Please come out to as many events as you can, the animals need all of our help ( Read more... )

After the Natural Birthing Panel, you probably won't hear from us much. We're going to go into semi-hibernation for the winter, we're going to file for non-profit status and plan out next year's calendar- and look for funding! We hope to see you at the natural birthing natural, and please, get in contact if you have suggestions, comment, or ( Read more... )

Every year on the day after Thanksgiving for the last two decades, thousands of people around the U.S. have held demonstrations, marches, vigils and other activities for Fur Free Friday to protest a global multi-billion dollar industry that kills over 40 million animals a year. This year will be no different. Please join us for the MOST IMPORTANT ( Read more... )

From An Animal Friendly Life- please forward ( Read more... )

Pomegranate finally has Diva Cups! Please email us to figure out pick up/drop off times if you either reserved them, or would like one.

They are $35 each.

info [at] pomegranate collective [dot] org (all one word)

Is that how it's spelled? We have some growing in the backyard. I should pick the heads for medicinal properties, right? What useful stuff are they good for?

SHAC-7 Defendant Andy Stepanian has located a great first amendment attorney who has represented members of MOVE, the Black Liberation Army, Republican National Convention arrestees, and many others, and has argued numerous times in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (where the SHAC-7 will appeal their convictions). However, Andy needs to raise $7, ( Read more... )

To get on a Chicago-based listserve on events, actions, and articles relating to abortion rights and reproductive justice, please email us at prochoice@pomegranatecollective.org. And check out our umbrella organization, Pomegranate Radical Health Collective at www.pomegranatecollective.org ( Read more... )

Busy week coming up! We are working on getting Sign Language interpreters and Spanish translators to our events regularly- if you or someone you know would like to request one, or would like to help make our events more accessible, please get in touch with us! Please contact us if you need childcare for an event, we also like to provide for that ( Read more... )

Underneath the din of politicians posturing about "life" and "choice," beyond activists yelling about murder and rights, there are the stories of women who have had abortions...

Come to the screening of Speak Out: I Had An Abortion at Affinity Community Servces. Affinity is a wonderful southside organization in its eleventh year serving Chicago’s ( Read more... )