SPECIAL EVENTS
One Night Only!
Join us for a fabulous party in support of the Women's Medical Fund
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Luxe Home
1308 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
7 to 10 pm
Music by DJ Abby Klein
Open bar including vodka cocktails courtesy of Finlandia Vodka and
Little Black Dress Wines, fabulous food from Peachtree & Ward Catering
Raffle with terrific prizes
Admission is $35 if you're under 35 and $75 if you're 35 and over.
Whatever your age, your contribution includes a chance to win great prizes! Additional raffle chances are available for $20.
The GRAND PRIZE for the raffle is a sofa worth $2,500 from Luxe Home!
Other amazing prizes include a session with a professional photographer,
custom designed jewelry, and many, many gift certificates for restaurants,
personal services and first class pampering!
Get your ticket NOW!
Email us at info@womensmedicalfund.org
or
Purchase your ticket through PayPal button on Homepage or on the Donate page.
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PAST EVENTS
13th Annual Spring Reception
Women's Medical Fund Spring Reception
honoring the recipient of the 2008 Rosie Jimenez Award
Rhonda Copelon
In 1980, as an attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, Copelon argued the landmark case of Harris v. McRae before the U.S. Supreme Court. This was the ultimate challenge to the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of Medicaid for abortion.
Currently, Copelon is Professor of Law and Director of the International Women's Human Rights Law Clinic of the CUNY School of Law.
and welcoming…
Kathryn Kolbert, Honorary Spring Reception Chair
President of People for the American Way Foundation;* formerly executive director of NPR's Justice Talking.
Nikki Johnson-Huston, Special Guest
Local attorney and former recipient of support from WMF
Thursday, May 15, 2008
World Café Live Upstairs
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
5:30-7:30 pm
Program 6:15-6:45
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One Night Only
A very special evening in support of the Women's Medical Fund
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams Showroom
1308 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
7 to 10 pm
Music by DJ Abby Klein and special guest
Open bar including vodka cocktails courtesy of Finlandia Vodka and
wine courtesy of Bonterra Organic Food by Peachtree & Ward
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13th Annual Spring Reception
Women's Medical Fund Spring Reception
honoring the recipient of the 2007 Rosie Jimenez Award
Loretta Ross, National Coordinator of SisterSong
Ms. Ross is the National Coordinator of SisterSong, an organization of women of color and indigenous women addressing issues of reporductive justice that affect their communities. Ms. Ross was the National Co-Director of the April 25, 2004 March for Women's Lives in Washington, D.C., the largest protest march in U.S. history. She is also the co-author of the Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice.
and welcoming…
Medical Students for Choice
This network of medical students and residents works to make reproductive health care, including abortion, a part of standard medical education and residency training. It relocated its headquarters to Philadelphia in 2006.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Two Liberty Place
16th and Chestnut Streets
57th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
5:30-7:30 pm
Program 6:15-6:45
Gift Basket Raffle 5:30-6:15
Reception features beer, wine, soft drinks, hors d'ouevres and desserts
$100 Friend of the Fund, reservation for one person
$50 Reservation for one person
$25 First-time WMF donor or under 30 years old, reservation for one person
RSVP no later that May 10
by contacting 215.564.4070
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Who was Rosie Jimenez?
In 1977, Rosie Jimenez, the single mother of a five-year-old girl, discovered she was pregnant. Earlier that year, the U.S. House of Representatives had passed the Hyde Amendment, prohibiting the use of federal money for abortions. The denial of federal funds put abortion out of reach for thousands of women, like Rosie Jimenez, who relied on Medicaid for their health care needs. Rosie had just received a scholarship for college, but rather than use that money, she chose to have a less expensive back alley abortion. As a result, she died from a massive infection, her scholarship check still in her pocket. Forced to choose between a safe, legal abortion and her future, Rosie refused to give up her dreams of an education and a better life for herself and her daughter. It is in her memory that the Women's Medical Fund honors heroes in the effort to keep abortion accessible to all women.
NIGHTMARE ON AMERICAN STREET
Enter if you DARE! Nightmare on American Street will be a terrifying eye-opener, depicting the real hell of women in the US who simply wish to have a safe legal abortion.
While public attention has focused on the basic legality of abortion under Roe v. Wade, for thousands of poor women and rural women, Roe is nothing more than an empty promise.
Friday October 27, 7-10 p.m. &
Saturday October 28, 7-10 p.m.
829-851 North Anerican Street between Poplar & Brown
Northern Liberties. FREE!
www.NightmareOnAmericanStreet.org
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