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Special Events
We need to bring thousands of supporters from across the country to the nation's
capital to show the overwhelming support for women's health! To
do this, we need your help.
Join us in
Washington, DC on Wednesday December 2nd for a day of lobbying
and visibility to pass a health care reform bill that protects women and
comprehensive reproductive health services. The tentative agenda is as follows:
6
a.m.: Leave Pittsburgh. We will be renting passenger vans and providing
breakfast to those joining us. If anyone remembers the ride to March for Women's
Lives a few years back, the ride down is fun and inspiring! There is nothing
like rejuvenating our resolve with like minded supporters. We will also host a
mini-briefing once the coffee kicks in :)
10 a.m. to
12 p.m.: Lobby with members of house. We will be asking for meetings
with Congressman Doyle and Altmire. We will make additional meetings based on
the constituents that participate in the event. If you are a constituent of a
different congressperson, please let me know! We are happy (excited, even) to
make additional meetings.
12 p.m to 2
p.m.: Coalition press conference in Upper Senate Park with Members of
Congress where we will present the petition signatures we have collected against
Stupak-Pitts language in the health care bill. If you would like to sign the
online petition visit http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/healthreform/index.htm.
If you would like a hard copy of the petition, contact me and I will send it
right over to you.
2 p.m. to 4
p.m.: Additional meetings with members of the house and visits to
Senators Specter and Casey.
4 p.m to 8
p.m.: Drive back to Pittsburgh
Our strategy at
these meetings is to educate and persuade our representatives to oppose
Stupak-Pitts language in the final health care reform bill. This is a
challenging but rewarding task. One I am sure we are up to.
If you are
unable to join us for this trip, please consider sponsoring a portion of the
trip. We are asking many students to join us and sponsorship of the
transportation costs will make it possible for our young people to participate.
If you are interested in sponsoring a portion of the trip, please contact Rebecca. Any level of sponsorship is greatly appreciated.
We look forward to
hearing back from you and hope you will join us on this very important trip. If
you plan on attending, please respond to Rebecca with your contact information and
your member of congress.
For more information
on the Stupak-Pitts amendment please visit http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/.
Please forward this message to your networks. The broader our range of support,
the more successful we will prove to be.
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