BKForge
@bkforge.bsky.social
Envisioning NY City & State with fully realized health equity and gender justice. Advancing repro health and gender equity through advocacy, action and collaboration. BKForge.org
We raised $11,000 for @movementvoter.bsky.social! 80 people attended our fundraiser to hear @bradlander.bsky.social and MVP leaders speak about the importance of working toward a progressive future together. Thanks again to cohosts @lidbk.bsky.social, @bkindivisible.bsky.social and Arts4Choice.
We’re just ONE WEEK away from our fundraiser for @movementvoter.bsky.social! Join us and awesome Brooklyn partners @lidbk.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social and Arts4Choice for a fun evening focused on building progressive power. A raffle and live music await you! Sign up here: bit.ly/fund_mvp
Join BKForge and friends in less than two weeks for live music, raffle prizes worth over $2k, a cash bar, and a great time supporting @movementvoter.bsky.social to build a Blue Wave in the midterms. There’s still time to register: bit.ly/fund_mvp! @bkindivisible.bsky.social @lidbk.bsky.social
Join BKForge and @ppgnyact.bsky.social 12/3 7:00-8:30 PM for a virtual text bank. We’ll call on Gov Hochul to sign crucial bills to safeguard our personal health care decisions & access to care. Sign-up here: www.weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/a/ppgny-text...
Hey, friends in NYC! Please do sign up and save the day for the 11/15 Hands Off NYC Day of Community Action to push back against ICE in our city! (I'm gonna be helping organize something - it's gonna be fun!)
November 15 Community Day of Action · Indivisible Brooklyn
We marched, now we organize! On November 15th (date updated!), organizations across NYC are planning concrete actions you can take to continue to say NO KINGS and HANDS OFF NYC! Together we will share...
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The NYTimes are asking whether women ruin the workplace and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is electing an all-female transition team. We are not the same!!
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We’re not crying, you’re - Nope. We’re totes crying. This is a MOMENT.
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Join us for a rapid response with @nywfp.bsky.social TODAY to say, as @bradlander.bsky.social declared, hands off Tish James! www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
Hands OFF Tish James Rally · New York Working Families Party
## **CALL TO ACTION** **FRIDAY 10/10 at FOLEY SQUARE** ### On the evening of October 9th, Attorney General Tish James was indicted by a prosecutor handpicked by Trump. Attorney General James has lon...
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Múltiple actions for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social this week! Phone bank, canvass, pick up posters! volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/personal-pos... actionnetwork.org/events/phone... volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/bundle-chill...
Bundle Chill Session - Zohran For NYC
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"For Latine communities, the compounded impact of anti-immigration laws, surveillance, and the threat of deportation, detention, or forced family separation often makes traveling for abortion care impossible." Fund Texas Choice's latest for @truthout.org. Read now: nnaf.org/Q
The Anti-Migrant Crackdown Is Also a Reproductive Justice Crisis
Working on abortion access in Texas, we see every day how immigration justice and reproductive justice are inseparable.
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Nine years ago, @bradlander.bsky.social former GOBK and demonstrated the power of community organizing. He showed us the power of standing together in advocacy and I will be forever grateful for his inspiration- and that he’s only continued to inspire and serve.
Hamilton Nolan@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · last yr."When Trump sends troops here, how will we stand up to them insistently and make clear New York doesn’t need them, New York doesn’t want them, New York is resisting them?" I spoke to @bradlander.bsky.social about ICE, Trump, Zohran, and the future of New York. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/brad-lande...
1 in 5 abortion patients have to travel outside of their state to receive safe, essential health care. Imagine driving 8 hours to see your dentist or boarding a flight to see your primary care provider. It’s absurd.
Really moving speech from Marcela Mitaynes at the New York Against ICE rally. "No tengan miedo por que no estan solos. Aquí estamos con ustedes." "Don't be afraid because you are not alone. We are here with you."
"The fear and uncertainty with which we're forced to live is what Trump wants. He wants us to be afraid. To hide. But now more than ever, we must step up. And do not be afraid because you are not alone. We are here with you." - Marcela Mitaynes
What an outpouring of New Yorkers joining together to protect our communities & say no to ICE. Marching around 26 Federal Plaza where so many are torn from their families. @thenyic.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social @1199seiu.org @indivisible.org @cwaunion.bsky.social @citizenactionny.org
Shanah Tovah to all our friends and family celebrating Rosh Hashanah. May it be a sweet year filled with advocacy and justice!
