Bans Off Our Bodies NYC

On Monday, May 2nd, Politico published a leaked draft Supreme Court majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that explicitly overturns Roe v. Wade. This is an unprecedented leak from the court that, if true, would reverse nearly 50 years of precedent and explicitly end federal constitutional protections for abortion. 26 states could move quickly to ban abortion, meaning millions of people might live without local access to abortion. The people in your community and across the country deserve the power and freedom to make their own personal reproductive health care decisions.

After you march it is time to get to work! Here are organizations in YOUR community that can help you find the right fit for you talents and time.

Abortion Access Front

Abortion Access Front uses humor to destigmatize abortion and expose extremist anti-choice forces. AAF creates provocative videos and social media content to educate people on discriminatory abortion laws that disproportionately impact people of color. AAF also supports and raises awareness about independent abortion providers that bear the brunt of anti-abortion legislation and harassment.

OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: July 17, the coolest abortion activists and experts from around the country are gathering in NYC for a supercharged training day that will be livestreamed into YOUR living room, to guide you and your posse toward all the different ways you can join this fight.

Did you know you can protect abortion access by:
Volunteering to escort patients past the throngs of harassholes outside of clinics?
Connecting patients with financial assistance through your local abortion fund?
Putting your mad powers of persuasion to work talking to politicians about abortion?

Bronx ReBirth

We support pregnant people in the Bronx with full spectrum Doula support.

All Health is Maternal Health!!!

Faith Leaders for Reproductive Justice

New York City is full of multi faith houses of worship & Clergy who are here for you – ready to fight for abortion access & reproductive justice for all, and to provide pastoral & spiritual care. We believe that Religious Freedom calls us to fight for a persons right to have abortion & to access health options they need.

Malikah

Malikah is a collective of women and nonbinary trainers, organizers and facilitators dedicated to building power for ourselves and our communities through self-defense, healing justice, organizing, and financial literacy.

Apply to become a Malikah facilitator in self defense, healing justice, organizing, and financial literacy. Build power and safety for your community! Visit us for more information and to apply.

National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is the only organization focused on building power with AAPI women and girls to influence critical decisions that affect our lives, our families and our communities. Using a reproductive justice framework, we organize and deepen the leadership of AAPI women and girls in order to impact policy and drive systemic change in the United States.

If you are an AAPI woman, trans, or non-binary person ready to take action, sign on our AAPI Abortion Solidarity Statement to show your support for reproductive justice and the freedom to grow the families of our choice, to thrive, and to live healthy lives here.

If you wants to join with other AAPI woman, trans or non-binary folks in NYC who are fighting to get the investments we need to access abortion, other healthcare and crucial social safety nets no matter our income, the language we speak or your immigration status, sign up to become a member of our NAPAWF NYC chapter.

This is also the best way to learn more about a celebratory rally and town hall we are organizing in June with the Latina Institute to celebrate our win to pass the Reproductive Equity Act earlier this year.

And come by our booth to get information on your rights to abortion care and to get information and support in the language you speak. We also have information for organizations who will help you sign up for health insurance for free in Arabic, Bangla, Cantonese, French, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin, Nepali, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tibetan, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, and English. We have staff and members at our booth who speak Bangla, Mandarin, Urdu and English today!

New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF)

NYAAF provides direct financial assistance for anyone living in or traveling to New York facing barriers to accessing abortion. Every day, NYAAF receives calls on our helpline from people who need help getting access to basic health care. Our helplines are fully staffed by a team of volunteer case managers, and are currently operating in English and Spanish.

Fund abortion. Build Power. 1) Donate to NYAAF. Your support goes directly to funding abortions in your community and across the state. 2) Become a fundraiser and join fund-a-thon, our annual fundraising celebration and biggest fundraiser of the year. You can learn more here. 3) Subscribe to our listserv and be on the lookout for future volunteer and training opportunities.

New York Food Truck Association

NYFTA is uniquely positioned to provide services in accordance with the work requested. We provide white glove service for food truck catering. Unlike any other vendor, when you deal with NYFTA, you deal with real people from beginning to end. We coordinate with you the trucks that you’d like to cater your event, outline the event schedule for the members requested, and ensure seamless service.

New York Immigration Coalition

NYIC is a powerful voice of advocacy by spearheading innovative policies, promoting and protecting the rights of immigrant communities, improving newcomer access to services, developing leadership and capacity, expanding civic participation, and mobilizing member groups to respond to the fluctuating needs of immigrant communities.

To support our work donate!

To volunteer with NYIC sign up here!

Volunteers support includes:
– community outreach (e.g., flyering, phone banking)
– event logistics (e.g., registration, ushering)
– language access support (e.g., interpretation and/or translation)
– organizing (e.g, serving as marshals at rallies and marches)
– legal screenings and consultations
– photography

People interested in volunteering must:
– be 18 years of age;
– fill out a NYIC Volunteer Form;
– and attend a NYIC volunteer orientation (you will be able to schedule this when you fill out the NYIC Volunteer Form).

