Championships & Champions!
Tomorrow is the Championship game of our first "official" season and I can't wait! I honestly wasn't that excited about them (just another game) until I went to lunch with my derby wife yesterday (Weedy) who always gets me pumped up. Actually, we use to work together at Planned Parenthood and would make each other MANIC about derby. I would nearly have a heart attack about two weeks before the bout and break out into a nervous sweat. Since we both left each other (both getting new jobs at the end of last year/beginning of this year), we manage our derby stress a little better. It's good to see each other but not that often. And I'm not going to spend a lot of time reflecting on this first year. Suffice it to say, I'm THRILLED and SO PROUD to have been a part of such a great and growing league and an awesome team! I am looking forward to a fuller season next year.
Also, this week, at work, we present oral argument before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals over the pharmacy refusal case - which started while I was at Planned Parenthood and I've been involved with on some level (usually media and fundraising appeals). It was a very exciting and dynamic day at court and there are reasons to feel we achieved some level of victory - though we'll see how the court rules. I attached some links that cover the case below.
Yet again, I am so PROUD to be a part of this organization and to be doing the work that I do. I love it, that in my life, I have worked for organizations who have gone before the Supreme Court to protect women's rights. I have written letters to donors talking about the impact of our work on domestic violence and women in the workforce. I have been a part of a team that pass legislation to extend rights to families. I have been part of great struggles for better health care for all. And people wonder how I can "be a fundraiser". How can you NOT when you're working for such great causes?!
The photos are from my team's photo shoot this past weekend... aren't Carnies just the cutest?
Links to the oral argument in the 9th Circuit:
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This entry was The Best...women's rights and women's friendships and teams and costumes and wooting...you are the best.
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