IFPA Choice Meeting

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | press release

Wednesday July 30, 2003 11:41

by pat c

Hi there,
The IFPA is hosting an informal meeting among young women to discuss pro-choice activism in Ireland.

5.30pm, Thursday August 7
IFPA office - located on Pearse Street near the DART and across from the back of Trinity College.

I do work in the US with a group called the Pro-Choice Public Education
Project (PEP), see

http://www.protectchoice.org.

Their target audience is young women ages 16-25 . They have interesting ad campaigns for college campuses and subway cars that
have been very effective in getting young women interested in the choice issue. They also have done research on young women's opinions in the US
on abortion.

At this meeting I would share some of the US-based info but use it as a
way of discussing the issue in Ireland from the point of view
of young women. We could maybe talk about some of the fears or
disinterst in getting involved with the issue and possible messaging
that might draw young women in.

I'll be out part of this week so if you have any immediate questions,
you can respond to Karen Griffin at kgriffin@ifpa.ie or 474-0940. Feel
free to forward to interested friends or bring them along. Please RSVP
to myself or Karen!

Suzanne Grossman (suzannegrossman@yahoo.com)