For College Students (VOX)

Austin students joined others from all over the state for a pro-choice training at Planned Parenthood in Houston, April 2006. See more student activist photos here.

What is Vox?

Vox is the Latin word for "voice" and Vox^®: Voices for Planned Parenthood is a nationwide program to energize and mobilize the new generation of pro-choice Americans. Vox aims to educate and inspire a new generation of young adults to advocate reproductive freedom.

Through Vox, college students across the country organize events on campus to raise public awareness about reproductive rights, educate young people at concerts about sexual health, work with and support their local Planned Parenthood health centers, and mobilize advocates of reproductive freedom.

There's power in the voices of pro-choice students on your campus. When you organize those voices as a Vox group and work together to take action for reproductive health and rights, you have a force that's more powerful than if you work alone. A Vox group also serves as

• a forum to discuss ideas
• a way to educate your peers about sexual health care
• an important vehicle for raising awareness about activism for reproductive freedom
• an opportunity to learn more about yourself
• a fun way to meet other pro-choice students

And who says young people are apathetic? Media reports estimate that over 1/3 of the attendees at the March for Women's Lives in Washington, D.C., were people under the age of 25. You are not the future of the reproductive rights movement - you ARE the movement. Get inspired, energetic, and ready to organize!

There's power in the voices of pro-choice students!

Join Vox and Planned Parenthood as we continue to fight for choice, justice, access, equality, and family planning. Get active on your campus or in your community.

Are you a student at the University of Texas at Austin?
To learn more about Voices for Choice, UT's pro-choice student organization, visit the VFC web site.

For more information about starting a pro-choice organization on another campus in or near Austin, call PPTCR at 275-0171 x.103, or send an e-mail to sarah.wheat@ppaustin.org.