From: Romi Elnagar [bluesapphir...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:12 PM
The letter can also be accessed at https://secure.ppaction.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=pp_ppol_I_Stand_with_P P_2012&s_src=IStand_0212_c3_e1&autologin=true Hajja Romi Planned Parenthood Online Dear Romi, We are overwhelmed by your amazing support since yesterday's announcement that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation will stop funding breast cancer screening at Planned Parenthood health centers. Thank you. Among the outpouring of support was this letter written by a longtime activist. We couldn't have said it better. If you agree, sign on and share it: This is for all the anti-choice, anti-women people out there. Listen up. You can spend every minute of every day trying to force the rest of us to live by your ideology. You can go after federal funds for health care and pressure private organizations like the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation to stop funding breast cancer screenings for poor women. You can try to make it impossible to get birth control. But you know what you can't do? You can't win. You can't break us. Planned Parenthood isn't just a family of organizations. It's a movement. It's women and men of all ages who believe that health care including reproductive health care is a basic human right. We are millions strong. We are everywhere. We act, we give, and we do whatever it takes to make sure that Planned Parenthood is there for the women, men, and teens who rely on them. Know this: When you go after Planned Parenthood and the people they serve, you go after ME. I stand with Planned Parenthood. I stand with them against anyone who wants to stop women from receiving the health care they need. I stand with them today, tomorrow, and for as long as I need to. To add your name, click here. And, please, spread it far and wide. [I assume you can get the click-on via the URL at the top. -Ed] I am deeply touched and quite honestly amazed at the support that has poured in from women across the country. And I have to say I signed that open letter with pride, because it captures exactly how I feel. It doesn't matter what the anti-choice, anti-women's health forces out there do. As parents, we tell our kids not to give in to bullies and we shouldn't, either. I promise you that we won't, no matter what. Thank you, as always. Your help means the world to us, and to the people we serve. Sincerely, Cecile Richards, President Planned Parenthood Federation of America P.S. If you want to help with a donation, here's the place to do it. Thank you, again. Visit www.plannedparenthood.org © 2012 Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use This message was sent to bluesapphir...@yahoo.com. * * * To: Ed Pearl Subject: Decade of Dissent: Democracy in Action 1965-1975, February 4 - April 28, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carol A. Wells, Executive Director & Curator Mary Sutton, Program Director Center for the Study of Political Graphics 323-653-4662 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 323-653-4662 end_of_the_skype_highlighting - c...@politicalgraphics.org www.politicalgraphics.org Exhibition Premiere: Decade of Dissent: Democracy in Action 1965-1975 February 4 - April 28, 2012 West Hollywood Library 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069 Opening Reception February 4, 2012 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Exhibition Tours 3 & 4:30 p.m. 1965-1975 was a watershed decade for California and the country as a whole. Democracy was advanced at the ballot box, in the classroom and in the streets. Democracy embraces free speech, yet California's students fought for the right to free speech. Democracy ensures freedom of assembly, yet the police often attacked peaceful demonstrations. Democracy protects civil liberties and civil rights regardless of ones race, gender, class or ethnicity, yet African Americans, Asians, Latinos, women, lesbians and gays and others were often denied equality. Artists were in the forefront of the struggles for greater democracy. This exhibition will document the importance of poster art for developing and promoting the ideas and ideals of democracy in California during this turbulent decade. It will also demonstrate the power of art to convey past experiences and views of the world, and create a broader context for understanding contemporary society. Book Signing & Conversation with Mr. Fish & Robert Scheer February 13, 2012 7:30 - 9:30 pm Artist's Panel March 31, 2012 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Dissent 451: Art & Activism Now April 21, 2012 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Artists/Activists Discuss the Role of Art in Contemporary Movements for Social Change Library Hours: Monday - Thursdays 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Closed Sundays Decade of Dissent is funded in part by The City of West Hollywood and the California Arts Council and is part of The City of West Hollywood's PST It All Started Here. Artists and graphic collectives represented in Decade of Dissent include: Carlos Almaraz, Jay Belloli, Black Light, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Armando Cabrera, Carlos Callejo, Christopher Street West, Manuel Gomez Cruz, Derosa, Vic Dinnerstein, Emory Douglas, Bob Fitch, Rupert García, Gilbert, Group Graphics, Dave "Buffalo" Greene, Helck, Gerta Katz, Corita Kent, Richard Mackson, William McNally, Méchicano Art Center, Malaquías Montoya, David Mosley, Earl Newman, Ramses Noriega, Tracy Okida, Jerry Palmer, Peace Press, Lorraine Schneider, J. Sellery, Susan Shapiro, George Stowe Jr., Philip Swartz, Trager, Xavier Viramontes, Weisser, Bob Zaugh, Andy Zermeño The Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) is an educational and research archive that collects, preserves, documents, and circulates posters relating to historical and contemporary movements for peace and social justice. CSPG demonstrates the power and significance of these artistic expressions of social change through traveling and online exhibitions, lectures, publications, and workshops. Through our diverse programs, CSPG is reclaiming the power of art to educate and inspire people to action. PST It All Started Here - West Hollywood Celebrates Pacific Standard Time In 1945-1980, the years that Pacific Standard Time covers, the urban parcel that is now the City of West Hollywood was the modern-day wild west, physically and metaphorically. An unincorporated territory smack in the middle of Los Angeles, it was-and is-a hotbed of creativity and progressivism representing the rebellious heart of Southern California's artistic and cultural identity. True to form, West Hollywood presents its own provocative take on Pacific Standard Time with "PST It All Started Here," a collection of events and exhibits that take art out of the museum and onto the streets-and celebrate the art world icons, rock music stars, visionary conceptualists, and revolutionary thinkers that made the city a world renowned cultural destination. Brash, bold, and brainy, offerings for PST It All Started Here include Perpetual Conceptual, an exploration of gallerist Eugenia Butler, part of the seminal art movement on La Cienega Boulevard that was anchored by the legendary Ferus Gallery. Decade of Dissent mines the archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, whose collection of post-WWII political art is the largest of its kind in the U.S. At the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum, Cruising the Archive: Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1945-1980, Wink Wink examines the relationship between artistic practices and LGBTQ histories. Other activities will tie in storied locations-including Barney's Beanery, the Troubadour and the Whisky-that were the hang-outs of the artists and musicians that shaped our world. Incorporated in 1984, West Hollywood was the first in the U.S. to call itself "The Creative City." Encompassing vibrant districts including The Avenues and the Sunset Strip, "WeHo" has been voted the second most walkable community in California, and, at 1.9-square miles total, arguably has more arts per square mile than any other city in the country. PST It All Started Here celebrates Pacific Standard Time, and West Hollywood's role in shaping the cultural history of Southern California. email: c...@politicalgraphics.org phone: 323-653-4662 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 323-653-4662 end_of_the_skype_highlighting web: http://www.politicalgraphics.org ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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