Adventures in activism
March 25, 2009 § 15 Comments
Shira and I spent the afternoon volunteering with NARAL by handing out condoms and information about emergency contraception (Plan B) on the street. It was seriously fun times, and felt particularly relevant just days after a fresh accusation of youth apathy.
Shira spreads some condom love.
Me: “Yes, they’re really free.”
NARAL’s Community Organizer/fellow young repro rights activist/fabulous person Lalena Howard (in red), surrounded by volunteers.
Is it getting hot in here, or is it just all that fire in these young bellies?
UPDATE: Lalena reports that over 90 New Yorkers volunteered at 23 different subway stops. “Those of us working at Union Square and Herald Square alone handed out over 10,000 condoms and 6,000+ info cards in less than 4 hours,” she says. Sweet. And for even more incentive to get on the activism bandwagon, these pics really show how much fun everyone had.
I went and i saw you guys!! well i missed you two because i didn’t get there until later but i saw some other girls, and the women in the red.
badass!!! haha :)
Sasha that’s awesome! I wish we had been there, ‘twould have been very serendipitous.
Thank you so much for coming out! Together, we handed out condoms and EC info to 5,000+ people…in an hour and a half. I’ll send around all the pics tomorrow. Amazing.
I’m. SO. Jealous.
Can I come next time?
Wait, you mean you’re not just a bunch of pole dancers?! ;)
Only on weekends.
Putting some Jennifer humor into the mix!
Just got to say Good work ladies….. where was that lol not that i would go there to get anything but just wondering trying to figure out the location but i’m lost…..
34th street and 6th, Will.
Awesome!! Well done!
Let me know when the next event is, I miss NARAL (meaning that one time I volunteered).
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