Pledge-a-Picket
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We need your help!
Protesters outside our Locust Street Health Center and our Far Northeast Health Center try to intimidate and harass our patients and staff.
If you wish to respond in a meaningful way,
then please join our Pledge-a-Picket campaign and raise your voice against theirs!
When protesters gather outside our 12 health centers, they subject our patients to verbal attacks and graphic signs meant to confuse and intimidate. They are sometimes blocked from entering the building, and occasionally are videotaped. They are offered anti-choice propaganda and free rides to the closest “crisis pregnancy center.”
Staff and volunteers are also seen as targets. We are called "murderers," are lectured to about "committing sins," and are told we will pay the “ultimate price” for our actions.
How Pledge-a-Picket Works
You decide on the amount you would like to pledge for each protester (minimum 10¢). When protesters show up on our sidewalks at our Locust Street and our Far Northeast Health Centers, PPSP will count and record their number every day from October 1 through November 30, 2008. We will place a large sign outside of both health centers to track pledges and make protesters fully aware that their actions are benefiting PPSP. At the end of the two-month campaign, we will send you an update on protest activities along with a pledge reminder.
Example of Pledge
If you pledge 30¢ per protester, and PPSP has 100 protesters in October and 160 protesters in November, your donation would be $78 for the entire two-month campaign.
Similar to sponsoring a runner in a charity marathon, your pledge total can be capped at a pre-set amount, if desired.
Ways to Participate
You can join the Pledge-a-Picket campaign online or by mailing in a response form.
Our Inspiration
Chanell Moore Harrell was a long-term PPSP staff member whose untimely death in late 2005 saddened us all. Chanell faced many picketers while at PPSP and handled them with grace and humor. We conduct this Pledge-a-Picket Campaign in her memory.
Questions?
Contact us at PledgeaPicket@ppsp.org
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