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If you support access to birth control, sex education and abortion, and you've never lived in a time when abortion was illegal -- then congratulations, you are Generation Pro-Choice. And we need your help getting other young people involved in the fight to protect the right to privacy and a woman's right to choose -- or else quite frankly, we're gonna lose it.
How do I get Involved in Montana? (click on a link for more information)
Join Students for Choice
Start a Students for Choice Chapter on your Campus
Intern
Campuses
University of Montana Students for Choice rally against Birth Control Price Increases due to an inadvertant affect of the Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. |
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Students for Choice is NARAL Pro-Choice Montana’s official student affiliate group. We’re currently organizing on the campuses of: the University of Montana-Missoula, Montana State University-Bozeman, and Montana State University-Billings, and we’re working to expand our campus affiliate groups to at least one new campus this year.
Students for Choice empowers students to make informed reproductive and sexual health decisions and to participate in the process that shapes our reproductive choices, rights, and freedoms.
Our members come from a variety of majors, including history, anthropology, psychology, drama, women’s studies, social work, biology and pharmacy. They organize on campus to protect reproductive rights, advocate for comprehensive sex ed and affordable birth control, to raise awareness and increase access to the morning-after pill, and to provide their peers with information on safe sex and sexually transmitted diseases. They are also an integral part of our efforts to get out the pro-choice vote and to educate voters on pro-choice issues and candidates.
NARAL Pro-Choice Montana will be holding campus organizing trainings on each campus in the upcoming months where students will learn effective grassroots organizing strategies, how to talk about choice, tips for working with the media as well as the latest information about what’s happening with reproductive rights in Montana and across the country.
Are you interested in starting a Students for Choice group on your campus?
If your campus does not have a Students for Choice chapter, but you'd like
to get involved in protecting the freedom of choice, contact us. We'll
work with you to set up a chapter and provide you with all the tools and materials
you'll need to start making a difference on your campus!
To set up a Students for Choice group on your campus, email: mtchoice@mt.net
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Email: umtstudentsforchoice@gmail.com
Meetings: We will meet every Thursday night at 7 pm in UC 327 for the rest of the semester.
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Wicklund describes her work in , "This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor".
"We don't talk about it," she said in a telephone interview. "People say, 'Nobody I know has ever had an abortion,' and that is just not true. Their sisters, their mothers have had abortions."
Dr. Wicklund, 53, said that at current rates almost 40 percent of American women have an abortion during their child-bearing years, a figure supported by the Guttmacher Institute, which researches reproductive health policy. Abortion is one of the most common operations in the United States, she said, more common than tonsillectomy or removal of wisdom teeth. "Because it is such a secret," she said, "we lose sight of how common it is."
She was featured in the New York Times. Check it out!
WHERE: WORD training room, 2525 Palmer St. Ste #1, Missoula
WHY: Only 30% of low-income women are registered to vote. Registering voters
is one way to increase women's participation in the democratic process!
PLEASE RSVP: Stacey Mcclure, 406-543-3550 x 254. Indicate if you need help
with transportation or childcare.
Montana Women Vote is committed to increasing the role of women's
participation in all aspects of our democracy - through increasing voter
turnout, providing information about candidates' stands on issues important
to women and their families, and helping women become advocates for changes
in public policy. To learn more, visit MWV's website
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VpmmYfM7GIoqgPrkodta
T6yq5tDsASI%2F> .
NARAL Pro-Choice Montana is a partner of MWV and also serves on the MWV
state and local Helena steering committee.
We will be showing Iron Jawed Angels, a film about the women's sufferage movement in American.
Here's little blurb for ya:
They had no vote, no political clout, no equal rights. But what they lacked under the law they made up for with brains, determination and courage. Oscar®-winner Hilary Swank leads an outstanding cast in the inspirational true story of two women who dared to make a stand for women's rights, and ended up shaping the future of America.We will be having our regularly scheduled meeting in room 332 at 7:30 before that where we will be discussing next week's bake sale/fundraiser.
ASUM Resolution passed 16 to 1
The resolution text is as follows:
Whereas, the Deficit Reduction Act was passed in 2005 and will be taking effect in January of 2007;
Whereas, a consequence of this act is a drastic increase in the price of birth control on college campuses;
Whereas, access to low-cost birth control options is essential for the health and well-being of many students;
Whereas, as increase in birth control from $20/month to $50/month has a huge impact on the ability of students to afford this option.
