September 2023

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.

Join us for National Voter Registration Day

September 19 and 20, 2023

Three Opportunities to Volunteer in Person

Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic is participating in National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, September 19 and Wednesday, September 20! We will be gathering in person to educate our communities on the importance of voting and providing support in registering to vote.

You have three opportunities to join us! 

• Tuesday, September 19: Smithtown, Text Bank from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, September 19: Rockland Community College, Community Canvass from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, September 20: White Plains, Text Bank from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

Quilting for Comprehensive Sex Education

September 30, 2023

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., White Plains

Join us as we come together to create a quilt calling for legislative action on comprehensive sex education. 

Beginning with a brief teach-in to explain what sex education is and why it’s important, we will then move into our main event of the day: quilting (Planned Parenthood style). Each attendee will use the various materials provided to represent a sex ed statistic of their choice on their own personal square. The squares will then be placed together to form a larger quilt encompassing both positive and negative statistics all emphasizing why state legislation mandating comprehensive sex education is so vital. 

No quilting or craft experience is necessary -- just come ready to be creative and in community with other sexual and reproductive health care activists!

We don’t want you to miss this one-of-a-kind event!

Youth Fall Actions

Two Opportunities to take Action

Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic is inviting people aged 14-20 to participate in our Fall Actions!

Are you interested in advocacy, education, reproductive rights and freedom? Then this is the perfect place for you! Join us for two special actions just for you!

Saturday, October 7 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. for a Community Canvass

We will be going door-to-door in Westchester to share information about Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic services and help people register to vote!

Thursday, November 2 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. for a Text Bank

We will be meeting up virtually to text voters in our community to make sure they know where their polling locations are and how to make a plan to vote in 2023!

Community service hours will be available for both events!

Get an Activist Bundle!

Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic wants to give YOU the opportunity to organize and engage in your local community. We are currently offering an action activist bundle to give you all the resources and materials you need to plan your own activist event.

Current Activist Bundle: Voter Registration!

Send a Safer Sex Kit!

Do you have someone in your life going away to college? Show them you care about their health by sending them a safer sex kit in the mail! It is time to make sure all young people have access to safe and effective contraception.

Looking for a regular/weekly volunteer opportunity?

Become a Health Center Advocacy Program Volunteer! Learn more at an upcoming HCAP Info Session. Upcoming dates and more information are available via the link below. 

Check out our Medium Page!

Stories have the power to change lives. During this critical time, it is important that we center those most directly impacted by access to sexual and reproductive health care – you.  

This page is open to anyone who wishes to share why access to sexual and reproductive health care is important to them. Are you interested in sharing your story? Please fill out this Share Your Story form and we will get in touch with you!

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.

If you would like to learn more about PPHP Action Fund and receive communications about upcoming events, you can opt-in at the link below!