Press

Advocates are coming together to help people take action, sustain their emotional and mental health, and continue to cultivate community from home. Joint statement on a new video series in collaboration with a robust set of partners, activists, health professionals and academics to help people feel supported and informed: “Earlier today, The Womxn Project, SisterSong: … [Read more...] about PR: New Initiative to Sustain Community in Trouble Times

Monday, March 16, 2020 || GoLocalProv News Team  ||||  The Womxn Project has announced the launch of a new art and activism piece on the need to get rid of obstacles to womxn’s leadership. The title of the video project is #BePresidential. … [Read more...] about Womxn Launches New Video Project Calling Out Barriers on Leadership

By Alexis Rapoza | March 6, 2020 ||| In Rhode Island, local religious groups and legislators have been attempting to block pro-choice legislation from passing on the state level but have been largely unsuccessful. Reproductive freedom activist groups like non-profit, feminist organization The Womxn Project, have organized and campaigned diligently for the passing of the … [Read more...] about Rhode Islanders travel to the United States Supreme Court to fight for reproductive rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 4, 2020 We Will Speak Out and Step Up for Abortion Access  The Womxn Project is proud to be at the State House and the Supreme Court today to ensure when someone needs an abortion they have the right and they can afford to get safe, compassionate care.  (Providence, RI) - Statement by The Womxn Project on two different events happening on … [Read more...] about PR: We Will Speak Out and Step Up for Abortion Access 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 2, 2020  |  Download Rhode Island Delegations Heads to DC to Make it Clear Abortion is Our Right and Our Decision Fifty Rhode Island students and activists are joining advocates from across the country in speaking out about laws that limit access to abortion care and interfere with personal decision making.   [Providence, RI] - … [Read more...] about PR Statement: Rhode Island Delegations Heads to DC to Make it Clear Abortion is Our Right and Our Decision

By Alexander Castro || Feb 10, 2020 ||| ... It’s an obligation that chimes with my own experience of manhood, but it’s not the only obligation voiced in this show. On a series of quilts made in collaboration with the Womxn Project, we see the words of Rhode Island women patched together in defense of the Reproductive Privacy Act, which was signed into law last June. Here we … [Read more...] about Celebrating 50 years of giving women a place to show their work at the Jamestown Art Center

ALLIE LEWIS | Jan 30, 2020 |||  Sen. Bridget Valverde and Rep. Liana Cassar announced legislation last week that would expand abortion access in the Ocean State. The proposed legislation, which would lift the ban on abortion coverage for state employee health plans and ensure that abortion care is covered by Medicaid, was announced on the 47th anniversary of the landmark Roe … [Read more...] about Valverde, Cassar look to expand abortion access

By Rachel Nunes, Patch Staff  || Jan 22, 2020  ||| Two Rhode Island lawmakers are calling for the state to lift the ban on healthcare coverage for abortions under the state's health plans and to cover the procedure under Medicaid. The announcements came on the 47th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which gave women across the country the right to access … [Read more...] about Bill Would Cover Abortions For State Workers, Medicaid Recipients

by: Erica Ponte  || Posted: Jan 22, 2020  |||  Rhode Island state employees and Medicaid recipients could soon have their health insurance cover the cost of having an abortion. New legislation introduced by Sen. Bridget Valverde and Rep. Liana Cassar would lift a ban that blocks state employees’ insurance and Medicaid from covering abortion care. … [Read more...] about Bill would allow state employees’ insurance, Medicaid to cover abortion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 22, 2020  |  Download TWP Celebrates 47th Anniversary of Roe by Pushing Back on Barriers to Abortion Care Activists call on lawmakers to close gaps in access to truly protect the right to abortion! When: Wednesday, January 22nd at 3:00pm Where: RI State House, Rotunda Speakers: Yojaida Heredia, Sen. Bridget Valverde, Rep. Liana Cassar, and … [Read more...] about PR Statement: TWP Celebrates Roe by Pushing to Get Rid of Barriers to Abortion

By Cameron Merritt Staff Writer. ||  Jan 17, 2020 ||| A closing ceremony talk titled “TALK: Artist Cooperatives, Activism + Social Justice” will also be held on Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. with The Womxn Project, a statewide community-based feminist organization that grew out of discussions sponsored by the Hera Gallery following the 2016 election. The talk will focus on the … [Read more...] about Finding their place: Hera Gallery celebrates its origins with exhibition at the Jamestown Arts Center

Steve Alquist | January 9, 2020 ||| On Tuesday evening The Womxn Project presented a panel in the State House library about how, despite last year’s passing of the Reproductive Privacy Act, which codified the protection of Roe v Wade into state law, many Rhode Islanders are still denied abortion services though their state healthcare plans. This state ban on abortion coverage … [Read more...] about The Womxn Project holds panel on state funded healthcare prohibitions against paying for abortion services