2008 Woodie Awards
VOX presents "Take Back the Night"
Sara Afzal, Collegian Correspondent
Issue date: 4/25/08 Section: News
The light spring breeze fluttered abortion rights posters on hangers suspended on a rope line outside of the University of Massachusetts Campus Center.
"The Hanger Project" was created by VOX: Students for Choice, an organization that brings awareness to pro-choice activism by educating the UMass community on reproductive health and rights. VOX, Latin for "voice," is a UMass chapter of an international organization allied with Planned Parenthood.
Last Thursday, numerous students saw colorful posters with statements like "Giving birth is much more dangerous than having an abortion."
"Our entire generation has grown up with abortion rights and having that right taken away is not fair," said VOX president Irene Ushomirsky. "This is not just a 'women's issue' because the right to reproductive health affects everyone."
According to Ushomirsky, there is one abortion clinic in all of Mississippi. Due to the split between federal and state law, legal access to abortion continues to vary by state.
"I believe that abortion is the choice of the woman and it should be protected," said VOX member and sophomore Stephanie Luke. "The most effective way to protect this right is to keep fighting restrictions and spreading awareness about reproductive rights."
VOX tries to promote abortion rights through different events. These events are planned by the 15 or so regular members of VOX and the three executive board members, president Irene Ushomirsky, vice president Shannon Demas, and secretary Kate Fontaine.
Yesterday evening, VOX sponsored "Take Back the Night," a live discussion speaking out against sexual assault, rape, and domestic violence at Memorial Hall from 7 to 10 p.m. After the discussion, a candle light vigil brought remembrance to victims of sexual and domestic violence.
Other sponsors of "Take Back the Night" included the Everywoman's Center, Graduate Women's Network, and Women's Health Project.
On Saturday April 26, VOX organized a "Live Action Camp" starting at 10 a.m. with a teach-in on emergency contraception on the 19th floor of Kennedy Tower in the Southwest Residential Area. Then there will be a presentation on a newly discovered way of stopping HIV transmission to women and demonstrations in Amherst.
"The Hanger Project" was created by VOX: Students for Choice, an organization that brings awareness to pro-choice activism by educating the UMass community on reproductive health and rights. VOX, Latin for "voice," is a UMass chapter of an international organization allied with Planned Parenthood.
Last Thursday, numerous students saw colorful posters with statements like "Giving birth is much more dangerous than having an abortion."
"Our entire generation has grown up with abortion rights and having that right taken away is not fair," said VOX president Irene Ushomirsky. "This is not just a 'women's issue' because the right to reproductive health affects everyone."
According to Ushomirsky, there is one abortion clinic in all of Mississippi. Due to the split between federal and state law, legal access to abortion continues to vary by state.
"I believe that abortion is the choice of the woman and it should be protected," said VOX member and sophomore Stephanie Luke. "The most effective way to protect this right is to keep fighting restrictions and spreading awareness about reproductive rights."
VOX tries to promote abortion rights through different events. These events are planned by the 15 or so regular members of VOX and the three executive board members, president Irene Ushomirsky, vice president Shannon Demas, and secretary Kate Fontaine.
Yesterday evening, VOX sponsored "Take Back the Night," a live discussion speaking out against sexual assault, rape, and domestic violence at Memorial Hall from 7 to 10 p.m. After the discussion, a candle light vigil brought remembrance to victims of sexual and domestic violence.
Other sponsors of "Take Back the Night" included the Everywoman's Center, Graduate Women's Network, and Women's Health Project.
On Saturday April 26, VOX organized a "Live Action Camp" starting at 10 a.m. with a teach-in on emergency contraception on the 19th floor of Kennedy Tower in the Southwest Residential Area. Then there will be a presentation on a newly discovered way of stopping HIV transmission to women and demonstrations in Amherst.
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