Panthers Stand on Their Hind Legs for Planned Parenthood

Hello, Planned Parenthood supporters!
My fellow Panthers for Planned Parenthood and I have been brainstorming like mad in an attempt to generate events to fill this semester. Unfortunately we've been rather unfruitful. We have plans to include our faculty and community liaisons in our efforts to better our chances of success. Though I have no concrete proof, I can assure you that great things are in the future!
In the meantime, we've been doing what we can to stay active. Stephanie and I attended the monthly meeting at Planned Parenthood that included many members from VOX (Voices for Planned Parenthood) at MSU. We discussed recent attacks on Planned Parenthood's supposed funding cuts and learned the truth behind the politics. Our manly men, Kevin and Sean, braved the Feminist Happy Hour at Farmer's Gastropub. They set up a table to offer information to and receive signed petitions from Springfield's feminists.
We will inform you as soon as we get plans in motion for some fantastic events this semester so hold on tight!

Brady

die sonne scheint.... ja!!!

hello everyone!

i hope you've had a great month! i've been super super busy with all kinds of things going on here around drury. it's been a crazy time with classes and extra curriculars. Not much has gone on planned parenthood wise. but there have been a few other fun events and also some upcoming ones that will definitely be exciting!

i was sad i had to miss the feminist happy hour, but i had two upper-classmen friends attend who said the event was great!

an event i'm really excited about that is coming up in april is student engagement week. it's not tied to planned parenthood, but it's an event summit park supports because it involves students getting engaged on campus. we are having a toms shoe event happy on monday, and tuesday-wednesday we will have successful drury alumni on campus. and thursday there will be a student activism chair-in outside of burnham hall to advocate for an elevator to be installed.

i spent 5 days in washington, dc and got to visit the democratic national convention and also the college democrat convention. while i was there i got to see some sights, the holocaust memorial, and also visit georgetown (grad school i want to go to).


hope you all are doing well, get ready for a great april full of awesome planned-parenthood events!

austin :)

Break the Silence

Oh, what a lovely Friday it is to be stuck in classes all day.

Since our last updates I think it’s safe to say that everyone in the Velvet Crowbar (our Planned Parenthood Summit house) has been busy with everything under the sun, so needless to say, we’ve put Summit on the back burner. But never fear! We’ll be alive and kicking post-spring break.

Not much has happened in the past three weeks. Yikes. But I mustn’t forget the Feminist Happy Hour event on Wednesday at the Farmers’ Gastropub, sponsored by our Planned Parenthood faculty advisor and my email pen pal, Dr. Erin Kenny. Promoting women’s rights, attendees got their photograph taken with the phrase “This is the face of a feminist” framing their face. It was great to see Sean and Kevin attend the event; I suspect they were the event’s male population.

Anyways, onward to April. Along with our sister program, Missouri State’s Voices of Planned Parenthood, VOX, we’re putting on the event Take Back the Night; the campaign is aimed to put an end to sexual violence. “Here is a place to take a stand, a place to break the silence.”

I believe tickets will be eight dollars or so, but don’t take my word for it. Proceeds will go towards Planned Parenthood; they need all the funding they can get with recent budget cuts. Anyways I bet you’re wondering what you get for eight dollars. DJs from MAKEOUT will be mixing the event, so it’s guaranteed good music. And of course there will be food.

So that about wraps it up. April is sure to be a busy month in the house, with many more events to come. We’ll keep you posted.

See ya, toots,

Laura Jean

Blog en Español!!

Hola! ¿cómo estás? Fui a na reunión de feministas con mi amigo Kevin Rogan! No me gusta. Mi casa no ha tenido eventos de este mes. Mis amigos y yo hacemos lo que podemos proque no tenemos eventos programados.

At the feminist meeting me and kevin went to we tried to get signatures for free birth control while we enjoyed free food and somewhat good conversation. We will go to the next one to try and get more signatures if we find out when it is.

En la Planned Parenthood casa nos gusta la fiesta!

adiós

March showers brings super awesome April Planned Parenthood Events

Since it's been raining Panthers of Planned Parenthood have been inside planning this semesters next upcoming events. Last week was the monthly Planned Parenthood meeting. We learned about the Feminist Happy Hour which Dr. Kenny and the women and gender studies gang was planning on conducting at Farmers Gastropub. This was an event where pictures were taken of women with a frame surrounding their face that read "This is the face of a feminist". This was to promote womens rights and Planned Parenthood decided to get involved and bring in the aspect of women's reproductive rights.

Recently Crystal, the grassroots organizer at Planned Parenthood has been going to lobby days in Jefferson City to fight back against the government funding cuts for Planned Parenthood. While she's been busy doing that MSU's Vox has been planning the event "Taking Back the Night". This is an event that will be held on their campus. Guest DJ MAKEOUT will be playing music for a dance party that night along with petitions being signed, and general awareness of Planned Parenthood raise. The tickets are estimated to be around $8 and will go towards helping Planned Parenthood now that our funding has been cut.

Other action plans that we are trying to become active in is stationing at the next art walk and getting more poeple to sign the Birth Control Matter petition that way.

Overall I think the upcoming weeks and months should be pretty exciting. If you feel the need to make a difference and haven't signed our petition yet try and visit us at one of our events.

And time keeps Marching on

Hey hey!

Another month gone, and Panthers for Planned Parenthood is still sticking in there. The past month we have not been as active on campus due to outside activities taking up the majority of our time. Some of the members of Drury's PP group, however were able to attend Feminist Happy Hour put on by our Faculty Advisor, Erin Kenny. The event was successful, and a great way to spread information about what Planned Parenthood does for Southern Missouri.

Our main focus for this past month has been to secure more signatures on the Birth Control Matters petition. We also have events planned for the next month that are sure to be successful as well. "Taking Back the Night" is a Planned Parenthood event that will be held on MSU's campus in April. The purpose of "Taking Back the Night" is not only to raise awareness, but also gather funds for Planned Parenthood to put to good use for the many men and women that utilize the services. Tickets for the event will be sold, with proceeds going to Planned Parenthood directly. Attending this glorious night will be many awesome people, the DJ from "Makeout!", and fellow dancers of all types. There will be snacks, dancing, conversing, and a ton of fun.

More information on April's events will be shared next month. Have a great one, and get excited for Planned Parenthood events to come!!

Peace, Love, & Elyse

Feminism: Not Just for Females Anymore

Too long has feminism been predominately the domain of females.
In the interest of total equality, me and Sean Banasik appeared in a semi-professional capacity at the International Womens Day© Feminist Salon™ formerly known as Feminist Happy Hour℠. It was fun. They had really good chips. Crystal Brigman and the entire upper echelon of regional Planned Parenthood were there, so we were a bit redundant.

Anyway.

We're teaming up with VOX over at MSU in the upcoming month for Take Back the Night®. Stay tuned in a way that doesn't really require constant attention.

March Madness

The month of March has just begun and it is already busy, busy, busy. With mid-terms coming up we haven't had too many Planned Parenthood activities. On the 2nd a few of us went to Planned Parenthood's monthly meeting. We discussed the legislative changes that are happening, successes over the past month, and upcoming events. We took pictures for Stand with Planned Parenthood.One the best things that happened in January and February is that we, along with Vox and other Planned Parenthood volunteers, collected nearly 500 signed petitions. In the future we are hoping to work on Take Back the Night with Vox. For information visit takebackthenight.org. Also we may go to Art Walk April 1st and try to collect more signatures for the Birth Control Matters campaign. We will have to wait and see what the future holds... Hopefully this will be another successful month.