2018 About TRRR and the Texas Roe V Wade Celebration rally:
About the TX Roe V Wade Rallies:
This event began as a reunion for the Unruly Mob who flooded the Texas State Capitol with orange and fury during the historic summer of 2013. The idea was hatched during a late night New Years Eve conversation between Amanda Rosa and Paula T. Chaney. It was previously intended as a counter protest to the Texas March for Life, a vitriolic anti-choice event. We have evolved beyond those roots and now celebrate reproductive freedoms. In past years we have been known as Texas Project Counter, and The Texas Reproductive Rights Rally. Andrea Hughes is also a Co-Founder and has been President of TRRR for the last 2 years.
We seek to peacefully unite everyone affected by and passionate about reproductive justice, and provide a forum for them to be heard. We refuse to stoop to the scare tactics, negativity, violence, and manipulation of the anti-choice movement. Instead, we celebrate our strengths, renew our bonds, and share ideas. Our intent is to raise awareness, in hopes that change can be achieved by getting people involved, active, and voting!
We seek to peacefully unite everyone affected by and passionate about reproductive justice, and provide a forum for them to be heard. We refuse to stoop to the scare tactics, negativity, violence, and manipulation of the anti-choice movement. Instead, we celebrate our strengths, renew our bonds, and share ideas. Our intent is to raise awareness, in hopes that change can be achieved by getting people involved, active, and voting!
About TRRR (the Texas Reproductive Rights Rally):
The TRRR organization was created in 2014 with the intent of encouraging a more cohesive social network of activists surrounding the annual repeating TX Roe V Wade Rallies. As we grow we plan to work towards making this a legal non-profit under the name Texas Reproductive Rights Rally (TRRR). It petered out in 2015, but was rebooted in 2017 to continue the mission and nurture the community surrounding the event.
Simply put, our mission is to give people a repeating annual platform to speak about their experiences accessing reproductive healthcare, to create a space for organizations to recruit new like minded members, to promote those public service organizations, and to raise funds to directly support abortion access in the state of Texas via direct donations to Jane's Due Process, Lilith Fund, TEA Fund, and possibly other similar reproductive healthcare access assistance organizations in the future.
Simply put, our mission is to give people a repeating annual platform to speak about their experiences accessing reproductive healthcare, to create a space for organizations to recruit new like minded members, to promote those public service organizations, and to raise funds to directly support abortion access in the state of Texas via direct donations to Jane's Due Process, Lilith Fund, TEA Fund, and possibly other similar reproductive healthcare access assistance organizations in the future.
2018 Rally Organizers
President and Co-founder
Andrea Hughes
Co-founder and Concept Originator
Amanda Rosa
Media Liason and Co-Founder
Paula Trietsch Chaney
Fundraising Coordinator
Danielle High
Organizers
Stephanie J. Morrissey
Kym Whitehead
Maisha Barrett
Thomasina Simpson Tijerina
Stacy Guidry
Heather Ross
Denee Booker
Karan Barnett Shirk
Nichole Miller
Lisa Lynn
Katherine Miller
Stephanie Miller
Elizabeth Ballew
Jessica Soukup
Andrea Hughes
Co-founder and Concept Originator
Amanda Rosa
Media Liason and Co-Founder
Paula Trietsch Chaney
Fundraising Coordinator
Danielle High
Organizers
Stephanie J. Morrissey
Kym Whitehead
Maisha Barrett
Thomasina Simpson Tijerina
Stacy Guidry
Heather Ross
Denee Booker
Karan Barnett Shirk
Nichole Miller
Lisa Lynn
Katherine Miller
Stephanie Miller
Elizabeth Ballew
Jessica Soukup
More information about Roe V Wade:
What is Roe V Wade?
Why celebrate Roe V Wade?
- Roe V. Wade was a historic supreme court decision handed down on January 22, 1973. It affirmed the legality of a woman's choice to seek an abortion under the 14th amendment of the Constitution. It guarantees her medical privacy in the decision, and freedom from government interference.
- "What is Roe V Wade and Why Does it Still Matter?" on USA Network Today
- More info via Planned Parenthood Action:
- More info via PBS
- "The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War." - Via Wikipedia
- More info here via the Cornell University Legal Information Institute
Why celebrate Roe V Wade?
- To peacefully demonstrate resistance to Donald Trump, Gov Greg Abbott, and other anti choice politicians who seek to overturn the Roe V Wade decision
- To unite and energize reproductive justice activists across the state of Texas
- To connect the public with local activism organizations across the state of Texas
- To add inertia the Reproductive Justice movement in Texas and inspire activists of all experience levels to get out and make their voice heard, whether they're veteran activists or just starting out
- Freedom of choice about one's own medical decisions and privacy in those medical decisions are basic human rights which must be protected
- Roe V Wade was not the beginning of abortion, it was the end of women dying from unsafe back alley abortions
- We believe that Reproductive Justice will ultimately be achieved through promoting more access to birth control and more\better community education about human sexuality and reproduction
- Reducing unplanned pregnancies is ultimately the best way to prevent abortions from being necessary
- You are more likely to die being struck by lightning than to die during a legal abortion by a qualified doctor in a proper clinic.