April 2025

Join PPHP for a month packed with events and actions. There will be special guest collaborations, important actions, and community events you do not want to miss!

Check back on the Monthly Activist Calendar page throughout the month. More events and actions will be added.

In-Person Events

Postcard Blitz: Put Repro Health & Privacy in the Budget!

Sunday, April 6, 2025

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., White Plains

The New York State legislature and governor have blown past the budget deadline. That means we have additional time to advocate for protecting patient privacy and ensuring health facilities that provide abortion are strong enough to weather attacks from the federal government. In their budget proposals, neither the governor nor the Assembly included a provision we requested to end abortion surveillance through mandatory patient reporting to New York State and local governments.

Please join us to write a barrage of postcards to advocate one last time for these critical asks in the budget negotiation process.

Safer Sex Kit Packing Event

Sunday, April 13, 2025

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Bronxville

Join us to pack safer sex kits that are distributed throughout our community. These kits include a wide range of barrier methods and information on safer sex practices. The kits will be distributed to students and community members in Westchester County at no cost.

Stop Congress from Defunding

Planned Parenthood

Multiple Dates and Locations

Once again, Congress is working to defund Planned Parenthood. We need YOU to tell your Congressional Representative why continuing to fund Planned Parenthood is important to you and your community. This is a two-part ask.

First, we will gather to draft and decorate our stories, poems, and letters to demonstrate the need for Planned Parenthood in our community. Join us at an event near you for any length of time.

• Smithtown, April 15 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 
• Nyack, April 22 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

Second, each person will select a time on either Thursday, April 24 or Friday, April 25 to drop-in at their Congressional Representative's office to discuss in person their reason for supporting Planned Parenthood, and leave their personal art piece behind. We will plan this action together when we decorate.

Activist Book Club

Thursday, April 17, 2025

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Cold Spring

Join us for the first meeting of our Activist Book Club for a fun night of collaging, books, and snacks! Pick up the first book we will be reading: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti. You do not need to read the book prior to this meeting.

Our goal is to create a safe space to be able to talk about the important issues that we face every day, spanning from reproductive health care to all its social intersections that contribute to barriers to care. This includes topics such as social justice, climate justice, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, and the incarceration system. Together we will share thoughts, ask questions, and have important conversations about the books we read, and the things we see around us every day.   

Virtual Events

Tell Your Legislator to

Fund Reproductive Health

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Virtual

Join us for a virtual phone bank to tell your legislator why funding reproductive health care is essential. As a constituent, YOUR VOICE MATTERS. Let them know that reproductive health care is important to you!

You are welcome to join and leave the event whenever you please - do not feel the need to stay the full three hours. A script will be provided to assist you in your calls. 

Youth Lobby Week

Monday, April 28, 2025 to Thursday, May 1, 2025

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Virtual

Join Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic for a virtual Youth Lobby Week! PPHP will be lobbying for issues that directly impact young people and we want you to be there Each day will consist of a small planning/training meeting and a meeting with an elected official.

Please sign up for as many sessions as you are available! You are welcome to join us for one or all four!

Take Action

No Cuts to Medicaid

Right now, Congress is considering cuts to Medicaid. Let’s be clear: cutting Medicaid funding only harms people and puts care out of their reach. We need you to call and email your representative to demand they vote NO on cuts to Medicaid. 

Everyone deserves access to affordable, quality health care – which Medicaid provides. Cutting Medicaid will widen health care disparities in our community. This is unacceptable.

Want to stay up to date? Become a rapid response volunteer! 

Join our Education Team in Community

Sex Education for Adults

Join our Education & Training team for adult sex education. Topics discussed will include dating, relationships, consent, contraception, hormonal changes at all ages, sexual health and more. 

• Smithtown  | Wednesday, April 23 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• White Plains  | Wednesday, April 30 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Rockland County BOCES Resource & Transition Fair Calendar - Rockland BOCES

Thursday, April 10, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Palisades Center Mall Community Room (4th floor next to ice rink)

This fair will feature support and information for now and in the future. It is for students of all ages with an IEP or 504 Plan, families, and professionals. More than 50 organizations, including PPHP, will offer information and answer questions.

Community Events Corner

Women's Diversity Network's Diversity Summit 2025 | Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Garden City | This day-long event will include workshops (including one led by PPHP staff and volunteers!), panels, and presentations on a variety of diversity-related topics. Throughout the day, there will also be multicultural performances as well as a luncheon that reflects the diversity of the day. 

Learn more about Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Action Fund!

Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Action Fund is a social advocacy organization whose mission is to protect reproductive freedom for all people in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, and Suffolk counties by engaging in issue education, legislative advocacy, and voter education campaigns.

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