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Womens March for Reproductive Rights
Vashon Theater Parking Lot
17723 Vashon Hwy SW
Vashon, WA 98070
Directions
Gather at Vashon Theater parking lot at 11am then march in a loop around Vashon town.
BRING A SIGN AND WEAR YOUR MASK!
If you don't have time to make your own sign, please feel free to downland and print any sign here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TKs8NpYddJCaUQnk48gm5eNhFsrfOaz7?usp=sharing
We will gather, socially distanced and masked, at 11am for a speech from Shout Your Abortion co-founder Amelia Bonow with ASL interpretation, and then march in a loop through Vashon town. A few chairs will be available for those who need them.
Following the U.S. Congress’s 2015 efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, Amelia Bonow’s unapologetic abortion disclosure catalyzed a viral outpouring of abortion stories on social media via the hashtag #ShoutYourAbortion. Bonow has subsequently developed Shout Your Abortion into a full-fledged organization and a nationwide movement, and proudly serves on the Board of Directors of the Abortion Care Network. Her writing has appeared in BUST, Huffington Post, New York Daily News, Salon, and the Stranger, and she wants to talk to you about abortion.
Thank you to Amelia, the Vashon Theatre, and our sponsors, Vashon-Maury Showing Up for Racial Justice, Women Hold The Key, Vashon Theatre, Vashon Island Unitarian Fellowship and Julie Grunwald.
On October 2, we're marching in every single state ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening on October 4. Women's March and more than 90 other organizations, including National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Planned Parenthood, SHERO Mississippi, Mississippi in Action, Access Reproductive Care-Southeast, The Frontline, Working Families Party, and SisterSong, are organizing a national call to mobilize and defend our reproductive rights.
Abortion has never been fully accessible, but we are at the risk of losing our reproductive freedom completely. The call to action is clear, and urgent. The relentless attacks from Texas to Mississippi are ramping up quickly. Anti-choice extremists have a deep desire to return to a time when there was more clear and effective domination and control over queer and trans folks, women, and people of color; they want to revive those old values and societal norms to the point of re-acceptance. The authoritarian agenda of reproductive control is fueled by misogyny and racism - and we must challenge it, together.
On October 2, we’re going to send the Supreme Court and lawmakers across the country a clear, unified message. The attack on our reproductive rights will not be tolerated.
We have this opportunity to invite all the people that know us and love us into this important movement and work united as we build something better for our families and communities. As a small powerful group tries to come for our human rights over and over again, we’ll never let go of our vision of reproductive justice; for unfettered abortion access and everything we need to support and grow our families to thrive and live healthy lives.
This is your fight. This is our fight. This impacts all of us. Rise up with us on Vashon or wherever you are on October 2