{"id":1587,"date":"2012-04-24T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T22:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/?post_type=event&#038;p=1587"},"modified":"2012-05-07T11:30:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T15:30:50","slug":"learn-what-you-can-do-to-stop-the-war-against-women","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/event\/learn-what-you-can-do-to-stop-the-war-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Can Do to Stop the War Against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/new-feminist-activism.jpg\" alt=\"New Feminist Activism - protest image\" title=\"new-feminist-activism\" width=\"590\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/new-feminist-activism.webp 590w, https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/new-feminist-activism-300x216.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a war against women raging across the country. Presidential candidates are speaking out in opposition to basic contraception. Anti-woman legislators around the country are trying to put more and more barriers between women and their reproductive rights. Wisconsin&#8217;s governor just pushed through a repeal of his state&#8217;s Equal Pay Enforcement Act. Even here in New York, we are having difficulty pushing a pro-woman agenda forward.<\/p>\n<p>Join us for an evening of basic training to learn what you can do to stop the War Against Women. Speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Senator Liz Krueger<\/strong>: New York State Senator, 26th Senate District\n<li><strong>Jessica Valenti<\/strong>: Author and Founder, Feministing.com\n<li><strong>Joe Rollins<\/strong>: Associate Professor and Executive Officer, The Graduate Center of CUNY and Queens College\n<li><strong>Jamia Wilson<\/strong>: Vice-President of Programs, Women&#8217;s Media Center\n<li><strong>Amy Richards<\/strong>: Author and Feminist Activst, Soapboxinc.com\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To RSVP and for additional information, please contact Susannah Pasquantonio at spasquantonio@gmail.com or 212-490-9535.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/War-Against-Women.pdf\" title=\"link to download PDF of War Against Women event flyer\" target=\"_blank\">Download the flyer for this event (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This event is sponsored by Senator Liz Krueger and The Center for the Study of Women in Society at CUNY Graduate Center. Co-sponsors for this event include the Barnard Center for Research on Women; B\u2019nai Jeshurun; Community Board 6; Congregregation Rodeph Sholom; Eleanor\u2019s Legacy; Family Planning Advocates of NYS; The Feminist Press at CUNY; Gender Studies Program at Hunter College; Girls for Gender Equity (GGE); Gray Panthers \u2013 NY; Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ); NARAL ProChoice &#8211; NY; National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health; National Organization for Women-NYC; The New York Women\u2019s Bar Association; New York Women\u2019s Foundation; Raising Women\u2019s Voices; Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; Sarah Lawrence College Women&#8217;s History Graduate Program; The Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women&#8217;s Activism 1945-Present; Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College; The Women\u2019s Center at John Jay College; Women\u2019s City Club of New York; Women\u2019s Media Center; Manhattan Borough President, Scott Stringer; NYC Council Speaker, Christine Quinn; Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney; Congressman Jerrold Nadler; Senator Tom Duane; Senator Jose Serrano; Assemblymember Richard N. Gottfried; Assemblymember Micah Kellner; Assemblymember Dan Quart; Councilmember Dan Gurodnick; and Councilmember Jessica Lappin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a war against women raging across the country. Presidential candidates are speaking out in opposition to basic contraception. Anti-woman legislators around the country are trying to put more and more barriers between women and their reproductive rights. Wisconsin&#8217;s governor just pushed through a repeal of his state&#8217;s Equal Pay Enforcement Act. 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