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| The Human Rights Campaign: www.hrc.org |
A life of passionate involvment.
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| I believe that one of the best ways to honor my sister's memory is to spread awareness of the issues she passionately cared about, and to provide people with access to information about Megan's favorite causes. Megan was a volunteer and intern at Planned Parenthood of Connecticut and was their Campus Educator/Studen Liaison at ECSU. She frequently set up a table on campus to hand out educational materials, information about available services, and condoms. She participated as an activist to ensure that laws in Connecticut and nationally would not restrict the reproductive health rights of individuals. Megan visited the Connecticut State Capitol two days before she died to advocate for a bill that would guarantee EC, or "the morning-after pill" to victims of sexual assault. We found out on the day of her funeral that the bill passed. I am still so proud of my baby sister for this, but it is a single anecdote from her life of courage, involvement, and a passion to advocate for what she believed was right. Megan was majoring in Social Work and was in the process of training to be a Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor. She was a member of ECSU's chapter of NOW, and she was a supporter of NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut, The Human Rights Campaign, The Feminist Majority, and she participated in a production of the Vagina Monologues. She was extraordinary, beautiful, and driven. One of her goals was to establish a career after college as a Sexual Health Educator in some capacity. Here, I will share links to groups she was interested or involved in, as well as updates on legislative issues that come to my attention and information on how you can help. Most of my information on legislative issues comes from my email subscription to Planned Parenthood's Action Alerts. To receive these alerts, you can click on this link: Get Action Alerts for Reproductive Justice Issues |
The National Organization for Women: www.now.org |
Planned Parenthood: www.plannedparenthood.org |
| IPAS (to address international reproductive justice issues) www.ipas.org |
| Please click on the websites provided below for more information about the organization listed; |
| V- Day (Eve Ensler's organization to fight violence against girls and women) www.vday.org/main.html |
| Americans United for the Separation of Church and State www.au.org |
"It is my personal belief that Women’s Studies holds in the heart of it’s broad
curriculum the idea that we as women are sisters, and the path to equality and
understanding is paved with the understanding of each other’s differences. The
struggles and heartbreak of myself and the women around me, and the ways we are
all able, as sisters on a domestic and global scale, to help each other heal and become
empowered define my reasons for entering into this field"
-Megan Kleczka
curriculum the idea that we as women are sisters, and the path to equality and
understanding is paved with the understanding of each other’s differences. The
struggles and heartbreak of myself and the women around me, and the ways we are
all able, as sisters on a domestic and global scale, to help each other heal and become
empowered define my reasons for entering into this field"
-Megan Kleczka
| Sexual Assault Crisis Center of Eastern Conn. www.saccec.org |
| The Global Campaign (for microbicides www.global-campaign.org |
| First Freedom First (Religious liberty and Separation of Church & State) www.firstreedomfirst.org |
| This plaque is at the Connecticut headquarters for Planned Parenthood in New Haven. It stands as a memorial to Megan and all of the work she did (and would continue to do!). It contains a quote from her application for an internship at PPCT. The lower part of the plaque reads: "A large group of people hearing me talk about reproductive justice and health is not what scares me. What scares me is the idea of nobody talking about the subjects at all." |
Megan was ardently pro-choice. She also believed in honest, responsible, thorough
sex education. She admired educators like Sue Johannsen (pictured, middle), who
dealt with sexual topics intelligently, candidly, and responsibly. For this reason and
many others, she joined VOX - a campus organizer/activist program with Planned
Parenthood. I am so proud of her for having well-defined beliefs and values that
she was willing to fight for. My baby sister was extraordinary.
sex education. She admired educators like Sue Johannsen (pictured, middle), who
dealt with sexual topics intelligently, candidly, and responsibly. For this reason and
many others, she joined VOX - a campus organizer/activist program with Planned
Parenthood. I am so proud of her for having well-defined beliefs and values that
she was willing to fight for. My baby sister was extraordinary.
| The Feminist Majority Foundation www.feminist.org |
| Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood of America, is now on Twitter! Click here to check it out: www.twitter.com/cecilerichards |