Take Action Tuesday
Learn more about Women, Gender, and Health’s “Take Action Tuesdays”
WGH “Take Action Tuesday” is a WGH sponsored weekly advocacy initiative (e.g., phone banking, letter writing, donation collection, etc.) for timely issues at the intersection of social justice and public health.
We’re looking to grow our team with students interested in advocacy and enabling change. Email wgh@hsph.harvard.edu to join!
Past Actions
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 1/23 | WIC and family nutrition |
| 1/30 | Valentine’s Day FreeHer Rally |
| 2/20 | WGH event with Native Wellness Institute |
| 3/5 | Petition for Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response |
| 3/19 | Handwritten letters for donation via Point of Pride |
| 4/2 | WGH Black feminist ecologies event |
| 4/9 | Immigration detention symposium |
| 4/16 | Earth day cleanup signup |
| 4/23 | Overdose prevention centers in MA |
| 4/30 | Boston participatory budgeting |
| 5/7 | Boston Public Schools Green New Deal |
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 9/5 | An Act to Advance Health Equity |
| 9/12 | Equal Rights Amendment |
| 9/19 | Location Shield Act |
| 9/26 | Statewide Accelerated Public Health for Every Community Act (SAPHE 2.0) |
| 10/3 | Rally to End Period Poverty |
| 10/10 | Healthy Youth Act |
| 10/17 | Voting and voter registration |
| 10/24 | Intersex Awareness Day postering |
| 10/31 | Real recourse w/ HGSU |
| 11/7 | Counting LGBTQ+ in the census |
| 11/14 | Overdose prevention centers in MA |
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 1/17 | Roe v. Wade 50th Anniversary |
| 1/24 | Cervical Cancer Awareness Month |
| 1/31 | Human Trafficking Prevention Month |
| 2/7 | 2023-2024 Reproductive Equity Agenda in Massachusetts |
| 2/14 | Families for Justice and Healing – Women’s Jail and Prison Moratorium |
| 2/21 | Boston Neighborhood Birthing Center |
| 2/28 | Racial Equity & Uterine Fibroids |
| 3/7 | Endometriosis Awareness Month |
| 3/21 | ACLU State Legislation Pledge |
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 9/6 | Student Loans & Equitable Pay |
| 9/13 | Monkeypox information and advocacy for all genders |
| 9/20 | Pain Awareness Month |
| 9/27 | Harvard Chan Students for Choice “Pizza and Postcards” event |
| 10/4 | Breast Cancer Awareness Month |
| 10/11 | Attend LGBTQIA+ Youth Health and Policy event |
| 10/18 | Phone Bank to GOTV for Reproductive Rights on the Ballot – Michigan |
| 10/25 | Phone Bank to GOTV for Reproductive Rights on the Ballot – Michigan |
| 11/1 | Phone Bank to GOTV for Reproductive Rights on the Ballot – Montana |
| 11/8 | Election Day: Vote! |
| 11/15 | Trans Awareness Week |
| 11/22 | Support for Club Q & Difficult conversations at Thanksgiving |
| 11/29 | Trans Awareness Month |
| 12/6 | Human Rights Day featuring women involved in developing the UDHR |
| 12/13 | Thank you postcards for local providers performing gender-affirming care |