Socialist Feminist Collective

THANK YOU to everyone who made Bingo for Abortion: Hosted by the Socialist Feminist Collective of Madison at The Bur Oak a success! Together we raised $2,600 for Women's Medical Fund Wisconsin 🤩🤩🤩

Huge shout out to all the businesses who stood up for abortion access by donating prizes 🔥 please show these local businesses your support!

Giant Jones Brewing Company
A Room of One's Own Bookstore
Avalon Clare Illustration
Delta Beer Lab
Two Ferns Native Nursery LLC
Sunstone Massage & Therapeutics
State Line Distillery
giige
Ian's Pizza Madison
The Tool Shed: An Erotic Boutique
Madison Sourdough
Working Draft Beer Company
Bohemian Oasis
Ahan
DJ Avalon
Table Wine
Nutkrack
Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co.
Mala Yoga Center
Grampa's Pizzeria

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Together we can on abortion in Wisconsin!
https://striketheban.com

We are funding abortion through bingo THIS SUNDAY at the Bur Oak! We recommend getting tickets in advance here: https://www.seetickets.us/event/Bingo-for-Abortion/516761

Proceeds go to Women's Medical Fund Wisconsin and abortion access in our state. DON’T MISS THIS, MADISON!

Details:
Bingo for Abortion: Hosted by the Socialist Feminist Collective of Madison
Where: The Bur Oak
When: Sunday December 4th
With: amazing prizes from Giant Jones Brewing Company, A Room of One's Own Bookstore, Toolshed, and many more
Music: DJ Avalon
Plus: a raffle, abortion merch, AND MORE

PLEASE SHARE! Let’s fund abortion!

Buy Tickets to Bingo for Abortion in Madison on Dec 04, 2022 Looking for Bingo for Abortion at the The Bur Oak Dec 04, 2022. Presented by The Bur Oak

Even if you can't make it to Bingo for Abortion: Hosted by the Socialist Feminist Collective of Madison this Sunday at The Bur Oak, consider donating to Women's Medical Fund Wisconsin

💜WMF has continued to fund over 100 Wisconsin residents PER MONTH so that they can obtain out-of-state abortion care.

💜We have partnerships with abortion funds in Minnesota and Illinois to allocate WMF funds to Wisconsin residents traveling to those states for abortion care.

💜WMF helps to cover the cost of abortion appointments at clinics in these states, as well as costs for travel, lodging, and child care for Wisconsin residents.

💜Your donations help ensure access to abortion for Wisconsin residents.
When you donate to WMF, you help redistribute wealth, resist oppression and stigma, ensure compassionate care, and build grassroots power.

💜THANK YOU for...

💜Showing up
💜Speaking out
💜Volunteering
💜Donating

💜YOU make a difference and we're so grateful for your advocacy.

“Voters in Michigan, Kentucky, California and Vermont were on track to back ballot measures supporting reproductive rights on Tuesday, six months after the US Supreme Court eliminated the federal right to an abortion and sent the issue back to the states.”

Abortion is a safe, morally neutral medical procedure. It is also very popular!

Congrats to MI, KY, CA, and VT for protecting reproductive justice tonight. The fight continues.

Strike the ban, abortion on demand!

https://striketheban.com/

Abortion Rights Backed by Voters in Michigan, Kentucky, Vermont Voters in Michigan, Kentucky, California and Vermont were on track to back ballot measures supporting reproductive rights on Tuesday, six months after the US Supreme Court eliminated the federal right to an abortion and sent the issue back to the states.

Michigan voters approve Proposal 3 to codify abortion rights, NBC News projects Voters have approved a ballot proposal that will amend the Michigan Constitution to codify abortion rights in the state, NBC News projects.

Vermont becomes the 1st state to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution

Vermont becomes the 1st state to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution - VTDigger Article 22, also known as Proposal 5, will guarantee the right to “personal reproductive autonomy.” Poll after poll has shown strong support in Vermont for abortion rights generally as well as for the ballot initiative in question.

💜Abortion is a human right.

💜The Turnaway Study, a landmark study about the impact of denying people wanted abortions, found that those who were denied an abortion were more likely to stay in contact with a violent part.

💜Nobody should be denied the abortion care that they want or need.

💜That's why we at have supported your right to an abortion for 50 years.

💜If you want your dollars to go toward abortion care, donating to abortion funds is one of the best ways to make that happen.

