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This week with Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood
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Women's Agenda In The NYS Budget
New
York has a long and proud legacy of leading the way to advance
women’s rights. From the birth of the women’s rights movement at
Seneca Falls to the recent passage of the most comprehensive Paid
Family Leave policy in the nation, New York continues to champion
women’s rights and break down barriers to equality.
In
2018, we have an opportunity to build on this progress
and continue to advance equality across all areas of life.
While
the federal government seeks to roll back women’s rights, New York
State looks toward the future. With these bold set of proposals,
the 2018 Agenda will create opportunity for women to succeed in
every area: work, health, safety, education and family
life and you can learn more about each of them here.
Call your elected officials in the NYS Senate and Assembly TODAY
and urge them to include the Women's Agenda, including the
Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act, $750,000
legislative add for the Family Planning Grant, decriminalization of
abortion, and the creation of a maternal mortality review
board in the NYS Budget!
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#TheFWord - April Book Club
Meeting
As you all know we try to focus on national themes with our book
club selections and this month is no different. March is
Women’s History Month, and to celebrate all the amazing women who
have gone down in history as feminist icons, we have decided to
read about a young woman who embodies just this. This month The F
Word will be reading, I
Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was
Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai. We
will be meeting at 3Fish Coffee on Sunday, April 8th at 11am to
review this incredible novel and discuss ways we can support and
uplift the women in our communities who make us all stronger.
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one
girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought
for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when
she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot
in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from
school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's
miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from
a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United
Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of
peaceful protest and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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Volunteer
Training Night
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood is looking for
volunteers to get involved and to help us engage our community
through outreach efforts and get out the vote opportunities this
Spring!
Are you interested in working side by side at community events
across the capital region spreading Upper Hudson Planned
Parenthoods mission? Are you ready to continue to fight
for reproductive freedom and help educate our community on the
importance of safer sex? Together, we can demostrate our
power, engage our people and move our work of expanding access to
sexual and reproductive healthcare and rights forward!
As we head into the warmer months, we are looking for passionate,
committed advocates who want to volunteer for community outreach
initiatives including tabling at summer fairs, Healthy Neighborhood
Canvassing and with our non-partisan our voter
registration campaign! Join us at our next volunteer training night
to learn more about available volunteer opportunities and start
the training you will need to join us in the streets. Dinner
will be served! Reserve your spot today!
 Monday, April 16th 6-8pm
Albany Conference Room
855 Central Avenue
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#Abortion Access Bowl-A-Thon 2018
Say
NO to back alleys, and YES to bowling alleys! Join Upper Hudson
Planned Parenthood at Del Lanes in Delmar on April 29th
at 2pm to #FundAbortionBuildPower.
We're
lacing up our bowling shoes and getting to work! Want to show up for
abortion access? Support us by making a
donation to our team or join the squad! The process is fast,
easy, and secure! Bowl with the UHPP staff, invest in abortion
funds and raise money with us. Get more info on the UHPP team here!
Send
a message that you believe we all should be able to access
abortion, no matter how much money we make or where we live. Care,
no matter what!
 Sunday, April 29th at 2:00pm
Del Lanes in Delmar
4 Bethlehem Ct, Delmar, NY 12054
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