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Indy Feminists, the Party for Socialism and Liberation – Indianapolis, Queering Indy, and Women’s March Youth Empower Indiana are standing up for choice and against anti-abortion stigma and shame!
Abortion and contraceptive access are often central themes when discussing reproductive healthcare. But there is more to the full range of reproductive care to which all people should have the right: Quality and accurate sex education; contraceptives and the morning-after pill; abortion care; elective sterilization; appropriate care during miscarriage and stillbirth; and pre- and post-natal care are all critical to full reproductive justice.
However, as feminists, our struggle isn’t only for a limited set of rights: it is a struggle against patriarchy and oppression of all kinds. When fighting for reproductive healthcare, we also fight for healthcare that benefits all people — including discrimination-free, comprehensive and safe healthcare for LGBTQ people. When talking about misogyny and attacks on women, we proudly, unabashedly, and with the utmost urgency defend our trans sisters and denounce anyone who denies their womanhood. When talking about gender equality, we recognize that gender itself is a broad and brilliant spectrum, not an “either/or” binary. And when fighting for reproductive justice, we understand that is especially a struggle for poor and working-class people and oppressed communities, such as the Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities who are particularly impacted.
We hope you’ll join us on Monument Circle, January 22nd at 11:30am to lend your voice to the struggle. End the stigma! End the shame! Abortion access is a human right! For a world free of misogyny and patriarchy! WEAR RED! We will bring the signs, music, and pro-choice chants!
#MarchforChoice #AbortionIsAHoosierValue #ProChoice #ProAbortion #AbortionAccess #AbortionIsABlessing
Tags: reproductive rights, abortion, March for Choice, social justice, nonprofit, Women’s Health Care
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Join our Manager of Outreach for HEC’s virtual volunteer training! We will discuss potential roles that you can play in our work across the state, how to engage with other citizens and legislators, opportunities for action, preparations for the 2020 legislative session and more. AND – you can do it all from the comfort of your own home! All you need to do is register (it’s free!) to receive the meeting info – webinar sign-in information will be sent to registered attendees prior to the training.
Please confirm your free ticket through the Eventbrite link!
Tags: nonprofit, volunteering, Hoosier Environmental Council, social justice
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Join our Manager of Outreach for HEC’s virtual volunteer training! We will discuss potential roles that you can play in our work across the state, how to engage with other citizens and legislators, opportunities for action, preparations for the 2020 legislative session and more. AND – you can do it all from the comfort of your own home! All you need to do is register (it’s free!) to receive the meeting info – webinar sign-in information will be sent to registered attendees prior to the training.
Please confirm your free ticket through the Eventbrite link!
Tags: nonprofit, volunteering, Hoosier Environmental Council, social justice
22
Indy Feminists, the Party for Socialism and Liberation – Indianapolis, Queering Indy, and Women’s March Youth Empower Indiana are standing up for choice and against anti-abortion stigma and shame!
Abortion and contraceptive access are often central themes when discussing reproductive healthcare. But there is more to the full range of reproductive care to which all people should have the right: Quality and accurate sex education; contraceptives and the morning-after pill; abortion care; elective sterilization; appropriate care during miscarriage and stillbirth; and pre- and post-natal care are all critical to full reproductive justice.
However, as feminists, our struggle isn’t only for a limited set of rights: it is a struggle against patriarchy and oppression of all kinds. When fighting for reproductive healthcare, we also fight for healthcare that benefits all people — including discrimination-free, comprehensive and safe healthcare for LGBTQ people. When talking about misogyny and attacks on women, we proudly, unabashedly, and with the utmost urgency defend our trans sisters and denounce anyone who denies their womanhood. When talking about gender equality, we recognize that gender itself is a broad and brilliant spectrum, not an “either/or” binary. And when fighting for reproductive justice, we understand that is especially a struggle for poor and working-class people and oppressed communities, such as the Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities who are particularly impacted.
We hope you’ll join us on Monument Circle, January 22nd at 11:30am to lend your voice to the struggle. End the stigma! End the shame! Abortion access is a human right! For a world free of misogyny and patriarchy! WEAR RED! We will bring the signs, music, and pro-choice chants!
#MarchforChoice #AbortionIsAHoosierValue #ProChoice #ProAbortion #AbortionAccess #AbortionIsABlessing
Tags: reproductive rights, abortion, March for Choice, social justice, nonprofit, Women’s Health Care
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Join us at an upcoming Grant Writing Pizza Party to work through your career development grant and the On-Ramp Creative Career Accelerator applications. After this meetup, you’ll leave your grant writing fears behind you.