NYC for Abortion Rights

NYC for Abortion Rights is a coalition of activists who believe NYC needs an unapologetic grassroots movement ready to fight for full abortion rights and reproductive justice. We will not be silent while anti-abortion fanatics harass, intimidate, and shame us, and conservative legislators pass increasingly draconian abortion bans. We will not stand for it, we will fight back.

To sign up for our mailing list and to get involved in organizing with us, complete the form here. Sign our petition to stop clinic harassment in NYC and learn more about our campaign here. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for updates!

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York is a leading provider of sexual and reproductive health services, which will always include abortion, whenever, wherever, and however they are needed. Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Action Fund engages in educational and electoral activity, including issue advocacy, voter education, and grassroots organizing to promote Planned Parenthood's mission.

Go to PPGNYisGreater.org to donate directly to health care at Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, including abortion.

Go to PPGNYAction.org to sign up for direct actions, volunteer opportunities, and learn more about our advocacy work.

Reclaim Pride Coalition/Queer Liberation March

The Reclaim Pride Coalition began the Queer Liberation March in 2019. We march against the white supremacist patriarchy. The march is free of police participation in planning or marching, corporate sponsorship, and route barricading. This year's 4th annual March on 6/26/2022, will be the Queer Liberation March for Trans and BIPOC Lives, Reproductive Justice, and Bodily Autonomy.

The draft SCOTUS opinion presages a broad and far-reaching threat to the lives, freedom, bodily autonomy of everyone who is not a White, Straight, Cisgender, Christian Male. The LGBTQIA2S+ communities must stand with people of all gender expressions whose right to abortion access are being jeopardized. March with us to make that indisputable connection crystal clear.

Red Canary Song

Red Canary Song is a grassroots collective of self-identified Asian sex workers and allies, organizing transnationally for the full decriminalization of sex work & the protection of labor and human rights. We lead various outreach and advocacy programs and produce educational events, art shows & other sex worker based programming while standing in solidarity with parallel movements.

Call to Action:
1. Please donate to Red Canary Song here and Butterfly Toronto here to stand in solidarity with Asian migrant & sex workers
2. Support Massage License Decriminalization Act (A8281) Gonzalez-Rojas and celebrate International Whores Day on June 2nd
3. Join our monthly Giving Circle here
4. Get involved – call for multilingual outreach volunteers based in NYC here

Reproductive Justice Collective

RJC aims to advocate for fellow students by increasing equitable access to reproductive healthcare on campuses and as well as defending reproductive freedom in the broader New York City community by working with partner organizations and legal advocacy groups. We do this through informational outreach, direct action, mutual aid, guides, and art.

Join a coalition of youth activists fighting for reproductive justice in New York!

The Reproductive Justice Collective is building a coalition of student organizations and individual youth activists from across New York working to expand medication abortion access and offer abortion doula services on our campuses, lobby for bills that will make NY a destination state for abortion, and combat the anti-choice presence in New York through direct action and by organizing with grassroots advocacy groups.

Shout Your Abortion

SYA is working to normalize abortion, elevate paths to safe access regardless of legality, and reframe abortion access as a community responsibility. We create campaigns, resources, and media to arm existing activists and create new ones. We want to talk to you about abortion and we believe we're going to win.

SYA is mobilizing a rapid response to the Dobbs decision in all 50 states. Messaging will convey our collective promise to defy all abortion bans and call on supporters to aid and abet abortion, by funding abortions, sharing info about abortion pills, and supporting independent clinics. Sign up for rapid response alerts on the SYA site, and download all sorts of unbranded protest materials for wherever you're showing up.

The Latina Institute New York

The Latina Institute NY is part of National Latina Inst for Reproductive Justice. We work w activists & leaders throughout NY to organize & mobilize our community on repro justice issues. We help folks look beyond barriers & fight for the future they want. Our vision is to co-create a society where Latinxs are thriving & free to activate our power to make decisions about our health sexuality & fam

Join The Latina Institute New York in raising our voices for health, dignity, and justice as we organize to continue building our base of Latinx leaders in the state, shift the narratives that have harmed our communities, and work to advance reproductive justice! In the coming weeks and months we will be hosting:

1: A Reproductive Equity Act celebration with our partners NAPAWF NYC. To celebrate the policy win with and for our gente!
2: A film screening and panel discussion of “On The Divide” Documentary along with our partners BK Forge
3: A Cross-State of Latinas and Abortion Gathering with Poderosas from TX, FL, and VA.

Please sign up to receive more information about these events and all the other actions we we are organizing in NY!

Bans Off Our Bodies NYC

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