💜We have supported over 1,000 people in 2022 alone. Help us support even more people:

https://wiabortionfund.org/donate/

https://striketheban.com/useful-links/

Useful Links - Strike The Ban Browse our collection of links to online resources, covering a range of topics and categories, that will support, inform, and inspire in the fight for abortion access in Wisconsin.

The Bodgery stands in solidarity with the artists that have been mistreated by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA). For months, the artists of the 2022 Wisconsin Triennial presentation have sought accountability from MMoCA without adequate response. In light of these events, the Bodgery is withdrawing from the MMoCA Gallery Night. We are acting as part of a community driven boycott and will post information for an alternate gallery night event in November in lieu of the MMoCA event. For more information on the timeline of events, please check out this website https://fwdtruth.com/mmoca-timeline/

💜WMF Wisconsin is committed to ensuring that every person in Wisconsin who wants an abortion can receive one.

💜We are one of the oldest abortion funds in the nation.

💜We were founded before Roe v. Wade and we will continue to support people in receiving abortion care.

💜In the first six months of 2022, we supported 970 people.

💜We also have partnerships with abortion funds in Minnesota and Illinois to allocate WMF funds to Wisconsin residents traveling to these states for abortion care.

💜Monthly donations of any amount help us develop sustainable infrastructures to advance these partnerships.

💜When you donate to WMF Wisconsin, your money goes directly toward helping someone receive abortion care.

💜Abortion funds are mutual aid and collective power.

💜We help each other. No matter what.

💜WMF Wisconsin is here for you.

Coverage for the

Abortion Action Fair informs and advocates in Madison While the Social Feminist Collective has started a petition to strike this law down, other groups at Sunday’s event are helping women in search of a legal abortion. At POWERS, their phones are buzzing around the clock. They provide funding and logistical support, and set out of state appointments ...

Don’t miss our Abortion Action Fair in the Park this Sunday!

Featuring:
A Room of One's Own Bookstore
Urban Triage
Harambee Village: Pregnancy, Birth, and Breastfeeding Care
Dane County RCC
Families for Justice Dane Co
Pregnancy Options Wisconsin: Education, Resources, and Support
Marrch
Wisconsin Abortion Support Network

Don't miss our this Sunday in Olbrich Park!

Today we are spotlighting Urban Triage, one of many local organizations joining us for this important outdoor event in support of abortion and reproductive justice.

From their website:
"Urban Triage, Inc. is on a mission to empower Black families while mobilizing community resources and distributing them to those most in need. At the same time, we engage systems in implementing systematic, sustainable, equitable, and clinically sound approaches to health behavior and prevention. We are poised to do this through education, community support services, and advocacy that systematically reduces and eventually works to eliminate barriers such as inadequate education, lack of access to resources, and class and health disparities.

Our goal is to promote positive health outcomes and reduce significant health disparities at the community level. We do this through meeting basic needs and then engaging communities through educational opportunities and effective advocacy at multiple levels. We stand in the gap for those most in need through advocacy, transformative education, and critical coordinated services between partner organizations, city officials, and community resources. Most critically, with the community's trust and track record to carry out the work."

Learn more about Urban Triage here: https://urbantriage.org

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urbantriage.org Urban Triage is a madison nonprofit whose mission is to foster Black families' self-sufficiency, community leadership, advocacy, and student success through parent engagement and cultural heritage.

This Sunday 8/28 Socialist Feminist Collective invites you to attend Madison's first ever in Olbrich Park. From 11 am until 2 pm local organizations fighting for reproductive justice will be sharing knowledge, resources, and information.

Today we'd like to spotlight one of those organizations: A Room of One's Own Bookstore is a q***r and trans owned bookstore that has been a fixture in downtown Madison since 1975.

From their website: "A Room of One's Own is your local, independent, feminist bookstore: Room offers a wide selection of current and classic fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, local interest titles, gifts, toys, and greeting cards. We also have strong children's and young adult, women's studies, and LGBTQ fiction and nonfiction sections."

Learn more: https://linktr.ee/RoomofOnesOwn

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Our outdoor is this Sunday 8/28 at Olbrich Park from 11 am to 2 pm, and features local organizations doing powerful work in Madison.

Today we invite you to get to know one of them better: Wisconsin Abortion Support Network (WASN) is a group of volunteers offering free support to pregnant people before, during, and after their abortion(s)—also known as abortion doula support. WASN offers physical, mental, emotional, & informational support.

From their website: "Our only agenda is to be there for you.

