I know a few months ago I mentioned trying to have a green road trip… well, this weekend I headed down to Williamsburg, VA with some members of H*yas for Choice to attend a Planned Parenthood Student Organizing conference.  The conference was amazing and inspiring (I wrote about it over on my other blog) but [...]

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PPSD put up another one of my videos today.  It was really important to me to include the voices of men in these videos– I find that all too often pro-choice is seen as women-only.  I don’t think that this is true but I do recognize that the movement needs to get a little better [...]

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Here is some footage I shot at the Sioux Empire Fair last weekend.  Working at the Voices for Choice booth, sponsored by a huge number of organizations like Planned Parenthood, Pastors for Moral Choices, etc was an amazing experience.  Sure, I met a few pretty fanatical anti-choicers but in general South Dakotans were receptive to [...]

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Here it is, the fruits of that meeting I had to ditch Mt. Rushmore for on my great trip west… I wouldn’t keep something like this from you.
This is the video I shot a week or so ago while out in Rapid City, SD.  Dr. Marvin Buehner, an OBGYN who specializes in high-risk pregnancies, graciously [...]

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Sorry about the puns, I can’t help myself.  Anyway, hard to believe my time in SD is almost done!  I pack up and head out first thing this coming Sat… Seems so odd how quickly the time here went by, not to mention how much I learned and produced (I know you all haven’t seen [...]

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SD is full of beautiful vinage signs.  I’ve started photographing them but know that I’m only just scratching the surface.  Today I’m posting a few of my favorites.

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Now for something completely different, or perhaps I should introduce it as a nice break from the relentless beauty of SD?  Anyway, above is my second video for StandUpSD’s website.  I spent some time with the Campaign for Healthy Families last week and sat down with their regional field director to find out where volunteers [...]

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So, it wasn’t entirely untrue when I told you that I haven’t been creative lately.  My work at Planned Parenthood in Sioux Falls has been the best kind of challenging!  I have to be creative but stay within our message, I get to be politically engaged but on a level that I really, really enjoy.  [...]

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There are very, very few things about which I am certain.  Frankly, when I signed a one-year lease I nearly had a panic attack.  How could I possibly know I was going to be in one city for a year?  And, actually, I wasn’t.  My 5 weeks in SD comes right at the end of [...]

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I spent the weekend walking around Sioux Falls, SD canvassing for the SD Campaign for Healthy Families.  I have to admit, I was a little nervous about going out on a Sat. and Sun. morning to talk about abortion.  After all, who wants to talk about fetuses before they’ve had their second cup of coffee?
It [...]

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