Chapter News
September 25, 2012
El Paso Registers Over 700 Voters in One Day!
They continued to register until the Texas deadline and racked up a grand total of 1200 registrations.
September 18, 2012
UGA Fights Back Against Slut-Shaming
They got organized and mobilized the student body to speak out against the article. After dozens of comments, emails and letters to the editor, the school newspaper asked them to write a response article
July 30, 2012
San Fran Takes on a National Agenda
Western Regional leader Brett Louis Patterson got to speak directly to his Representative, Jerry McNerney, who vowed to take a strong stance against the bill.
April 24, 2012
Scripps Hosts Reproductive Egg Hunt
Our members prepared more than 200 eggs – each stuffed with a reproductive health fact, some chocolate, and a condom – and hid them on the main lawn for a reproductive justice egg hunt. About 40 new students participated and the winning team gathered an impressive 25 eggs.
March 30, 2012
Agnes Scott Gets Started with a Fervor
They recently hosted a female holocaust survivor on campus to talk to young people about her experience in Auschwitz as a woman. They also participated in our national Valentines Day of Action – collecting 25 valentines asking Congress to “Listen up, or We’re Breaking up” and “get your hands off my birth control.”
March 27, 2012
Pitt Educates Students About Safe Cosmetic Products
They handed out educational materials about some of the alternative toxic-free products they can use. Attendees were encourages to sign a petition to support the Safe Cosmetics Act.
April 21, 2011
CSU-LB Helps Planned Parenthood Lobby
CSU Long Beach makes a habit of not messing around. The URGE chapter kicked its organizing efforts into high gear in response to t… Read more »
October 15, 2010
UGA Celebrates Sweet Sixteen!
This year, the URGE arm of the organization is working on voter registration and Trick or Vote. They are also planning workshops with URGE’s own Kelley Robinson and SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW!
September 25, 2010
KU Puts on a Sex[+] Week
The chapter has already recruited over 150 people to send a message to Congress to end Title V funding through our Sex[+] Voter Engagement Campaign and they joined with other student organizations to host a spectacular Sextival.