What you’ll learn:
– How to know when you’re ready to pursue a grant.
– Which grant to pursue.
– Details about grants available from the IAC and others.
– Start your application while you’re here (bring your laptop!).
Dates:
December 2 – Bloomington, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET
December 4 – Terre Haute, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. ET
December 8 – Chesterton, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. CT
December 9 – Goshen, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. ET
December 10 – Lafayette, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. ET
December 16 – Columbus, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET
December 17 – Evansville, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. CT
December 18 – Muncie, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET
December 19 – Fort Wayne, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET
January 4 – Cafe Creative, Indianapolis, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
January 19 – Irvington Vinyl & Books, Indianapolis, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. ET
We want to make sure we order enough pizza, so RSVP-ing is required to attend.
https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5321422/Grant-Writing-Pizza-Party-RSVP
About the Individual Advancement Program: https://www.in.gov/arts/artist/2344.htm
About the On-Ramp Career Accelerator: https://www.in.gov/arts/artist/2340.htm
Tags: Grant Writing Pizza Party, nonprofit, social justice
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Join Indiana Wildlife Federation for our 2020 Annual Conference. We will have a silent auction, catered lunch, and an exciting lineup of education speakers presenting on the state of wildlife in Indiana. This year’s conference will be held at the beautiful Ft Harrison State Park.
Space is limited, so get your reservation now.
Tags: Indiana Wildlife Federation, nonprofit, Annual Conference
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SAVE THE DATE!
This year we are scheduling League Day at the Statehouse in conjunction with the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration.
That changes our usual scheduling a bit so that League members can begin by attending the Celebration events at 9:00 a.m. A joint resolution honoring the League founding will be presented in both the House (10:00 a.m.) and Senate (1:30 p.m.). Our session to prepare you for legislative visits will begin at 10:30 (packets available to registrants by email several days before).
Registration information, the full schedule and more details will be forthcoming right after the first of the year.
In the meantime, you may want to contact your legislators to make appointments.
Need to find out who your legislators are? Click below:
Tags: Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration, League of Women Voters, Nonprofit, social justice, activism
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Hoosier Action is going to the statehouse! Hoosier families deserve to have healthy pregnancies and babies, a place to live free from environmental toxins, and the opportunity to thrive, but our representatives at the statehouse don’t always hear the struggles of everyday Hoosiers.
Join Hoosier Action in Indianapolis for a day of action at our Statehouse! We’ll begin in the morning by sharing our stories at a press conference and spend the afternoon meeting directly with legislators and staff whose job it is to represent us.
We are fighting in 2020 to pass the HOPE Agenda for a Brighter Indiana because we believe that Indiana should:
–Protect pregnant workers and new mothers
–Notify Hoosiers about environmental toxins in their homes
–Stop predatory payday lending
–Respond to the addiction and overdose crisis
–Improve Medicaid
To pass these vital new laws, we have to make sure our voices are heard by the decision-makers! Lunch will be provided, and transportation arranged for everyone who registers by January 13th. We are meeting on the 3rd Floor North Atrium of the Indiana Statehouse at 11 am.
Tags: Hoosier Action in Indianapolis, nonprofit, day of action, activism, social justice, grassroots, people powered
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If you haven’t already heard the amazing news — Indy VegFest is expanding to more of a regional event and will be at Banker’s Life Fieldhouse this year!
It’s a true testament to the efforts of their amazing organizers and volunteers and the obvious passion for a vegan lifestyle.
Please help us in supporting their mission to educate the public about the compassionate, environmental, and health facets of a vegan lifestyle.
We are so proud to support this incredible cause.
Tags: Indy VegFest, Fundraiser, Vegan, Vegetarian, nonprofit, social justice, dine for a cause
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The TCW Annual Holiday Bake Sale and Raffle is coming up fast!!
This bake sale might be a little different than you’re used to. You get a tin for a set donation ($5 – $25) and then fill it to the top with your choices of holiday treats! It’s all the yum!
You can help by donating tins ahead of time (bigger is better, we’ve found). You can also help by baking! We need lots and LOTS of cookies, candies, and other baked goods to sell! Best sellers are fudge, toffee, iced sugar cookies, pumpkin, date, nut or other spiced breads, cupcakes, and all those treats that remind you of Christmas’s long ago. Gluten-free and vegan treats are also big winners!
Those of you who don’t bake can share holidays goodies in your homes and with coworkers and friends. Those who do bake can focus on one or two treats in your own kitchen to donate, and come home with a variety from the sale. Everyone gets some delicious treats!