Therefore, Let It Be Resolved that the Associated Students of the University of Montana support an exemption for campus health care providers to offer low-cost birth control options for students on campus.
Please send an email to any and all ASUM Senators (Except COX) to thank them for their support. Please send an email to the ASUM President and Vice President in particular:
President Dustin Leftridge: asum.president@mso.umt.edu
Vice President Tara Ness: asum.vicepres@mso.umt.edu
Campus Grassroots Organizer, Letty
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Letty was born in Morija, Lesotho (a small country surrounded by South Africa) and lived there until she was six months old. She then lived in Logan, Utah for the next six years, followed by Pocatello, Idaho for pretty much the rest. She graduated high school in 2003 and moved up to Missoula to attend the University of Montana. She is currently a senior majoring in Anthropology and minoring in Fine Arts and Media Arts. Feminism has always been an important aspect to her, though she did not realize this until recently. "The belief in a woman's right to choose ehat happens to her own body, in addition to realistic education regading reproduction and women's health is an integral part of feminism," she states. With her previous involvement with student groups, as well as her passion for women's issues, specially those regarding reproductive rights, she has been an asset to our organization.
Email: msu_s4c@hotmail.com
Message from the new Bozeman Organizer -
I hope break went well for each of you and you are energized and ready for the last 6 weeks of school. I haven't formally introduced myself yet; My name is Tara and I am the new organizer for Students for Choice. As your new organizer I would like to see more participation and feedback from everyone who is interested. There are quite a few events coming up in the next 6 weeks and I can not do them alone.
It is time for people to stand up for choice and support our organization. With out help from you, we will not be able to educate students on pro-choice issues. If you can find an hour to volunteer with Students for Choice it will not be an hour wasted!
Students for Choice also created a Facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13135635802 if this URL does not work, search for Students for Choice - Montana State University on the homepage of Facebook. Information about current issues in the state and community as well as upcoming events will be posted here and updated regularly.
Thank you for helping with the growth of Students for Choice
Sincerely,
Tara
Events:
Wicklund describes her work in , "This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor".
"We don't talk about it," she said in a telephone interview. "People say, 'Nobody I know has ever had an abortion,' and that is just not true. Their sisters, their mothers have had abortions."
Dr. Wicklund, 53, said that at current rates almost 40 percent of American women have an abortion during their child-bearing years, a figure supported by the Guttmacher Institute, which researches reproductive health policy. Abortion is one of the most common operations in the United States, she said, more common than tonsillectomy or removal of wisdom teeth. "Because it is such a secret," she said, "we lose sight of how common it is."
She was featured in the New York Times. Check it out!
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New Campus Grassroots Organizer, Tara
Tara is a student at Montana State University where she is persuing a double major in Business Management and Bio-Med. After undergraduate studies are complete, she hopes to attend optometry school. Born and raised on a ranch just outside of Gillette, she can be described as a driven, self assured woman hailing from Wyoming. While working for her mom in a retail clothing store, she learned how to manage employees and how to work with customers. In her free time she enjoys the great outdoors, retail therapy, and dancing. She's an active member of SwingCats, a club on MSU that teaches and performs swing dancing. Always having been an open-minded, understanding, compassionate person, she is excited to apply those traits to Students for Choice.
Campus Grassroots Organizer, Molly Morgan
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Molly is a senior, majoring in sociology with a minor in psychology. She has been a strong pro-choice supporter her whole life and is very passionate about the issues. She hopes to gain valuable experience that could open doors to a field into which she could have the most impact in helping women improve the quality of their lives.
Flathead Valley Community College
We are looking for interns! Interested? Contact Julianna mtchoice@mt.net
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NARAL Pro-Choice Montana recruits interns year-round. We are looking for motivated, pro-choice students to assist in several of our programs and to be a part of shaping the political landscape of Montana. You do not have to be located in Helena, nor does your campus have to have a Students for Choice chapter to be eligible for internship opportunities.
Internships with NARAL Pro-Choice Montana allow you to build your resume and gain valuable organizing and research experience. We will work with you to receive academic credit if available.
For more information on interning with NARAL Pro-Choice Montana, please contact Program Director, Allyson Hagen, at 406-449-8193 or by email at: prochoice@mt.net.
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