February Coffee & Chat – Know Your Plan C: The State of Pills by Mail in the US
It’s 2024, and states across the US are experiencing the most draconian abortion bans in our history. But pills are proliferating, through both mainstream and alternate routes of access, and free confidential support services are spreading too. Plan C’s Guide to Pills remains one of the only comprehensive resources for all of this information, in one place. Come hear from Plan C cofounder and digital director Amy Merrill on the state of pills and ways people can help share this information and support new systems of access.
This is a virtual event using the platform Zoom. Advanced registration is required. All are welcome. Zoom provides real-time closed captioning. For additional access needs, please contact us at: info@grrnow.org.
Speaker Bio: Amy Merrill is an artist/activist at the intersection of creative communications, technology and social change. In 2015, she co-founded Plan C to transform access to abortion pills by mail in the US. Under her co-leadership Plan C has grown into a household term, with an award-winning website and nationwide partnerships in research, creative and tech. She and her multigenerational cofounders were named in Fast Company’s 2023 Most Creative People in Business. Amy serves as advisor for gen-z emergency contraception brand Julie (juliecare.co) and new abortion chatbot Charley (chatwithcharley.org). She holds 20+ years navigating complex social issues, from human trafficking to economic injustice to gender equity: which led to reproductive health and access as a current focus. Her design studio Eyes Open leads creative communications for purpose-driven individuals and organizations (eyesopendesign.com), and in 2020 she was an inaugural member of the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s inaugural Design Science Studio. Amy is also an artist, a futurist and a lifelong musician: she writes and performs in post-apocalyptic concept space folk band Formerly Alien (formerlyalien.com), and solo under Amy Batara (amybatara.com). She is based in the CA Bay Area.