Our Mission
ACT is a reproductive justice organization building power through leadership development, community organizing, advocacy, and policy change in our communities.
Build Power. Organize. ACT.
- Womxn
- Young People
- Communities affected by systemic oppression
- Elected officials and decision makers
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Guiding Principles
Reproductive Justice
Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Accountability and Courage
Movement Building
Restorative Healing
Liberation and Equity
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Organizational Strategy
Center young people and hold physical space for their growth and healing
Create opportunities to develop leadership
Build power of our base through community engagement, political education, civic participation, and connection to broader movements
Build strategic alliances with organizations and movements to advance reproductive justice
Increase access to reproductive health services and resources
Educate and inform policies, policy makers, and leaders
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Anticipated Changes
Historically oppressed communities have the equity, access and power to thrive.
Communities inform and drive policies to dismantle systemic oppression
Young people and womxn belong to a unified movement addressing reproductive justice locally, statewide, and nationally
Decentralized personal, social, institutional and political power
Freedom and capacity to radically imagine and realize our full selves
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Get Involved
Want to get involved?
- Volunteer (sign up here)
- Event Committees
- Canvassing or phone banking
- Office support
- Outreach
- Internships & Fellowships
- Join our Board of Directors
- Participate in a Program:
- Feminist Leadership Academy
- SHAPE
- Teen Success, Inc.
- ACTion Teams
- Attend an event
Contact us if you want to get involved
Donate Now
ACT for Women and Girls is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization established in 2005. Honor ACT by assuring sustainability and support ACT ‘s growth to adequately meet the needs of the community. Become a monthly supporter today!
Be Our Friend! for $5/mo, or $ 60/yr you tell us you like us and don't mind affiliating with us. This is our entry donation level for identifying with ACT.
Share Our Goals! for $10/mo or $120/yr you tell us you believe in our mission and want us to keep on keepin' on. This is a basic sustaining membership!
Nurture our Activists! for $30/mo or $360/yr you are footing the bill for the youth to do the advocacy work.
Superheroine or Superhero for Social Change! for $50/mo or $600/yr you are ACT's SUPERHERO. Because of you, we are able to reach more individuals.
Movement Leader! for $100/mo or $1,200/yr you are building the Central Valley voice and helping us grow our movement to reach the Nation!
Donate to ACT's Mutual Aid Fund
ACT’s Mutual Aid Fund will go directly to those most impacted by COVID-19 in Tulare Co, including ACT’s youth participants, alumni network, undocumented families, young parents, LGBTQ youth, and folks who have lost income.
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We are with you all in this space of devastation and mixture of emotions today. Please take the time to be there for one another by showing care, empathy, and love in unity & solidarity. We will be creating a website soon as more resources and information become available.
Join us this upcoming Wednesday at 4pm to process this news and plans for actions. bit.ly/actrjcollective
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Reposted from @liberaljane ⚡️Breaking: The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, which means abortion legality will go back to the states. I am devastated, angry and sad.
Today’s ruling will have deadly consequences, with the harm falling hardest on Black women and other people of color who already face disproportionate discrimination in our country.
No matter what, abortion is unstoppable.
💸 Donate to your local abortion fund @abortionfunds
👂 listen to abortion storytellers @wetestify
🖤follow the lead of reproductive justice organizers like @sistersong_woc.
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Digital illustration of an activist standing in front of the Supreme Court. They have their fist raised, and are wearing an orange jacket that reads, 'they can never stop abortion.'
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#AbortionAccess #AbortionRights #reproductivejustice #MyBodyMyChoice #Art #feminism #feminist #supemecourt #reproductiverights #prochoice #roevwade
Fundraiser for ACT and other great RJ orgs and abortion funds happening now! Thank you @forwardmidwifery & @merlynpitney for putting this together 💚▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️
Reposted from @forwardmidwifery Y'all!! We have a new fundraiser! My mother @merlynpitney made and donated this beautiful tshirt quilt and we are going to raffle it off to raise money for abortion orgs. Donations will be split between the 15 different participating organizations.
Donate at www.forwardmidwifery.com/donate to enter! Link in bio. Suggested minimum donation of $15, but no donation is too big or too small!
Participating orgs are: @agnesreynoldsjacksonfund @thejanefundma @forwardmidwifery @tbafund @vtabortionfund @shoutyourabortion @heyjanehealth @plancpills @holistic.abortions @_nebraskaar_ @nwaafund @memphischoices @abortionfront @actforwomenandgirls and Midwest Access Project!
#fundabortionbuildpower #fundraiser #fundraising #fundingabortionismutualaid #abortion #abortionaccess #bansoffourbodies #wewillsaveus #fuckscotus
😎ACTion Teams are back!😎
Join our newest ACTion Team: the Repro Justice Collective! We are strategizing, organizing, and building community towards reproductive justice and freedom for all. Led by QT BIPOC youth for QT BIPOC youth. All are welcome to join us! Our first meeting is next Wednesday at 4pm via zoom, we will go over what the collective is about and what we have in store this summer.
Interest form link is in our bio or go to bit.ly/actrjcollective
DM us with any questions!
🎨: @emulsify.art
🌞It's that time again!🌞
Apply for a EZE box today! First come, first serve basis and QT BIPOC youth & young parents will be priotized. Click the link in our bio or go to bit.ly/ezesummer22.
We are also looking for volunteers to help pack the boxes! DM us if you are interested in helping out💗
Join us for our Mental Health Webinar on June 23rd at 5:30pm with ACT & Altura Centers for Health!✨Via Zoom!🧠
Please register here: http://bit.ly/acthealth22
💜✨We are Hiring!✨💜
Join the ACT team as our new Program Coordinator. The Program Coordinator will be working on the new FLA and SHAPE programs, as well as working collectively on mutual aid efforts. QT BIPOC, people with disabilites, and alumni are encouraged to apply!
To read the full job description visit our website or go to bit.ly/actpc22
🔺️📣ACTION ALERT📣🔺️
Join us on Saturday May 14th! Join Planned Parenthood Mar Monte for a rally & march in support of abortion access and reproductive justice for all!!
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ACT stands in solidarity with all of the folks rising up against the oppressive systems that continue to attack our communities and bodies. We will never back down, and we will always have each other's back! Know you can reach out to us! We are continuing the fight for RJ locally and statewide. Stay tuned for opportunities in community organizing & strategizing with ACT!
🎬FREE FILM EVENT!🎬
Join ACT & the COS Poli Sci Dept Civic Engagment Speaker Series on the screening of the emmy-award winning documentary Belly of the Beast. This film focuses on the reproductive injustices happening in Women's CA prisions, namely the one here in the Central Valley. We invite you all to come and watch the film with us and engage in a conversation with the director of the film, Erika Cohn.
The film screening will take place on Monday, May 9 at the Visalia COS campus. Free food will be available before the screening! We are excited to share space with you all and engage in social change! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
More details of the screening on the second and third slides😊
RSVP at this link: bit.ly/actbotb