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On July 26 and 27, over 40 interns from progressive organizations throughout DC gathered for a Pro-Choice Briefing and Legislative Action Day organized by FMF interns. Participants learned about Pro-Choice issues from key experts in the field, and took action by meeting with House Representatives and their staff to discuss how reproductive rights play into the upcoming election. For more info on how you can organize a pro-choice education briefing and get out the vote drive on your campus, contact a Field Representative today!

The Feminist Journalist Center features YOU! Choices Campus Community members can access resources and gain recognition for their contributions to the feminist community in journalism! Go online and submit feminist articles you’ve written and read articles about the work of the Leadership Alliances or written by Choices activists!

Check out the FEMINIST JOURNALIST CENTER, http://www.feministcampus.org/journalism/journalism_home.asp

On June 13th, hundreds of students, faculty, and staff attended the National Women’s Studies Association National Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Members of the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Campus Team attended sessions and hosted a table in the conference exhibit area to outreach to student activists and faculty.

GOUCHER COLLEGE (MD), CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (CA), SUNY STONY BROOK (NY), INDIANA UNIVERSITYÑBLOOMINGTON, GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (MI), UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANÑANN ARBOR, along with supporters from the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADAÑLAS VEGAS, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS–BROWNSVILLE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITYÑLONG BEACH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY (MD), LAFAYETTE COLLEGE (PA), GROSSMONT COLLEGE (CA), UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANÑKALAMAZOO, INDIANA UNIVERSITYÑPURDUE, SIERRA COLLEGE (CA), CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITYÑSAN BERNADINO, GONZAGA UNIVERSITY (WA), TRINITY COLLEGE (CT), UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT (MI), HOLLINS UNIVERSITY (VA), INDIANA UNIVERSITYÑNORTHWEST, MIAMI UNIVERSITY (FL), GEORGIA TECH, VISTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (CA), BROOKDALE COLLEGE (NJ), COLLEGE OF ST. BENEDICT (MN), UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (OH), SUNYÑBROCKPORT (NY), and more! We look forward to working with you and supporting your feminist activism and academics in the future!

Congratulations to the MT HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (OR) Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance for being nominated for Best New Group of the year. During their first year, the group mobilized support for feminist activism and became a visible force on campus. We look forward to hearing of their future successes and activism!

Earlier this spring, the UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA-ATHENS Women’s Studies Student Association, a Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance Affiliate, hosted a feminist panel with Carey Campbell, FMF Campus Organizer, Corey Zetts, Feminist Women’s Health Center Volunteer Coordinator, and spoken word artist Tyler. Dozens of students attended the session and spoke about activism and reproductive rights issues on campus.

According to Carey Campbell, FMF Campus Organizer, “We were able to talk about anti-choice extremist groups on campus like the Genocide Awareness Project and how to counter the right-wing presence on campus and in the community. We ended up talking much longer than anticipated about reproductive rights.” After the session, the group felt prepared to counter right-wing organizing on campus and in their community.

Good work!

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University of Missouri-St. Louis successfully mobilized a counter-protest against anti-choice picketers on campus. Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance students held signs reading, “Pro-Choice, Pro-Family” and “Freedom of Choice”. According to newly elected FMLA president, LaShonda Harvey, “Onlookers were disgusted and outraged by the graphic pictures of the anti-choice groups.” She hopes that the incident will convince more students to get involved in pro-choice activism.

Congratulations to the newest Leadership Alliance!

Congratulations to the University of Central Florida! They have become officially chartered as a Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, and plan to hold their first meeting next week.

Earlier this month, Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation, chatted with a full house of Leadership Alliance activists and online Choices Campus Community members. The chat, “The War Against Women: Connecting Domestic and International Terrorism,” focused on the right-wing’s use of religion as a cover for their violent tactics. Smeal drew connections between anti-women’s rights terrorists domestically and internationally.

Does your group want to harness the power of the internet with a website and representation online? Leadership Alliances at GOUCHER COLLEGE, BASTYR UNIVERSITY, EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, SPELMAN COLLEGE, OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, HAMLINE UNIVERSITY, DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, and CORNELL UNIVERSITY have all represented their groups through Online Offices on the Choices Campus Community. Visit these new sites, check out other websites for groups in your area or create a website fast and easy for your group, http://www.feministcampus.org/ac_campusoffices.asp.