We envision a world where people have access to compassionate, continuous, & radical reproductive care. We trust that people know their own bodies & needs, so we provide 1:1 care in collaboration with clinical / medical care.

WASN is committed to support that is trauma-informed, gender inclusive, reproductive justice oriented, anti-racist, accessible, and individualized for each person & their needs."

Learn more: https://www.wiabortionsupport.com

Join us on Sunday: https://fb.me/e/2YTzRy8Q3

Wisconsin Abortion Support Network Support, resources, & education for all abortion experiences Get Support The Wisconsin Abortion Support Network (WASN) is a group of volunteers offering free support to pregnant people before, during, and after their abortion(s)—also known as abortion doula support. We offer physical, mental, emot...

We cannot wait for the this Sunday in Olbrich Park featuring local organizations committed to fighting for reproductive justice!

Today we invite you to get to know one of them better: Marrch

Madison Abortion and Reproductive Rights Coalition for Health (Marrch) is fighting for abortion access through protests and more.

Learn more about Marrch at their website:
https://www.madisonmarrch.org

Abortion Action Fair in the Park
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MARRCH We are the Madison Abortion and Reproductive Rights Coalition for Health. Join us in the fight for abortion access and your right to choose. Are you pro-choice? Get involved. Join the fight. Enter your email to receive invites to our weekly online meetings, share your ideas, and learn about upcoming...

Our outdoor is this Sunday 8/28 at Olbrich Park from 11 am to 2 pm, and features local organizations doing powerful work in Madison.

Families for Justice Dane Co is a network of people working to dismantle white supremacy through multi-generational community organizing and direct action.

"We work to disrupt and dismantle racism and white privilege in our school systems and communities. To advance our efforts, we use tools such as honest and compassionate dialogue, peer education, leadership development, community organizing and direct action. We are committed to listening to and strategizing with those most impacted, and to engaging more white parents and their families in being an active part of the solution. Our priorities are informed by national organizations such as the Movement for Black Lives and local organizations such as Freedom Inc."

Learn more: https://www.familiesforjustice.org

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Abortion Action Fair in the Park

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We have so many amazing organizations joining our this Sunday in Olbrich Park!

Today we invite you to get to know one of them better: Dane County RCC

Serving Dane County since 1973, the RCC (formerly the R**e Crisis Center) is a non-profit organization that provides services to survivors (and their support people) of all forms of sexual violence, including recent sexual assault, past sexual assault, in**st (past or present), sexual harassment, and sexual exploitation.

RCC advocates for those harmed by sexual violence by centering survivors, promoting societal change, and committing to be an evolving force for social equity.

https://www.thercc.org

Abortion Action Fair in the Park
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RCC: Sexual Violence Resource Center Sexual Violence Resource Center for Dane County

We have so many amazing organizations joining our this Sunday in Olbrich Park!

Today we invite you to get to know one of them better: Harambee Village: Pregnancy, Birth, and Breastfeeding Care are a collective of birth professionals who support underrepresented women and families through both birthing services and community advocacy.

"Our mission is to dismantle disparities of race, class, gender, and sexuality, that lead to negative birth experiences; especially for women of color, women with economic barriers, survivors of trauma, immigrant women, as well as q***r and transgendered folks. We put mothers and babies first, working effectively with their entire support team; including partners, family members, and midwives or medical personnel to provide well-rounded care."

Learn more about Harambee Village at their website: https://www.harambeevillage.org

Abortion Action Fair in the Park

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Harambee Village Founded in 2014, Harambee Village is a community-based doula organization committed to mothers, babies, and families based in Madison, Wisconsin. The word "Harambee (Har-ahm-bay)" is our name and our mission; it means "Let's Pull Together" in the Swahili language.

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Wampanoags today remember the Pilgrims’ entry to their homeland as a day of deep mourning, rather than a moment of giving thanks. For 50 years after the Mayflower landed, the alliance was tested by colonial land expansion, the spread of disease, and the exploitation of resources on Wampanoag land. Then, tensions ignited into war. Known as King Philip’s War, the conflict devastated the Wampanoags and shifted the balance of power in favor of the colonizers.

This is about as contrary to the Thanksgiving myth that one can get - The myth that friendly "Indians", unidentified by tribe, welcome the Pilgrims to America, teach them how to live in this new place, sit down to dinner with them and then disappear. That’s the story—it’s about Native people conceding to colonialism. It’s bloodless and in many ways an extension of the ideology of Manifest Destiny.