We will also need Cookie Elves to help with setting up tables that morning, ensuring that the cookie platters are refilled, and collecting money. If you’d like to join our friendly band of elves, please let Donna Jo Monroe know at [email protected]
This annual bake sale is one of our largest fundraisers of the year and every dollar goes directly to the church’s general fund to support the work of The Church Within in our community. It is because of your generosity that we were able to install a new roof last year, paint and upgrade the HVAC this year, and consistently offer space to community partners that is welcoming, warm, and safe. Please do make a point to participate in this event. If you will be unable, you can support TCW with your tax deductible gift at paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1649607
Tags: The Church Within, nonprofit, benefit, raffle, bake sale
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DVN is excited to announce that on December 12th we will be hosting the Indianapolis screening of the documentary film “PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools” at the Clowes Auditorium at the Central Library. The event is free but tickets are limited so reserve yours today!
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is a feature length documentary, based on the book by the same name by Monique Morris Ed.D. The film takes a deep dive into the lives of Black girls and the practices, cultural beliefs and policies that disrupts one of the most important factors in girls’ lives – education.
The documentary underscores the challenges Black girls face with insight from experts across the country who have worked extensively in the field of social justice, gender equality and educational equity. These experts give context to the crisis and provide a roadmap for how our educational system and those who interact with Black girls can provide a positive rather than punitive response to behaviors that are often misunderstood or mis-represented.
While the challenges facing Black boys in this country have garnered national attention, absent from that conversation was how girls of color, particularly Black girls, are being impacted. PUSHOUT addresses that crisis.
The documentary focuses on challenges Black girls face, emphasizing first-person narratives from girls. We hear from them as young as the age of seven and as old as 19. They describe navigating a society that often marginalizes and dismisses them.
At the same time the documentary lays out how adults and policy makers can address the needs of these young girls and women with positive responses that can short circuit the pervasive over punishment of Black girls.
***Please arrive at the Central Library between 5:30-6pm as the screening will begin in the Clowes Auditorium promptly at 6pm. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion with Indianapolis area activists, educators, lawmakers and community advocates. For more information or questions about the event please email Youth Program Coordinator Colleen Curtin at [email protected]
Tags: screening of the documentary film “PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools” at the Clowes Auditorium at the Central Library, nonprofit, social justice, Domestic Violence Network (DVN)
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We accomplished a lot in 2019, and we want to celebrate with you – our supporters who have helped make it possible! Help us celebrate 2019 and get 2020 started off right. We will be featuring Haitian cuisine from Chef Mikerson Joseph, Haitian beverages and a fully-stocked cash bar. Music, games, prizes and more! Your ticket includes dinner and one complimentary Haitian beverage of your choice. Event proceeds will support Strive’s ongoing environmental stewardship initiatives and water security efforts.
This is an all-ages event! If you need tickets for someone under 21, please call us at 317-983-1087 or send us an email at [email protected] Children under 12 are free.
Tags: Strive Inc., nonprofit, benefit, Haiti, permaculture, natural climate solutions
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We have a lot of very talented artists around here. Come out from-4-9 Sat. 12/7 and do a little Holiday shopping over a beer.
Tags: Shop Local, Holiday Shopping, Gleaners, nonprofit, benefit
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Do you need to know how to access the latest population numbers for your area? Do you want Jobs and Income data? Are you applying for a grant and need authoritative facts, figures, and findings? Will you need data to tell your community’s story to stakeholders and funders this year?
Your Indiana State Data Center @ the Indiana State Library is a free service for your research needs.
This ½ day workshop will familiarize you with the services we provide, introduce you to several key Indiana Data Resources, and give specific examples for finding data for grant proposals.
Made possible by The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund and The Emily Fund through grants to The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.
Tags: nonprofit, training, Central Library
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IndyVitals is a new online tool to measure the health and sustainability of neighborhood areas in Marion County. Designed to help community and civic leaders, non-profit and philanthropic partners, and others working to improve neighborhoods, IndyVitals helps to easily identify the diverse strengths and challenges across Indy with the goal of focusing resources and investments in ways that are most relevant to the true needs of Indy’s communities.
City staff will explain the philosophy behind IndyVitals, how neighborhoods were grouped into neighborhood areas, and provide an in-depth demonstration of how to use IndyVitals to learn more about your community.
Made possible by The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund and The Emily Fund through grants to The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.
Tags: nonprofit, training, Central Library
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Dave Lindquist of the IndyStar said it perfectly:
The 18th edition of Tonic Ball will celebrate the music of Bob Marley, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Diana Ross and the Ramones.
