Events:

July 24th
Interfaith Vigil & Service
12:30pm in front of The Episcopal Church of Saint Luke and Saint Simon

July 25th
Nikeeta Slade (ISO) - Black Feminism & Intersectionality
7-8:30pm - The Flying Squirrel community center (285 Clarissa St, Rochester, NY)

July 26th
Movie Night: Not My Life
7pm - First Unitarian church (220 S Winton Rd, Rochester, NY)

July 27th
New York Women, Stand and Fight! Rally, March and Speak Out
12-4pm - Washington Square park (Court street and Clinton Ave to University Planned Parenthood)

July 28th
Women Roc: Community Support for Rochester Women, a street festival
12-4pm - Washington Square park (Court street and Clinton Ave)

July 29th
Equality Rochester presenting on LGBTQ & Intersectionality
7-8:30pm - The Gay Alliance of Rochester (875 East Main Street, Ste 500, Rochester)

July 30th
NOW History of the Battle for Reproductive Rights
7pm - First Unitarian church, room 110 (220 S Winton Rd, Rochester, NY)

July 31st
KaeLyn Rich (NYCLU) with Reproductive Justice 101
7pm -The Gay Alliance of Rochester (875 East Main Street, Ste 500, Rochester)

Women's Equality, Liberation & Defense (WELD)

was formed to protect women in the Rochester area and the state of New York from defamation and harassment. We exist to provide a central structure for community organizers, medical providers, and officials to work together to utilize their resources and mobilize their constituents through education and events for the advancement of women's equality. Our coalition believes women's rights to dignity and anonymity when making personal medical decisions should be protected. We strive to be a platform for the discussion and progression of gender equality and to have a meaningful impact on the lives of women everywhere.

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Operation Save America is an organization with a three-pronged mission: to demonize abortion, homosexuality and Islam. This summer they will be having a week-long visit to Rochester, to denounce the Womens Equality Agenda (WEA), legislation that will codify the protections delineated by Roe v. Wade and permanently grant women their right to choose abortion.

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WELD has organized a week of activities and events in an effort to de-escalate OSAs activities, while simultaneously supporting and defending reproductive rights in the face of a continued assault on equality and bodily autonomy.

RochesterWELD@gmail.com

Rochester WELD