Today, the Wampanoag are still fighting against the dispossession of their land. Still fighting against forced assimilation. Still fighting to reclaim the Wôpanâak language.

Palestine, Bowman, and the DSA - Tempest brian bean argues for continuing to demand both the expulsion of Bowman and a renewed principled commitment to BDS from DSA and the entire U.S. Left.

URGENT REQUEST from our friends and comrades in UWM’s BIPOC Coalition:

Medics and safety teams across Wisconsin are preparing to support our community’s 1st amendment right to protest. UW Madison BIPOC Coalition is working to distribute funds to Kenosha & Madison activists.

If you are able, please consider donating & sharing. You can donate to BIPOC Co’s venmo here: https://venmo.com/u/UWMadisonBIPOC-Coalition and label your donation “No Justice No Peace.”

ALL OVERFLOW FUNDS WILL BE DONATED TO MADISON AND KENOSHA BAIL FUNDS.

If you’d like to donate directly to their bail funds:

Madison: Free The 350 Bail Fund

Kenosha: https://cash.app/$LeadersofKenosha

“Abortion is absolutely a racial and economic justice issue. A large majority of our patients are Black women like me. The legislatures passing these laws in Mississippi and other Southern states are mostly male and predominantly white."

—Shannon Brewer, clinic director at Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the last abortion clinic in Mississippi

Abortion is normal.
Abortion is healthcare.


Sign the petition to on abortion in WI: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/strike-the-ban?source=direct_link

Abortion is empowerment. Abortion is self determination. Abortion is love.

“At age 32, my abortion gave me choice, autonomy over my own body, and opportunities in my career.

People have abortions for many reasons. In my case, I simply wasn’t ready. That’s it, and that’s good enough. I didn’t want to be a mother at that moment in my life, so I made a decision that was best for me and my relationship. I could afford to have that abortion. I also had the means to start my family without skipping a beat in my career. Millions of women do not have those luxuries, with many being forced into a situation they don’t want and are not ready for.

The truth is that banning abortion will not stop abortion, it just makes already vulnerable people’s lives more difficult. It stops safe abortion because, rest assured, wealthy people will still have access to abortion services. It is the poor who suffer.”

Sign the petition to on abortion in Wisconsin: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/strike-the-ban?source=direct_link

https://www.self.com/story/lesley-ann-brandt-abortion

I Had an Abortion Simply Because I Wasn’t Ready. That’s Enough. “Lucifer” actor Lesley-Ann Brandt shares her story.

Our chapter has shared this open letter with the National Political Committee of our organization calling for the expulsion of Congressman Jamaal Bowman, who has voted in favor of direct military aid for Israel and who recently lauded Colin Powell, one of the top architects of the criminal invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Read more of the letter here: https://madison-dsa.org/2021/10/30/expel-jamaal-bowman/

“If Roe were overturned or fundamentally weakened, 21 states have laws or constitutional amendments already in place that would make them certain to attempt to ban abortion as quickly as possible. Anti-abortion policymakers in several of these states have also indicated that they will introduce legislation modeled after the Texas six-week abortion ban.

By the time the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the Mississippi case, there will be nine states with an abortion ban still on the books from before Roe v. Wade, 12 states with a trigger ban tied to Roe being overturned, five states with a near-total abortion ban enacted after Roe, 11 states with a six-week ban that is not in effect and one state (Texas) with a six-week ban that is in effect, one state with an eight-week ban that is not in effect and four states whose constitutions specifically bar a right to abortion. Some states have multiple types of bans in place.”

Sign our petition to on abortion in Wisconsin (link in comments).

26 States Are Certain or Likely to Ban Abortion Without Roe: Here’s Which Ones and Why On December 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case on the constitutionality of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban that will specifically address whether a state can ban abortion before viability (generally 24–26 weeks of...

“Telling personal abortion stories has increasingly become central to the abortion-rights movement in recent years.

There's a number of reasons why advocates believe this strategy might work. One is the hope that telling stories will normalize the procedure, making Americans more sympathetic.

There is evidence that many Americans underestimate how common abortion is. According to a 2016 Vox poll, for example, around half of Americans surveyed believed that fewer than 20% of American women will have an abortion in their lifetimes.

In fact, just under 1 in 4 women will have an abortion before age 45, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.”

More activists who have had abortions are saying so out loud. Here's why Advocates for abortion rights used to commonly assert that the procedure should be "safe, legal and rare," but that motto has become deeply controversial as the movement tries to remove stigma.