Tonic Ball, scheduled Nov. 22 at five Fountain Square venues, raises funds for hunger-relief program Second Helpings. The event gathers dozens of Indiana musicians and gives them an assignment: Perform songs made famous by someone else.
Country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons was the first Tonic Ball honoree in 2002. This year’s event spotlights reggae icon Marley, hip-hop’s innovative Beastie Boys, shape-shifting rock band Radiohead, Motown superstar Ross and punk rock’s trailblazing Ramones.
Tags: music of Bob Marley, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Diana Ross and the Ramones, Live Music, nonprofit, Benefit, Second Helpings, Tribute
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Make sure you have the groundwork that must be in place before your new nonprofit organization can thrive. Learn the characteristics of effective nonprofits and assess whether yours is ready for foundation fundraising. This workshop walks you through the steps to defining your mission, obtaining incorporation and nonprofit status and building an effective board. Attendees are encouraged to bring a sack lunch as there are few lunch options close by and time is limited. This workshop is designed for those seeking to establish a new nonprofit organization.
Made possible by The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund and The Emily Fund through grants to The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.
Tags: nonprofit, training, Central Library
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Homes For All Indy CLT Coalition meets the 2nd Friday of every month at 1pm. Open to the public, the group meets to discuss and explore the use of Community Land Trusts as a way to provide and maintain permanent affordable housing for low-income individuals and families. Please enter at the double doors close to the playground on the south side of the building. There is a daycare at the church so the doors are all locked. We will let you in. If you arrive late and no one is there to let you in, you can buzz in at the office door. If you are driving, the parking lot to the east or street parking is available.
Tags: Homes For All Indy CLT Coalition, Community Land Trusts, Social Justice, nonprofit
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Join us November 1 for an evening with Papadosio and Thriftworks to raise funds and awareness for the Indiana Wildlife Federation! Donations made at the booth will grant entry to an art giveaway.
The IWF is a state-wide, non-profit organization comprising of individuals and over 50 organizations working to promote the conservation, sound management, and sustainable use of Indiana’s wildlife and wildlife habitat through advocacy, education, and action.
Learn more here: www.indianawildlife.org
Suggested donations are as follows:
1 entry = $3
2 entries = $5
5 entries = $10
15 entries = $20
Advocates of Change is a national, non-profit organization inspiring positive change and activism throughout the music and arts community.
Questions?? – [email protected]
www.theadvocatesofchange.com
Tags: Indiana Wildlife Federation, benefit, nonprofit, Advocates of Change, Papadosio, Concert, Live Music
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The Indianapolis Jazz Foundation has partnered with Union Jack Pub to help raise funds for our legacy, education and performance initiatives. Please join us on Wednesday, October 23rd anytime from 11:00AM – 9PM to enjoy a meal for a great cause! Mention the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation and 20% of your meal price will be donated back to usPlease RSVP and let us know if you can make it!
Tags: Indianapolis Jazz Foundation, nonprofit, benefit, Union Jack Pub, Dine Out for a Cause
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As the governing body of a nonprofit, an effective and enthusiastic board of directors or board of trustees can make all the difference. This workshop will review best practices, tips and tools for several elements of the successful board. These include nomination, cultivation and recruitment practices; board orientation, assessment, strategic planning, fundraising, fiscal oversight, board/staff relations, effective meeting and reporting strategies, and more. Presented by Pam Blevins Hinkle in the Knall Meeting Room.
Made possible by The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund and The Emily Fund through grants to The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.
Tags: nonprofit, training, Central Library
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2019 PEAK Online Auction! This is a part of our end of year fundraising for the everyday cost of operating a farmed animal sanctuary. The Auction will commence live at our event, PEAKsgiving VI, on Nov. 2nd, at 3:30PM. Winners will be announced afterwards. You do not have to be present at the event to win. We will send you an invoice following the event, if you win.
** Help us raise vital funds by sharing this on-line auction with your pals! **
Thank you to all the amazing organizations and individuals that donated and created beautiful arts and crafts for the care of our residents.
Uplands PEAK Sanctuary exclusively rescues, advocates for, and provides lifelong sanctuary to farmed animals like pigs, cows, goats, turkeys, and chickens. Just last year we moved to a 105+ acre farm in Freedom, IN. This year, we’ve taken in 10 new rescues that will live out their lives at the sanctuary receiving individualized care and love for the rest of their days.
Tags: 2019 PEAK Online Auction, Uplands PEAK Farm Animal Sanctuary, nonprofit, benefit, vegan