The Choices Campus Community and the Campus Leadership Program is growing at a phenomenal rate. We welcome the hundreds of new members that join the Choices website every month and newly chartered Feminist Majority Leadership Alliances at AMERICAN UNIVERSITY in Washington, DC and EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY!

The ILLINOIS WESLEYAN Leadership Alliance hosted an AIDS Awareness Week, to commemorate International AIDS Awareness Day on December 1st. This innovative public education campaign included informational flyers, condom goodie bags, and an HIV and STD lottery, which raised awareness about the escalating number of people, infected with HIV and STDs. The weeklong event ended with a Student Government sponsored lecture featuring former Olympic diver and activist Greg Louganis.

The BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY Leadership Alliance mobilized their campus to understand the threats to abortion access internationally by hosting a very successful panel discussion on the Global Gag Rule. On his first day in office, President Bush issued the Global Gag Rule, prohibiting international family planning programs from receiving U.S. funding if they provide information, referrals, or counseling on abortion, even if they use their own funds to do so. To learn more about international family planning, abortion access and reproductive rights, and to take action, visit the Choices Campus Community, http://www.feministcampus.org/sam6.asp.

The SUNY STONY BROOK Leadership Alliance hosted “Freedom Fest,” a day-long event to raise awareness and mobilize support for the women of Afghanistan. The event included a screening of FMF’s “Shroud of Silence,” along with feminist speakers, poets, and musicians, and a fundraiser for FMF’s Help Afghan Women Campaign. The WESTERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY affiliate recently hosted a panel discussion on the plight of women in Afghanistan. The group showed FMF’s “Shroud of Silence” and engaged an audience of over 100 people through a panel discussion led by university professors. Highlighting the success of the event, the campus newspaper gave the Leadership Alliance front-page coverage the following day! Show your support, learn more about the campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid, and take action at www.helpafghanwomen.com.

Neetu Abad, President of the TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY Leadership Alliance (MO), received the Woman of Distinction Award from the Women’s Resource Center for her service to the campus community on women’s issues. Congratulations!

The Feminist Majority Foundation’s Executive Vice President Kathy Spillar served as keynote speaker at a conference on Mifepristone, “Recasting Reproductive Choice: Perspectives on RU-486,” at Scripps College in California. California Campus Organizer Michelle Wood also spoke at the conference on the current campus Prescribe Choice campaign to increase campus access to mifepristone and Emergency Contraception. Learn about young women’s access to EC and Mifepristone, download resources for research and activism, and join the Prescribe Choice campaign at www.prescribechoice.com.

Tuesday Dec 4th, 8pm EST, 5pm (PST) “Reproductive Choice, Abortion Bans, and Clinic Violence: Connecting Domestic and International Terrorism” with Eleanor Smeal in our Choices Online Chatroom!

For the first time this year, Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation and renowned feminist leader, will speak to students about the efforts to erode women’s rights in the US and in Afghanistan by the right-wing movement and domestic and international terrorist networks. Join us online and read more about Eleanor Smeal.

Now your Leadership Alliance and Choices Campus Community members can access resources and gain recognition for their contributions to the feminist community in journalism! Feministcampus.org’s new FEMINIST JOURNALIST CENTER will provide networking opportunities, media and internship resources, and research tools for feminist writers, journalists, and editors on campus. Submissions of articles on feminist issues and feminist campus activism will be housed in the “Choices Member Area” of the site. This portion of the online media center will feature feminist and pro-choice articles from across the nation written by FMLA activists and Choices Campus Community members: giving members online recognition for the work they have done and fostering communication among feminist journalists. Check out this great new resource!

The Feminist Majority Foundation welcomes recently chartered campus groups at UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN -ANN ARBOR and CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (CMU) and congratulates CMU for garnering media attention with an article about the group’s formation in their campus paper. Following successful recruitment drives, SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE and ILLINIOS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY held their first general interest meetings, both generating a large turnout.Meanwhile, FMLAs nationwide are continuing to increase membership and gear up for recruitment drives at the beginning of the semester/quarter ahead, as well as planning actions for the anniversary of Roe v. Wade! Call your Campus Organizer at 1-866-444-FMLA to get ideas for recruitment and Roe v. Wade actions.