On November 28, 2009, the New York Times Sunday edition featured an editorial “In Support of Abortion, It’s Personal vs. Political” in the Week in Review. While there were some things I liked about this editorial, there was much to dislike. First and foremost being the fact that Post-Roe women are defined only [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Vision’
In Support of Wellbeing, Abortion Matters to Women and Families (a fictional editorial by Cheryl Straight Stobilt)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Aspen Baker, Culture War, Exhale, Justice, Leadership, Oakland, Peace, Pro-Voice, Stigma, Success, Vision on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Buy & Read “The Invisible Mountain” by Carolina De Robertis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Carolina De Robertis, Challenge, Exhale, Fun, Success, The Invisible Mountain, Vision on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my Exhale co-founders, Carolina De Robertis, started working on her first novel about the same time we founded the organization. Nine years later, that novel, The Invisible Mountain, is now available. It’s getting great reviews from Elle, Publisher’s Weekly and more. It’s a story about 3 generations of Uruguayan women and I was [...]
Pro-Choice Or Pro-Voice (Or Both)? | RHRealityCheck.org
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Culture War, Exhale, NonJudgment, Organizing, Peace, Pro-Voice, Vision on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Amanda Marcotte from RH Reality Check invited me to join her in a recorded debate/conversation about the differences and similarities between pro-choice and pro-voice. A staunch pro-choice advocate, Amanda questioned the pro-voice approach earlier this year, in an article on RHRC. While Amanda and I do not always see eye-to-eye, we both believe [...]
Exhale’s Pro-Voice Ambassadors Spread the Word!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Counseling, Exhale, Organizing, Pro-Voice, Vision on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Exhale’s Pro-Voice Ambassadors travel near and far to spread our message of nonjudgment, respect and support for every woman who has had an abortion. Together, we grow the opportunities for our pro-voice vision to take hold and become our new, lived reality.
The backs of our T-shirts say it well:
We understand things aren’t [...]
Photos from the KQED Local Hero Awards
Posted in I did, tagged Abortion, Aspen Baker, Exhale, Leadership, Non-Profit, NonJudgment, Pro-Voice, Success, Vision on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Overall, it was a great night! Every local hero was an inspiration. I was really struck by how many of us found our leadership path through personal experience – whether as a woman who has had an abortion, a lesbian cop, a homeless addict or a loving mother to a special needs child [...]
My Local Hero Award Acceptance Speech
Posted in I did, tagged Abortion, Aspen Baker, Exhale, Leadership, Non-Profit, Pro-Voice, Video, Vision on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you KQED and Wells Fargo for a great night!
Peace for the Abortion War, Part 2: Symbolic Concession, Not Compromise
Posted in I believe, tagged Abortion, Culture War, Exhale, Leadership, Peace, Pro-Voice, Vision on March 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Researchers in the Middle East recently asked citizens what it would take to bring about peace in their war-torn region. What they found might surprise you. In what many in the West might consider a “common-sense” offer, Palestinians would be asked to give up their right to return in exchange for a two-state [...]
The Humor Issue is Here!!!
Posted in I believe, tagged Abortion, Exhale, Fun, Humor, Love, Pro-Voice, Stigma, Vision on February 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
If only we were on video conference. But it was just a phone call so I couldn’t see their faces when I said, “let’s do an issue on humor.” And, as usual, the editorial board of Our Truths-Nuestras Verdades took my idea and made it better. I am so proud to announce the [...]
Considering Themes for Our Truths
Posted in I think, tagged Abortion, Exhale, Love, NonJudgment, Peace, Pro-Voice, Vision on February 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Thanks to the great convo with Rachael, I’ve been thinking about ways to cover the journey of healing and resolution for women and men post-abortion. Then, I saw this photo of a friend who is 2 years cancer free this week. I am imagining a photo-journalism-esque project of the zine: photos and other [...]
