The latest episode of "The A Word" is up! In April's episode, Nicole hosts and starts by going over the demographics of the women we've funded in April. Next, she discusses CAF's "Clean The Lot" outreach event in response to the racist anti-choice billboards put up on the Southside of Chicago.
Check it out here! It's 19 minutes long, cut over3 videos.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
"The A Word" on the NuvaRing and Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Another new playlist added!
Damillia & Jessica, members of Chicago Abortion Fund's leadership group My Voice, My Choice, hosted October's episode of "The A Word." They discuss the NuvaRing and domestic violence awareness month.
Check it out here! Three videos total, 24 minutes long.
If you, or someone you know is involved in an unhealthy relationship that you need to talk to someone about, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at: 1−800−799−SAFE (7233)
Damillia & Jessica, members of Chicago Abortion Fund's leadership group My Voice, My Choice, hosted October's episode of "The A Word." They discuss the NuvaRing and domestic violence awareness month.
Check it out here! Three videos total, 24 minutes long.
If you, or someone you know is involved in an unhealthy relationship that you need to talk to someone about, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at: 1−800−799−SAFE (7233)
Friday, May 13, 2011
September's Episode of "The A Word" Is Up!
Sorry for the delay! We have a small backlog of our leadership group's amazing call-in, public access show, "The A Word."
September's episode is now up! Click here to be directed to the playlist. It's in 3 parts on Youtube, totaling 25 minutes.
In September, Brittany & Nicole discussed Depo Provera (aka "The Shot") and why talking about abortion is so important. They also brought up issues on poverty, welfare, women of color, the Hyde Amendment, and reflected on what being in Chicago Abortion Fund's has afforded them.
Check it out!
September's episode is now up! Click here to be directed to the playlist. It's in 3 parts on Youtube, totaling 25 minutes.
In September, Brittany & Nicole discussed Depo Provera (aka "The Shot") and why talking about abortion is so important. They also brought up issues on poverty, welfare, women of color, the Hyde Amendment, and reflected on what being in Chicago Abortion Fund's has afforded them.
Check it out!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
"The A Word" - February- is up!
Due to computer difficulties, we're a little behind in uploading this year's episodes of our public access call-in show, "The A Word." I'm uploading them all as quickly as I can edit them!
Here's part one (of three), from February- Brittany, part of the My Voice My Choice Leadership of Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF), interviews me, the Client Services Coordinator of CAF. I talk about the recession's effects on the fund.
Here's part one (of three), from February- Brittany, part of the My Voice My Choice Leadership of Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF), interviews me, the Client Services Coordinator of CAF. I talk about the recession's effects on the fund.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
This Year's "The A Word" Episodes Are Being Uploaded!
Due to computer difficulties, we're a little behind in uploading this year's episodes of our public access call-in show, "The A Word." I'm uploading them all as quickly as I can edit them!
Here's part one (of three), from March- where Nicole, from the My Voice, My Choice Leadership Group of Chicago Abortion Fund, interviews Kim from Affinity Community Services, an organization that works with LGBTQ African American women & youth in Chicago.
Here's part one (of three), from March- where Nicole, from the My Voice, My Choice Leadership Group of Chicago Abortion Fund, interviews Kim from Affinity Community Services, an organization that works with LGBTQ African American women & youth in Chicago.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
April's Call-In Show posted!
Chicago Abortion Fund's (CAF) monthly public access (CAN-TV) call-in show. For April, Crystal hosts and we are joined by Sara from Rape Victim Advocates (RVA).
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Frustrating comments
There are so many frustrating comments flung back and forth between the pro-choice and anti-choice movement.
Part of the reason I love my work at CAF is, we cut out that crap (at least, most of the time ;) ). On our show, we just cut off the anti-choice callers. We don't engage too much with the "other side." We're too busy protecting and helping the women that call us in their desperate, vulnerable moments and who are willing to contact us to help them empower themselves and improve their lives.
Recently, while reading the comments of an article in the Washington Post about a medical student's weighing of whether or not to become an abortion doctor, I wasn't surprised about the slinging of insults, facts, and fantasy back and forth between people. Quite frankly, both sides annoyed me. But the most ridiculous argument was:
"By that line of reasoning, shall we wonder why pro-choicers only start caring about children when they leave the womb?"
(in response to "[anti-choicers] only care about fetuses, not children")
Some judgmental pro-choice people might follow that line of thinking, but no reproductive justice activist (of which I am) would ever not care about the health of a pregnancy. Us reproductive justice activists care about the first environment (the womb) and fight for reproductive health and environmental health (a major reason women and reproductive organs are unhealthy). We are often the ones fighting for more (FREE) pre-natal care, access to alternative birthing means*, better food in neighborhoods, etc. etc. From what I've read, states with the most liberal abortion laws often have the healthiest children and most programs that improve the lives of families, especially women and children.
