[Msd-youthannounce] Fwd: [Yruuyc-l] FW: March for Women's Lives Online Contest - One Week Left!

[Molli Freeman-Lynde]

Hey y'all- I know this is really last minute, but I
just found out about it. I'm sure many of you have mad
essay writing skills, so hop to it! Even if you don't
write an essay, it would be really awesome if you
could make it to D.C.- I'm hoping to go. Oh by the
way..no school today because of snow. what what.
molli
> 
> Good afternoon NCSSE members, 
> There is one week remaining for the SIECUS-sponsored
> March for Women's Lives
> online essay contest! 
> As a co-sponsoring organization of the upcoming
> March for Women's Lives on
> April 25, 2004, SIECUS is currently holding an
> online essay contest inviting
> young people ages 18-24 to submit essays for a
> chance to win a trip to
> Washington, DC and March for Women's Lives with the
> SIECUS-led delegation. 
> 
> The contest asks participants to explain how
> comprehensive sexuality
> education is important to the overall reproductive
> rights movement and what
> the contestants are doing in their own communities
> to advocate for access to
> reproductive health information and services. SIECUS
> will fly one winner to
> Washington, DC to March for Women's Lives with
> SIECUS on April 25. The press
> release is below and we are accepting essays now
> through next Friday,
> February 27. Full contest information and rules for
> participation are online
> at www.siecus.org.
> 
> If you know any young people (ages 18-24) or
> organizations working with
> young people who may not have seen this opportunity,
> please forward this
> announcement and press release along, and invite
> them to submit essays at
> www.siecus.org. The contest ends on Friday, February
> 27. 
> 
> SIECUS also invites all NCSSE members to march with
> our delegation. If you
> are interested in joining us, please contact me in
> the Washington, DC Public
> Policy Office. We hope to see you all on April 25!
> 
> Best, 
> Liza Bunker 
> 
> Public Policy Associate 
> SIECUS 
> 1706 R Street, NW 
> Washington, DC 20009 
> Phone (202) 265-2405 
> Fax (202) 462-2340 
> 
> 
> 
> For Immediate Release                               
>    Contact: Adrienne
> Verrilli or 
> February 2, 2004                                    
>            Nicole
> Cordier at 212-819-9770 
> 
> 
> Win a Trip to Washington, D.C. for Historic March
> for Women's Lives
> 
> New York, NY -Today, the Sexuality Information and
> Education Council of the
> U.S. (SIECUS) launched an online essay contest for a
> chance for a young
> person to win a trip to the historic March for
> Women's Lives in Washington,
> D.C. in April 2004.
> 
> SIECUS invites 18-24 year-olds to tell us in an
> essay in 300 words or less
> why comprehensive sexuality education is important
> to the overall
> reproductive rights movement and what they are doing
> in their community to
> advocate for access to reproductive health
> information and education. SIECUS
> will accept essays beginning February 2 through
> February 27. The winner will
> be announced on March 8. 
> 
> "As advocates of access to reproductive health
> information and services for
> all people, we understand that today's young people
> have the most to lose if
> the U.S. Government continues to infringe on a
> woman's Constitutional right
> to obtain safe and legal reproductive health
> services. We hope this historic
> march and contest will help raise awareness among
> young people about what is
> at stake and encourage participation in the
> political process," said Tamara
> Kreinin, President and CEO of SIECUS. 
> 
> On Sunday, April 25, 2004, supporters of a woman's
> right to safe, legal
> abortion, birth control and reproductive health
> services will march on the
> nation's capital, in Washington, D.C. SIECUS will
> fly one winning essayist
> to D.C. to march as part of the SIECUS-led
> delegation. SIECUS will cover
> costs for transportation to and from Washington,
> D.C., and accommodations
> for two nights. 
> 
> "Young people are our future and we need to make it
> a priority to empower
> and engage them in the political process. Their
> voices are not only critical
> to safeguarding sexual and reproductive rights, but
> also vital in pushing
> public policy forward," said Kreinin. "We hope
> SIECUS' essay contest will
> encourage young people to become active participants
> in what will be the
> beginning of a new political movement," Kreinin
> continued.
> 
> - ### -
> 
> The March for Women's Lives has been co-organized by
> the Feminist Majority,
> NARAL Pro-Choice America, the National Organization
> for Women, Planned
> Parenthood Federation of America, the National
> Latina Institute for
> Reproductive Health, and the Black Women's Health
> Initiative. The March will
> begin at noon in front of the Lincoln Memorial and
> will be followed by a
> rally on the National Mall. 
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