Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights.org

  Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights is a grassroots movement initiated by organizations and individuals determined to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court from overturning Roe v. Wade.   Everyone is encouraged to take initiative, plan events, make art, etc.  Tie it all together with Green (the international symbol of abortion rights) and be part of making the GREEN WAVE something no one can miss through the coming months.  Go to the riseup4abortionrights.org website and social media page for materials and suggestions.  Our April 9 march is up on the site - RSVP there.  Recently about a dozen of us joined a work/day picnic to create materials for April 8 (Wear Green Day) and April 9 (March).  Those materials are beginning to appear on the streets - and especially at the University of Hawai`i.  We're sharing just a few photos below, along with several new posters. Spread the word everywhere! (blue tape won't cause damage) EVERYONE:  Wear your green...

Get your Green Bandanas Now! Get a dozen to make sure your entire crew has one!  Unfortunately, the only inexpensive ones we could find that would be delivered on time were on the evil empire here .  You can get a dozen for less than $15.00. You can also get one from Refuse Fascism Hawaii for a suggested donation of $1.50.  They'll have them at the picnic/workday at Old Stadium Park on March 27 (11-2pm).  If you have green fabric tear armband/headbands for yourself and everyone you know. Local Posters/Flyers Download, print, distribute.  Post on social media.  Post them on you office door or in your window.  Everywhere!  More can also be found on the Refuse Fascism Hawaii social media pages.  For more information e-mail riseup4abortionrightshawaii@gmail.com.   Posters and flyers will also be available at the picnic/workday at Old Stadium Park on March 27 (11-2pm).        

On March 8 – International Women’s Day – in  rallies and marches in New York and 12 other cities – people declared their refusal  to let the Supreme Court decimate women’s rights and gut or eliminate the right to abortion.  It was a great beginning! Hundreds marched through the streets of Manhattan, Los Angeles, and Berkeley. There were protests on college campuses in California and Texas, and by high school students in several locations.   In Honolulu ~80 people gathered at the State Capitol to hold signs and join a rally before a loud and energetic march through downtown Honolulu and around the Federal Building.  Many wore green bandanas or armbands to show solidarity with the International Green Wave Movement for Abortion Rights, which recently rose up in the streets, virtually shutting down their countries and winning the right to abortion in Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina. Veterans of the struggle to defend abortion rights were joined by an important ...