Em-URGE-ing Voices

Your urgent thoughts, urging action

Posted by Paul

Kansas Sex Education Fight May Return in 2015

December 18, 2014

via Wikimedia Commons In 2007, the Board of Education in Kansas updated its policy with regard to sex education, removing the prio… Read more »

Posted by Tristan

Defeating Ohio’s “Heartbeat” Bill

December 17, 2014

HB 248, also known as the “Heartbeat” bill, which threatened to ban abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat (as early as… Read more »

Posted by Robyn

Florida Set for Marriage Equality

December 16, 2014

Benson Kua via Wikimedia Commons Florida has a lot of great things: fresh citrus, Disney World and some really nice beaches. But o… Read more »

Posted by Caitlin

Change Starts Small: LGBTQ Progress in Texas

December 12, 2014

I am so proud to go to Texas State University with its over 35,000 students and to live in San Marcos Texas, one of the fastest gr… Read more »

Posted by Samaria

Taking Care of All of Us: Young Parents and the Culture of Shame

December 11, 2014

I was ecstatic to see advertisements for the newest IUD on the market, Skyla, in the monthly women’s magazines I subscribe to. I w… Read more »

Posted by Kadijah

My Clarion Call

December 8, 2014

I am nearing the end of my Domestic Exchange at Barnard College in New York, NY. One of the more memorable experiences I had durin… Read more »

Posted by Caitlin

Five Feminist Films to Get You Through Finals

December 5, 2014

With finals just around the corner for many college students, as Paul said, it’s a time of high stress and lots of studying. But e… Read more »

Posted by Tristan

Police Violence Against Women, Girls, Queer People of Color

December 5, 2014

During this outpouring of demonstration and activism against the racist American system that does not indict killer cops, and medi… Read more »

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