At CAF, we place a series of follow-up calls with the women who use our services. Sometimes women decide to go through with their pregnancies or are forced too because they were too far along (both outcomes have many reasons behind them). We offer to send them an informational package with many resources (helpline numbers, programs, informational brochures)- on parenting, pre-natal health, birthing options, breastfeeding, newborn and infant care, support groups and more.
I care about and fight for the rights of women and children. The only difference for me, however, is I don't consider a pregnancy a child unless the woman does. I am sensitive enough to use whatever language the woman and/or would-be mother wants to use to pull myself up to her level. Because I'm not in her situation. This is a sensitivity- nay, a conviction- anti-choice people seem to lack.
*Doulas, for instance, consistently improve parental-newborn bonding and with all parties'- mother(s), child(ren), father(s), etc.- overall health and satisfaction with the birth.
Part of the reason I love my work at CAF is, we cut out that crap (at least, most of the time ;) ). On our show, we just cut off the anti-choice callers. We don't engage too much with the "other side." We're too busy protecting and helping the women that call us in their desperate, vulnerable moments and who are willing to contact us to help them empower themselves and improve their lives.
Recently, while reading the comments of an article in the Washington Post about a medical student's weighing of whether or not to become an abortion doctor, I wasn't surprised about the slinging of insults, facts, and fantasy back and forth between people. Quite frankly, both sides annoyed me. But the most ridiculous argument was:
"By that line of reasoning, shall we wonder why pro-choicers only start caring about children when they leave the womb?"
(in response to "[anti-choicers] only care about fetuses, not children")
Some judgmental pro-choice people might follow that line of thinking, but no reproductive justice activist (of which I am) would ever not care about the health of a pregnancy. Us reproductive justice activists care about the first environment (the womb) and fight for reproductive health and environmental health (a major reason women and reproductive organs are unhealthy). We are often the ones fighting for more (FREE) pre-natal care, access to alternative birthing means*, better food in neighborhoods, etc. etc. From what I've read, states with the most liberal abortion laws often have the healthiest children and most programs that improve the lives of families, especially women and children.
At CAF, we place a series of follow-up calls with the women who use our services. Sometimes women decide to go through with their pregnancies or are forced too because they were too far along (both outcomes have many reasons behind them). We offer to send them an informational package with many resources (helpline numbers, programs, informational brochures)- on parenting, pre-natal health, birthing options, breastfeeding, newborn and infant care, support groups and more.
I care about and fight for the rights of women and children. The only difference for me, however, is I don't consider a pregnancy a child unless the woman does. I am sensitive enough to use whatever language the woman and/or would-be mother wants to use to pull myself up to her level. Because I'm not in her situation. This is a sensitivity- nay, a conviction- anti-choice people seem to lack.
*Doulas, for instance, consistently improve parental-newborn bonding and with all parties'- mother(s), child(ren), father(s), etc.- overall health and satisfaction with the birth.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
CAF Call-In Show #10 Now Online!
Here is part 1 (of three)- check out the links at the end of the video for parts 2 and 3!
Monday, September 29, 2008
CAF Web Updates
Looking for a way to beat the Monday Blahs? Get informed on radical reproductive justice views!
Gaylon Alcaraz, Chicago Abortion Fund's executive director, has written a new report entitled, "Challenging Times, Yet Not Impossible Times!"
Check it out here!
Also, September's Call-In in show is available for viewing on youtube! Gaylon interviews Nilsa, from LORE- Latina Organizing Reproductive Equality.
Check out our you tube page!
Gaylon Alcaraz, Chicago Abortion Fund's executive director, has written a new report entitled, "Challenging Times, Yet Not Impossible Times!"
Check it out here!
Also, September's Call-In in show is available for viewing on youtube! Gaylon interviews Nilsa, from LORE- Latina Organizing Reproductive Equality.
Check out our you tube page!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Here’s a scene you’ll never see in a movie, play or TV show:
OB/GYN Doctor: (taking random medical history) Any previous pregnancies?
Woman: Two abortions.
Doctor: No full term pregnancies?
Woman: No. It wasn’t the right time.
Doctor: And this time? It’s the right time?
Woman: Yep.
Doctor: I’ve always been a bit confused as to why clinics have to do all this counseling to make sure you’re ready for an relatively quick abortion procedure while doctors like me are made to just assume that every woman and family is ready for this 18+ year; financially, physically and emotionally draining commitment.
But no. Abortion is used as a dramatic element- to create a death (backalley abortion); to create emotional distress (forced abortions, or women who shouldn’t have had an abortion in the first place and probably would have been told no by a reputable clinic); to add a heroine element (usually about doctors)...
Yet, in the USA 1 in 4 women will have an abortion by the time she is in her 40’s. If you bring that to a world wide statistic, it averages out to 1 abortion per women. One abortion per woman!!
I seriously don’t understand why people don’t talk about it more. Sure, it’s easier to see the effects of actually having children- there are children you are taking care of for quite a while. But I’ve been part of many a conversation where the gory details of a surgery, accident, or illness has been discussed; people talk about going to the doctor weeks before and after going, even for a mundane checkup. It’s maddening, the silence around this issue.
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