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We’ve got 2 great new styles of March tee shirts! Both in Radical Raspberry with White Lettering, you can pick our popular “This is what a Feminist looks like” on the front, with “March for Women’s Lives, April 25, 2004” on the back or a new “Feminist Majority” Fitted tee, with “March for Women’s LivesÉ” […]

Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy), Camryn Manheim (The Practice), and Kathy Najimy (The Wedding Planner) are doing an incredible job outreaching to feminist celebrities for the March. Janeane Garofalo, Armin Shimerman (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and Helen Hunt have all recently committed to the March! Join these amazing men and women and make this the most […]

The Brandeis FMLA fundraised $10,000 through grant writing, direct mail, and events like concerts, movie screenings, and comedy nights. They used their funds to subsidize 3 buses, bringing the ticket price down from $70 to $15. After putting the tickets on sale in early February, the group sold out all three buses in a span […]

Are you looking for a way to make a difference and be part of history? Do you want to be more involved with the March for Women’s Lives and help bring hundreds of thousands of activists to Washington, DC? Donate a week of your vacation time to volunteer with us! The March is quickly approaching, […]

How are you spending your Spring Break this year? Volunteer at the Arlington office of the Feminist Majority Foundation for a week, and help make the historic March for Women’s Lives a success. The March will take place in Washington on Sunday, April 25th, and will be the largest abortion rights march in over a […]

Various members of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education will be sponsoring a Conference on Gender Equity and Educational Achievement. This conference will be held in Washington, DC at the National Education Association Headquarters on Saturday, April 24. For more information and registration forms for the Conference, visit www.ncwge.org. For a preliminary […]

Feminists are the majority! According to the 2003 Ms. Magazine poll on feminist attitudes, the majority of this country, 76% support a woman’s right to choose with consent of her doctor. No surprise that our campus program continues to spread like wildfire across the country and the feminist movement on college campus continues to grow! […]

The FMLA at UC Riverside is running a pink balloon campaign for EC awareness. For the next 30 days, members will carry around with them on campus, pink balloons with facts about EC to increase visibility on the importance of increasing access. In response to the 90-day FDA delay of the ECOTC decision, the UCR […]

FMF West Coast Campus Director, Debbie Castro, was recently interviewed by a number of campus papers for Back Up Your Birth Control Day and the urgent push to show support for EC OTC in light of the 90-day delay by the FDA to make EC available over the counter, without a prescription. Check out the […]

On March 22nd, the Tulane University FMLA is planning many events to celebrate the national Back Up Your Birth Control Day. The group will hang a banner on EC and table with the Reproductive Health Technologies posters and distribute facts and information on EC. The group is also planning on co-sponsoring a teach-in about emergency […]

The University of Iowa FMLA recently re-vamped their group website which now promotes EC OTC Petitioning with “Back Up Your Birth Control Day” banner and EC OTC Email Petition Link. The website also features group events, march updates, and more! Check it out, http://www.uiowa.edu/~uifu/.

USC FMLAs Organize Faces of Feminist Concert and Party to Empower Campus on Positive Image of Feminism In an effort to promote a diverse and supportive perspective on feminism and to debunk feminist stereotypes, the USC Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance is organizing a “Faces of Feminism Concert and Party.” The event will include the finished […]

The FMLA at Frostburg University has organized a major weeklong series of events called “Seven Days of Disobedience.” The event kicked off on Monday with an International Women’s Day Forum Discussion co-sponsored by their Campus Amnesty International, and will concluded on Sunday, March 14th, with a petition drive to support the campaigns to show support […]

With support from many co-sponsoring progressive clubs on campus, the FMLA at Tulane University in Louisiana has organized a Social Justice Week that started on Monday, March 8th. Events include a major Feminist Expo to debunk the myths of feminism, to promote their March for Women’s Lives organizing efforts, and to generate visibility and interest […]

Brandeis FMLA Activist Lauren Greis is also the Campus Outreach Co-coordinator of the Oxfam America Collegiate Click Drive and is currently encouraging campus involvement in the campaign to fight global poverty through their Collegiate Click Drive. Greis notes, “If you knew you could fight hunger and poverty, conserve the environment, empower women, combat AIDS, improve […]

The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Campus Program, the Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom, is hosting a national Summit: “Reflect, Connect, Inspire & Act!” One hundred students will be selected to gather in Washington D.C. on June 7-9th to explore the theologies of reproductive choice, learn communication strategies to better articulate faith values for choice, […]

Bring The Drop Beats Not Bombs “Power Of Nonviolence” Tour To Your Campus The Drop Beats Not Bombs “Power Of Nonviolence” tour is a collaboration between many peace and justice organizations and the New York City based non-profit arts collective MOVEMENT IN MOTION. For the last 2 years, the tour has traveled to campuses, been […]

The Food and Drug Administration announced that it would delay by 90 days its decision on over-the-counter (OTC) status for the emergency contraceptive Plan B (the decision was originally expected on February 20th). The FDA claims it needs more time to evaluate the use of Plan B, despite the recommendations of the FDA’s own expert […]