by Ellen Bolotin | Jan 16, 2020 | GOBK News
Thanks to the many of you who have supported coalition efforts and signed RJBK petition letters to stop solitary confinement in our jails and prisons. We appreciate you! Working with the New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC pronounced... 
by Ellen Bolotin | Jul 8, 2019 | GOBK News
Recently, we posted about the #FundAbortionNYC campaign to make New York City the first city in the nation to directly fund abortion care. WHARR was part of a coalition calling on the New York City Council to expand the Reproductive and Sexual Health Services... 
by Ellen Bolotin | Jul 1, 2019 | GOBK News
More than two dozen New Yorkers attended Changing the Conversation Together’s Mini-Training at the GoBK Level Up Your Activism Community Meeting on June 5th. The evening was a great success: of the 25+ who participated in the 90-minute lightning-round immersion... by Ellen Bolotin | Jun 3, 2019 | GOBK News
(Wait, what is bird-dogging?) Bird-dogging. This funny word, originally drawn from hunting vocabulary, describes a serious and highly effective strategy in the activist toolbox. Bird-dogging involves tracking down politicians and asking them to do something you... 
by Ellen Bolotin | Jun 1, 2019 | GOBK News
It’s undeniable that reproductive rights are under attack in our country. Recently, we’ve seen state after state pass outrageous prohibitions on abortion. Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Ohio all passed six-week abortion bans. Then Alabama passed a law... 