY/.

Upcoming events:

RESIST! for Reproductive Justice Albany NY
On February 11 there will be anti-choice activists around the country protesting Planned Parenthood and calling for us to be defunded. Supporters all over the country caught wind of this and began organizing counter protests before we knew what was happening. The list of locations to protest included the Troy Health Center. Our local supporters began to plan a counter protest but once we touched base with them and let them know that we do not encourage counter protests we began to work with them to change the location and host it at our Albany Health Center parking lot.

Please join on Saturday, February 2:30pm to 4:30pm. We will send out more details as we get closer.

Please remember, this event is a work in progress and it is a partnership with community activists. We are working with them on the details and are hoping for a very successful turnout. If you have questions about this event, please contact Nicole C. at nicolec@uhpp.org.

The details can be found on the Facebook page they created to promote the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1227997093949102/

UHPP Teach-in
UHPP will host our third Teach-in event Monday, February 13 at the Albany Health Center 6 to 8 pm. Teach-in: Legislative Agenda. How can you help? will be hosted by Dan Carpenter, Field Manager at Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts (formerly Family Planning Advocates of NYS). We will review the NYS Legislative Agenda set forth by our statewide organization, learn how to talk about the issues and how to lobby elected officials in our area.
Find out more and RSVP through the event page on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1804561619791550/

Roe v Wade Anniversary Event
UHPP will commemorate the 34th Anniversary of the passage of Roe v Wade on February 17 from 6-8pm at the Albany Renaissance Hotel.  Awardees include Assemblymember Didi Barrett, Rev. Sam Trumbore, the Boys and Girls Club of Albany, Citizen Action, and the Pride Center.  Click here for more information and to RSVP.

If you have any questions or want to get involved, feel free to reach out to nicolec@uhpp.org or Katherine at Katherine@uhpp.org.

Thank you!