Peace,
We invite you to this very important and pressing Speak Out/Town Hall Meeting next Thursday, June 18 (refer below for details). We will be discussing health care for women and our families. This is time-sensitive b/c we need to act while legislators are on recess and are in-district (in their Chicago offices, not in Springfield).
There are women and teenage girls that can not afford even the most basic care of getting their annual pap smears. We have clinics closing ie. Pilsen Women and Family Clinic and the U of Chicago Women's Clinic. We have to make sure that the new health care bill includes our whole bodies, especially our reproductive health.
For many of us our primary care doctor is our Ob/Gyn so we have to make sure that we use the power of telling our stories as a means of getting our health care needs included in the health care reform bill. And let's not forget that we are speaking out for those that may be voiceless--for instance children, the disabled, the differently minded, incarcerated women, sistas surviving on the streets etc.
Please, forward this email to all of your friends, family, neighbors, students and/or co-workers.
We deserve quality, afforadable and accessible health care,
AquaMoon
camil and veronica
Speak Out!
for the health care we need
Thursday
June 18, 2009
United Church of Hyde Park
1448 E. 53rd Street
7-9pm
RSVP at SpeakOut@spokenexistence.com
To share your story at the speak out call 773-955-2709
Come share your stories about how you’ve struggled
with the current health care system
and what needs to change.
For example—your experiences with doctors, clinics, hospitals, insurance providers, and age, size, race, class,
gender or disability insensitivities.
Health care is a human right...
We deserve affordable, accessible and quality health care.
Fed up with our broken health care system? Angry about expensive health insurance that doesn’t pay for the care that you and your family need? Outraged that insurance companies, in some states, can deny coverage of ‘pre-existing’ conditions such as, breast cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses? Can't afford your annual Paps or HPV screening? HIV/AIDS resources not accessible? Can't afford counseling or disability services? Then join the Illinois Raising Women’s Voices and the national Raising Women’s Voices Inititiative in sending a strong message to Congress that the current system is unacceptable and real health care reform is fair and just!
We will be joined by Byllye Avery...
Byllye Avery is co-founder of Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need. A dreamer, a visionary and a grassroots realist, she has combined activism with social responsibility to explore women’s health issues. Founder of the National Black Women’s Health Project and the Avery Institute for Social Change, Byllye Avery has dedicated the last 30 years to inspiring women with her experiences, wisdom and spirit.
There’s just a real special magic that happenswhen women come together to work togetherin an effective way for a common cause.– BYLLYE AVERY
Why should women raise our voices for health care reform?
Byllye: The reason why women should raise our voices is because we have a unique perspective about health care and what our health care needs are, and our perspectives need to be in the mix.
Our bodies, our lives, our health and our priorities are different from men’s. Ifyou don’t get the voices of everyone you run the risk of developing services that are ineffective and that don’t meet the people’s needs. Also, we’re the caretakers. We take care of everybody -- lot of the time before we take care of ourselves -- and we make spaces for our lovers, our sisters, our aunts, our children and our families, so it’s very important.
There’s power in our collective voices. It’s really easy to not do something... But it’s much easier go along when see other people are doing something. You become motivated, you want to join. Our whole notion is to do good in the world, to unite with other people. There’s just a real special magic that happens when women come together to work together in an effective way for a common cause.
Sponsored by: Raising Women’s Voices, Black Women for Reproductive Justice, AquaMoon, American Civil Liberties Union, Chicago Foundation for Women, Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health and more...
We invite you to this very important and pressing Speak Out/Town Hall Meeting next Thursday, June 18 (refer below for details). We will be discussing health care for women and our families. This is time-sensitive b/c we need to act while legislators are on recess and are in-district (in their Chicago offices, not in Springfield).
There are women and teenage girls that can not afford even the most basic care of getting their annual pap smears. We have clinics closing ie. Pilsen Women and Family Clinic and the U of Chicago Women's Clinic. We have to make sure that the new health care bill includes our whole bodies, especially our reproductive health.
For many of us our primary care doctor is our Ob/Gyn so we have to make sure that we use the power of telling our stories as a means of getting our health care needs included in the health care reform bill. And let's not forget that we are speaking out for those that may be voiceless--for instance children, the disabled, the differently minded, incarcerated women, sistas surviving on the streets etc.
Please, forward this email to all of your friends, family, neighbors, students and/or co-workers.
We deserve quality, afforadable and accessible health care,
AquaMoon
camil and veronica
Speak Out!
for the health care we need
Thursday
June 18, 2009
United Church of Hyde Park
1448 E. 53rd Street
7-9pm
RSVP at SpeakOut@spokenexistence.com
To share your story at the speak out call 773-955-2709
Come share your stories about how you’ve struggled
with the current health care system
and what needs to change.
For example—your experiences with doctors, clinics, hospitals, insurance providers, and age, size, race, class,
gender or disability insensitivities.
Health care is a human right...
We deserve affordable, accessible and quality health care.
Fed up with our broken health care system? Angry about expensive health insurance that doesn’t pay for the care that you and your family need? Outraged that insurance companies, in some states, can deny coverage of ‘pre-existing’ conditions such as, breast cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses? Can't afford your annual Paps or HPV screening? HIV/AIDS resources not accessible? Can't afford counseling or disability services? Then join the Illinois Raising Women’s Voices and the national Raising Women’s Voices Inititiative in sending a strong message to Congress that the current system is unacceptable and real health care reform is fair and just!
We will be joined by Byllye Avery...
Byllye Avery is co-founder of Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need. A dreamer, a visionary and a grassroots realist, she has combined activism with social responsibility to explore women’s health issues. Founder of the National Black Women’s Health Project and the Avery Institute for Social Change, Byllye Avery has dedicated the last 30 years to inspiring women with her experiences, wisdom and spirit.
There’s just a real special magic that happenswhen women come together to work togetherin an effective way for a common cause.– BYLLYE AVERY
Why should women raise our voices for health care reform?
Byllye: The reason why women should raise our voices is because we have a unique perspective about health care and what our health care needs are, and our perspectives need to be in the mix.
Our bodies, our lives, our health and our priorities are different from men’s. Ifyou don’t get the voices of everyone you run the risk of developing services that are ineffective and that don’t meet the people’s needs. Also, we’re the caretakers. We take care of everybody -- lot of the time before we take care of ourselves -- and we make spaces for our lovers, our sisters, our aunts, our children and our families, so it’s very important.
There’s power in our collective voices. It’s really easy to not do something... But it’s much easier go along when see other people are doing something. You become motivated, you want to join. Our whole notion is to do good in the world, to unite with other people. There’s just a real special magic that happens when women come together to work together in an effective way for a common cause.
Sponsored by: Raising Women’s Voices, Black Women for Reproductive Justice, AquaMoon, American Civil Liberties Union, Chicago Foundation for Women, Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health and more...
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