NOW we need to raise our voices – we have to act now to secure reform that protects women’s health!
- Women’s health care must be a priority
- Women must be able to go to the doctors and essential community providers they know and trust, including Planned Parenthood
- Women shouldn’t be worse off after health care reform than they are now
Most important actions you can take?
In Nevada Planned Parenthood Mar Monte has more than 1,000 Rapid Response Team members. Help us get in one lobbying contact a week for the next five weeks (to each member of our congressional delegation) and we WILL make health care reform a reality!
Call, write, email or leave a comment on their website
(and let us know you did)
Senator Harry Reid
522 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202.224.3542
website: www.reid.senate.gov
Las Vegas phone: 702.388.5020
Reno Phone: 775.686.5750
Carson City Phone: 775.882.REID (7343)
Click here for comment form
Senator John Ensign
119 Russell Senate Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202.224.6244
website: www.ensign.senate.gov
Las Vegas Phone: 702.388.6605
Reno Phone: 775.686.5770
Carson City Phone: 775.885.9111
Click here for the comment form
Congressman Dean Heller (2nd Congressional District)
125 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: 202.225.6155
website: heller.house.gov
Reno Phone: 775. 686.5760
Las Vegas: 702.255.1651
Click here for the comment form
Post a message on their Facebook pages or comment on one of their posts
Be sure to log in to Facebook first in order to see the pages.
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte's Facebook Page
Senator Reid's Facebook Page
Senator Ensign's Facebook Page
Dean Heller's Facebook Page
Get your best friend and your significant other to lobby the congressional delegation by the end of Octobr.
Write a Letter-to-the-Editor
Political leaders take note when their names are mentioned in LTEs and it’s a powerful way to get a message out to the community. You can give positive shout outs to Reid for supporting women’s health care and pressure Ensign and Heller to step up. In 200 words, let your community know why you believe women’s health care is a priority.
Submit your letter to the editor online:
Reno Gazette Journal
Sparks Tribune
Volunteer
Volunteer with us on a phone bank or an awareness event, and get a $10 off coupon to pass along to a friend or to use yourself! We meet at the 5th Street location the first Wednesday of every month at 6 pm. Contact renopa@ppmarmonte.org for more info.
Tell us your story!
We have shared videos featuring personal stories about women’s health with our congressional delegation. Help us send an updated version to the delegation by October 16. Create a short video explaining why women’s health care or Planned Parenthood matter to you and submit it to: renopa@ppmarmonte.org
Status updates!
You can raise awareness for:
- National Hispanic Heritage Month – September 15 through October 15
- October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
- October 15th 2009 is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD).
- October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Make an appointment!
Overdue for an annual exam (we know, not the most fun way to spend an hour, but it’s important that you take care of yourself! You’re worth it!)? Find the Planned Parenthood health center nearest you.
Use contraceptives, birth control and / or family planning! We think it’s every man and woman’s right to plan your family and control your own reproductive health. Apparently, there are some people who don’t agree with that. Show them what’s what.
Ask your religious leader to speak up too
Certainly your faith tradition or spiritual practice offers you guidance on the questions of family, relationships and sexuality. Or at the very least, thoughts on health care and our responsibility to our family, friends and neighbors. Ask your leader to advocate for real sex education, access to family planning, whether through the congregational conversation or through direct advocacy.
