By Sydney Epstein
Within my first week at Planned Parenthood, I was quickly
able to get involved in all of the commotion.
After going through the action camp PowerPoint’s, I jumped right into
the mix. My fellow interns and I
searched for possible events to table at.
We searched for art festivals, summer festivals, and farmer’s markets
all over the PA area. We made calls and
emails to many, and quickly began to set up dates.
Once my VAN account began to work, I learned how to upload
my members from the ObamaCare cards into the system. It was interesting to see how many people
said that they wanted to get involved, or receive more information about the c4
advocacy and organizations. Additionally,
there are so many cards that need to be uploaded into the system; this is a
time-consuming and repetitive task.
However, the feeling after successfully uploading a stack is well worth
it.
Most exciting, this week I participated in my first phone
bank. We were calling Republicans in the
PA area and asking them to call Governor Corbett and voice their opinion about
the current legislation sneakily taking place.
While on the phone, we explained the new House Bill 1762 that was
currently in the works. We explained
that this bill would force doctors to obtain medically unnecessary admitting
privileges from local hospitals, and as a result shut down many abortion
providers state wide. We also let them
know that House Bill 1762 was opposed by major medical groups and was only
supported by politicians. I received a
variety of responses, ranging from positive to negative. While this was an amazing, eye-opening
experience, it was difficult to hear and respond appropriately to the negative
feedback.
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