2009 Events

2009 Holiday Party

The DC Abortion Fund would like to invite you to our annual holiday party!

Tuesday, December 8th 
6 - 9pm 
Café Citron – New VIP Lounge 
1343 Connecticut Ave NW 

Raffle prizes, drink specials, and hor d’oeuvres
$20 suggested donation

*All proceeds to support the DC Abortion Fund*

Questions - email dcafevents@gmail.com 

For sponsorship, please email Amy at amy.hutch7@gmail.com

The DC Abortion Fund Invites You to
Checking the Pulse: Women's Health in Economic Crisis

Join the Government Relations and Labor Network of the Women's Information Network (WIN) along with the DC Abortion Fund for an in-depth look at how the current economy is affecting women's reproductive health.

Featuring DCAF board speakers:

Alexis Zepeda, National Abortion Federation
Elisabeth Sowecke, The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals

Wednesday, May 20, 2009
6:30-8:30 PM
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
1110 Vermont Avenue #300

Attendees will also have the opportunity to network over drinks and light appetizers and learn more about how they can support DCAF's vital services.

For more information and to RSVP, email the Government Relations Network Chairs at grn@winonline.org.

The Coat Hanger Project (2008) screening

You are cordially invited to a screening of The Coat Hanger Project (2008) followed by a Q & A with the director, Angie Young, and special guests Heather Booth and Alexis Zepeda.

Date and Time:
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Thursday, January 22, 2009
6pm (screening time at 6:30)

Location:
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
Felicia Stewart Center
1901 L Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC

Cost:
$10 suggested donation. Proceeds benefit the DC Abortion Fund.

RSVP is required: email dcaf_events@hotmail.com

About the film:
The Coat Hanger Project: Since the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973, anti-choice forces in the US have been making it their mission to dismantle women’s reproductive freedom. Their weapons: money, the legal system, the government, the media, the church, and a generation who have never known the ravages of illegal abortion.

Filmmaker Angie Young walks the viewer through the personal stories and images of women who died from illegal abortion, and the lengths women went through when they couldn’t access legal abortions. There is some dramatic footage of a female veteran of the Iraq war retelling her experience of nearly dying of a self-induced abortion in Iraq because military hospitals refuse to perform the procedure. The movie is positive, too, ending with a focus on the activism of the younger generation, emerging coalition-building across gender, racial, ethnic, and LGBTQ rights groups. For more information on the film, please visit: http://www.thecoathangerproject.com/

About the panelists:

• Angie Young is a pro-choice activist and director of the Coat Hanger Project.

• Heather Booth is the founder of Jane, a service she founded that referred women to safe abortion providers when abortion was illegal. Heather founded Jane in 1965; eight years before Roe.

• Alexis Zepeda is the associate director of the National Abortion Federation Hotline and a board member of the DC Abortion Fund.

This is a DC Abortion Fund event and generously hosted by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP). Both are 501(c)3 organizations.

Download a flyer about this special event. (PDF, 255 KB)

2008 Events

2008 Holiday Party

It's that time of year again! The DCAF staff warmly invite you to our annual holiday party "Peace, Joy and Choice" on Tuesday, December 9th, from 6pm - 9pm at the Front Page, 1333 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC.

Download a flyer about the event. (PDF, 3.8 MB)

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Intentional Motherhood: Connecting Abortion, Pregnancy, and Birth
Considering the full range of women's reproductive rights:

The right to affordable birth control.
The right to parent.
The right to choose abortion.
The right to midwifery care.
The right to determine a birth plan.
The right to prenatal care.

Our Bodies Ourselves has provided indispensable information on women's health and sexuality for more than 40 years. Their newest book, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth addresses the questions and needs of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the "fourth trimester" of early motherhood.

The DC Abortion Fund is excited to host a a book signing and discussion to explore the many connections between these issues.

Intentional Motherhood: Connecting Abortion, Pregnancy, and Birth Wednesday May 28, 6:30 pm Hawk 'n' Dove, 329 Pennsylvania Ave SE Capital South Metro

Suggested Donation: $20
All Proceeds Benefit The DC Abortion Fund.
Contributions to DCAF are tax deductible for federal income tax purposes.

CHEERS TO CHOICE: Celebrating Young Women

The Younger Women's Task Force of the DC Metro area has generously offered to host a "Cheers for Choice" event and to split the proceeds with DCAF. The event features wine tasting by women-owned wineries, an art show presenting local women artists, and a silent auction. So come out, have fun, meet cool women, and help support DCAF!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Stewart R. Mott House
122 Maryland Avenue, NE

Cheers to Choice embodies the celebration of not only a woman's right to safe and legal abortion, but also a woman's right to choose her destiny and live in a community that respects her choices without hindering her personal and professional growth through violence, sexism, racism, economic discrimination, or discriminating policies.

Tickets purchased at the door:
-$10.00 for Capitol Hill or non-profit interns
-$15.00 for Entry-level Capitol Hill or Entry-level non-profit employees
-$20.00 for all others

RSVP Kindly Requested: info.ywtfdc@gmail.com

2008 Pledge-A-Protester Fundraising Campaign
On Saturday, January 19, 2008, DCAF volunteers counted anti-abortion protesters at the downtown office of Planned Parenthood Metropolitan Washington, helping turn these protesters into unwitting support money for DCAF.

Watch our Website for further details on the results of this campaign.

2007 Events

2007 DCAF Holiday Party
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Fringe Festival July 2007
July 2007- Thanks so much to Paulina Guerrero, Erin Mitchell and Hannah Kerr for their terrific performance of "On Your Soapbox Slipping" during the Capital Fringe Festival. Six pieces by local choreographers showcased the talent we have in DC. The shows included strong messages of female empowerment and independence.  DCAF received proceeds from the show.

Erin Mitchell and Paulina Guerrero

DCAF’s Director of Case Management Participates in Panel Discussion on the
Hyde Amendment
January 23, 2007- DCAF joined the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and other allied groups in an educational event about the impact of the Hyde Amendment on communities
of color.


DCAF Completes Third Annual Pledge-A-Protester Campaign
January 20, 2007- For the third year in a row DCAF ran its successful Pledge-A-Protester campaign in an effort to raise money and combat anti-choice protesters. Over three-hundred anti-choice protesters targeted a downtown clinic and unwittingly provided much needed funds for women's reproductive health care as DCAF supporters pledged a donation based on the number of protesters.

Mothertongue Benefit for DCAF at the Blackcat
January 11, 2007- The ladies of Mothertongue devoted proceeds from their performance to DCAF. Not only was the show inspiring, but the board members and volunteers of DCAF were touched by Mothertongue’s energy and willingness to fundraise for women to obtain abortions in DC. It was a great event!