Welcome to ARCC's new Student Resource Page! Listed below are a
range of campus organizing tools and resources, which are free to use
and distribute. (They are all PDF files, unless otherwise stated.)
"Dear
Reproductive Freedom
Fighter" - Please read the intro letter that explains the tools and
resources below!
Need
help or advice? If you
have any questions, or need help or advice on any aspect of campus
organizing or pro-choice/anti-choice activity on campuses, please send
an email to the attention of our "Student Network Coordinator" at info@arcc-cdac.ca. Also, if
you are unable to print the resources yourself, we can arrange to send
you limited numbers of colour hardcopies on glossy paper.
Handbook
How to
Establish
a Pro-Choice
Group on Campus - Learn the basics for
starting and running your own pro-choice group on campus! This
34-page handbook explains how to determine if your campus needs one,
how to structure it, recruit members, run
meetings, carry out activities,
raise funds, and
sustain your group. (Researched and written by a Simon Fraser
University
student on behalf of ARCC-CDAC.)
Information
Sheets and Brochures
Pro-Choice
Backgrounder
- Explains the meaning of pro-choice, the current status
of abortion rights and access in Canada and globally, and legal threats
to access in Canada. Advocating for choice requires an understanding of
how access to safe and legal abortion is part of broader sexual and
reproductive human rights that are fundamental for all women, and how
that struggle is ongoing in Canada and around the world.
Snappy Answers to Spicy Questions - A Q&A to help you navigate through the sensitive issue of why students' unions are not obligated to fund and provide space for anti-choice groups.
The Anti-Choice
Position -
Briefly describes key anti-choice arguments, the Canadian
groups that promote these beliefs, and the tactics they use.
Understanding the arguments made by anti-choice groups that advocate
for greater control of women's sexuality through the crimialization of
abortion makes it easier to effectively counter their messaging.
Brochure: "Ten Lies the
Anti-Choice are
Telling You About Abortion" -
Combat anti-choice misinformation with these rebuttals to 10 common
lies. Make multiple copies of this brochure by printing it out on 8.5"
x 14" paper, in colour, double-sided. Fold them and distribute
them at your events and information tables.
Tools
Pro-Choice Stickers
and Buttons
- Print out these pro-choice slogans on glossy sticker paper, or print
and cut them out to make 1.5" round buttons. Labour unions, women's
groups, or non-profit groups might have a button-making machine you can
borrow - ask around!
Pro-Choice
Posters -
Three colourful posters (11 x 17) that can be printed out and attached
to posterboard, or professionally printed onto poster stock. Choose
from:
"My Body My Choice" • "Reproductive Rights are Human Rights" • "It's
Pro-Choice or No Choice"
Chants & Cheers
- A list of
popular pro-choice chants and cheers you can shout out at rallies and
demonstrations. Print this sheet out in multiple copies, cut them in
half, and hand out to participants.
Resource
Lists
Pro-Choice Organisations
- A list of the major pro-choice groups in Canada, the U.S., and
internationally, including their website and email addresses.
Community
Health Groups in
Ontario - A listing of women's centres, public health
clinics, sexual health clinics, and family planning clinics in Ontario.
(We are working on creating listings for other provinces, please check
back!)
Pro-Choice Films - A list of pro-choice films and documentaries. Hand out as a resource, or host a film night or film festival! Some of these can be found at your local video store, while others will need to be ordered. (Ordering information for most of them can be found here: www.abortionfilms.org.)