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Shout it with us (and @teenvogue.com): Immigrant justice is repro justice
Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · last yr."Citizen men are posing as ICE to assault immigrant women [as] the Trump admin is shipping immigrant men to horrific foreign prisons that [operate] as torture sites—in some cases to face brutal sexual violence—and wielding any imperfection in [their] record to justify it" @kylietcheung.bsky.social
Governor Hochul still needs to sign critical legislation protecting abortion rights and gender-affirming care in NY State! With attacks from our fascist federal government heating up every day, signing this legislation now is critical -- great info below for how to contact the Governor on this!
BKForge@bkforge.bsky.social · last yr.With attacks against abortion and gender-affirming care reaching new heights, it's imperative that New York State be a beacon for anyone seeking care. Tell Governor Hochul she can solidify NY's reputation as a champion for repro health by signing these three bills ⤵️ action.aclu.org/send-message...
"We're gonna keep showing up until they stop abducting our neighbors."
Jaysun Silver@jaysunsilver.bsky.social · last yr.I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:
Our lawmakers are putting their bodies on the line to defend our immigrant friends and neighbors. This matters.
Gwynne Hogan@gwynnefitz.bsky.social · last yr.Press warned to back up as DHS police take lawmakers were taken away in zip ties, among them Comptroller Brad Lander and 10 other state reps including Bobby Carol, Marcela Mitayanes, Julia Salazar, Emily Gallagher, Jabari Brisport, Jessica Gonzalez Rojas,... story TK
Trump’s administration decided to wastefully destroy $10 million worth of contraception purchased by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for people in low-income countries.
RFK Linking Tylenol To Autism Could Harm Pregnant People’s Health, Doctors Warn
RFK Linking Tylenol To Autism Could Harm Pregnant People’s Health, Doctors Warn
Acetaminophen is one of the few drugs that pregnant people can safely use to relieve pain or fever—conditions that, if left untreated, can increase the risk of birth defects and premature delivery.
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Psyched for this upcoming event from our friends at @bkforge.bsky.social with @jessicavalenti.bsky.social focused on grassroots engagement and how local advocacy is critical for reproductive justice. Still time to sign up!
BKForge@bkforge.bsky.social · last yr.HAVE WE MENTIONED HOW THRILLED AND EXCITED WE ARE THAT THE @jessicavalenti.bsky.social WILL BE DOING A Q&A WITH US?!?
HAVE WE MENTIONED HOW THRILLED AND EXCITED WE ARE THAT THE @jessicavalenti.bsky.social WILL BE DOING A Q&A WITH US?!?
Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social · last yr.There's still time to register for this Zoom Q&A with me and bkforge.bsky.social Tuesday! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@governor.ny.gov could join us in calling for a #SpecialSessionNow to protect NYers from the MAGA budget. Instead, she's cutting off access to healthcare for 450,000 NYers. NYS has the resources to meet NYers' needs -- we just need leaders who are willing to fight for us!
Invest in Our New York@investinourny.bsky.social · last yr.Welp, @governor.ny.gov is on board with Trump & Congressional Republicans' efforts to make NY sicker. @axios.com reported this morning that Hochul is scrapping expanded healthcare b/c of the Federal Budget Scam. www.axios.com/2025/09/10/n... Our response (spoiler, she should #TaxTheRich instead)👇
Why is @governor.ny.gov caving to Trump and taking away our healthcare? If she really wants to protect New Yorkers, she'd #taxtherich so every New Yorker can see a doctor without going broke. It's really that simple...and popular!
Invest in Our New York@investinourny.bsky.social · last yr.Welp, @governor.ny.gov is on board with Trump & Congressional Republicans' efforts to make NY sicker. @axios.com reported this morning that Hochul is scrapping expanded healthcare b/c of the Federal Budget Scam. www.axios.com/2025/09/10/n... Our response (spoiler, she should #TaxTheRich instead)👇
"Access to affordable birth control is being chipped away through a series of incremental policy changes, legal rulings and funding restrictions that are quietly but effectively dismantling the reproductive health care safety net." thehill.com/opinion/heal...
The right is waging a quiet war on contraception
Access to affordable birth control is being chipped away through a series of incremental policy changes, legal rulings and funding restrictions that are quietly but effectively dismantling the repr…
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