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Want to start something? This movement is yours. Host an event, make art, display SYA posters or videos in your business. We’ve created some tools below to help you get started.
Want to start something? This movement is yours. Host an event, make art, display SYA posters or videos in your business. We’ve created some tools below to help you get started.
You can help elevate the visibility of those who have had abortions even if you haven’t had one of your own. There are three poster options for you to choose from – pick the series that fits your community best or use them all. Hang one in the window of your home or business or make some wheatpaste and get guerrilla—the possibilities are endless! And if you can, please take some pics and submit them to the site.
The first series is a set of of 11.5″ x 17″ posters so that you can help SYA take it to the streets and show the world that people who have abortions are everywhere!.
The second and third poster sets are from a series SYA did for Together for Abortion in January 2018. One set is a color-separated version for screenprinting, and the other is a pdf file for anyone with access to a printer.
About the TFA poster series: For #TogetherForAbortion 2018 we looked through the hundreds of abortion designs that have been sent to us over the last few years and chose 9 to repurpose into a limited edition screen printed poster set. Only 75 copies of each 11×14 poster were printed.
This poster set is inspired by art contributed to the SYA movement by the following artists: Erin Frost, Kirk Damer, Emily Nokes, Andrew Lamb Schultz, Shannon Perry, Maggie Prendergast, Mary Anne Carter, Civilization. Special thanks to designer Mary Anne Carter for providing cohesion to our idea and pulling these posters to life with us! <3
Wearing a button that has the word “ABORTION” on it is a great way to start conversations about abortion in your everyday life—and that’s what SYA is all about! Button making parties are a great way to get people together and make neat stuff.
We have an array of designs for you to choose from! Kit #1 has some tips, templates, a logo pack and print ready sheets of various SYA designs, & Kit #2 features templates specifically made for SYA by artist Mary Anne Carter. Kit #3 has some gorgeous and colorful buttons made my artists Tatiana Gill and Andrew Lamb Schultz. Post some pictures of your buttons on this site –it would make us so happy to see what you come up with!
Although access to abortion care is basically non-existent for millions of Americans, the country is home to over 4,000 fake clinics. These fake clinics lie and manipulate the most vulnerable pregnant people they can find in the hopes of dissuading them from choosing abortion. Gross, right? That’s why our friends at Lady Parts Justice League spearheaded a campaign to #ExposeFakeClinics, and there are a ton of ways for you to participate.
Get involved, find events and tools – including a great set of posters we made with our friends at Civilization – at exposefakeclinics.com
One easy way to start conversations about abortion is to pick up some SYA swag: we’ve got a range of garments, zines and media. And trust us: wearing something that says the word “ABORTION” changes the world around you. Every. Single. Time. All sales support actions by SYA!
Got a blank wall? We have gorgeous portraits of people wearing SYA’s “Everyone Knows I Had An Abortion” shirts in places all over the USA. You can project these pretty much anywhere – try playing this reel inside your art gallery or bar instead of sports or old movies, or get some extension cords and play the reel on an exterior wall! You can loop the reel on any TV with an HDMI port or run them through a projector.
Step 1: Download video file below or Stream online
Step 2: Set media player to loop (Quicktime: View > Loop; Stream automatically loops)
Step 3: Project on a blank wall or stream from a monitor in a venue, bar, gallery, etc.
Step 4: Take pics and post on social with the hashtag #ShoutYourAbortion
Stay tuned for TFA 2020.
TogetherForAbortion: January 2019
Together For Abortion is a month-long campaign of creative, personalized actions marking the passing of Roe v Wade. 2019 will be our third iteration of this nationwide action. Past years have included concerts, book readings, comedy shows, craft parties, storytelling, and more. Events can be big or small. For instance, we might be able to help you print flyers, rent a venue, or even get snacks for your abortion storytelling group. We want to help support you in the ideas that work for your communities. Submit your ideas using this form. Deadline for submissions is November 28, 2018.
In addition to other actions, this year TFA will sponsor book clubs featuring the Shout Your Abortion book across the country. They can be public or private, intimate or large scale. The point is to get together, read, share stories, and talk about abortion in real life. Email [email protected] for more info.
The deadline for all submissions and inquires is November 28, 2018.
Created for SYA by artist John Criscitello, this art gets right to the point. It is high-res and available to download! You can use it to make posters (SYA wheat-pasted a giant poster-sized version on the streets of Seattle and you can too!), stickers, share online, cover telephone poles, use as a screensaver, do covert screensaver replacements, get a tattoo, put up in your dorm room or your office…the options are endless and up to you! Please feel free to share in whatever way makes sense for you. Non-commercial use only, please!
When appropriate, please credit artist John Cristcitello. Thank you!
The Shout Your Abortion book is a collection of abortion stories, creative work, and tools designed to help readers join the movement to normalize abortion by starting conversations in their own lives. SYA wants to help facilitate these conversations however we can—and that’s why we’re sponsoring book clubs across the country!
Book clubs can be large or small, digital or IRL, public or private.
DEADLINE: 5/1/19 for book clubs happening before 9/1/19
Author and SYA cofounder Lindy West’s new 6-episode series Shrill is now available on Hulu. (Hulu is a paid streaming media service that costs as little as $5.99 a month and you can cancel anytime.)
The show revolves around a smart, hilarious, absolutely adorable young fat chick just living her life. And, spoiler alert: sometimes living your life means having an abortion! The portrayal of abortion on Shrill is a huge win in the fight to end the toxic culture of secrecy surrounding abortion. It’s a representation of the fact that abortion is normal, everyone’s experience is different, and nobody should go through this experience feeling totally alone.
You can celebrate this moment with us by hosting your own Shrill watching party! We’ll sponsor the party by sending you some SYA swag for your guests. This is obviously a great excuse to get together with people you love and talk openly about abortion (not that you needed one). Sign up to host a watch party and don’t forget to tag us on social!
