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<h1 style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:#800080;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We Won't Go Back! We Will Fight Back!</span></h1>
<h2 style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">National Day of Actions for Women's Equality Day</span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Sunday, August 25 - 2:00 PM<br>Park St. Station - Boston</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/405921736179809/" target="_blank">Click here for the Facebook event</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em>As part of nationwide demonstrations in honor of Women's Equality Day, WORD Boston and other organizations and individuals are joining together for a rally in Boston. <a href="http://www.defendwomensrights.org/news/call-to-action-nationwide.html" target="_blank">Click here to read the full call to action from WORD</a></em></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><img src="http://www2.answercoalition.org/images/content/pagebuilder/WORD_Photo_-_Single_Mothers_Poverty.jpg?donottrack=true" border="0" alt="WORD NYC Action 03-09-13" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="300" height="225" align="right">Across the country, abortion rights, voting rights and workplace protections are under attack. While Black and Brown youth are targeted and face constant persecution, racist police and the George Zimmerman's of the world roam free. Right-wing and corporate forces seek to undo the gains won by the Civil Rights movement, the movement for women’s rights and every progressive movement that has changed the history of this country for the better. Women nationwide are taking the streets to defend the gains of our movements and to push for greater rights and equality for all.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><strong>Full reproductive rights now:</strong> Access to safe, legal abortion and birth control – on demand. We want healthcare that covers these services and access to it for all women. We want the information that we need to stay healthy, including an end to abstinence-only sex education in our schools. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><strong>Defend women in the workplace:</strong> Close the wage gap and provide equal pay for equal work. All jobs must offer maternity leave, access to childcare and an end to discrimination against working mothers. End sexual harassment at work.</span></span></span></span></li>
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the budget cuts:</strong> Cutting federal, state and local social services punishes poor women. We demand government funding for SNAP, WIC and other social services that millions of working and poor women depend on.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><strong>We want full equality and respect now:</strong> Fight racism, sexism and anti-LGBT bigotry. Stop the exploitation and commercialization of women in mass media. An injury to one is an injury to all!</span></span></span></span></li>
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