Caryn Hunt is Philadelphia NOW's Activist of the Year

congrats to my friend Caryn who was selected as Philadelphia NOW's activist of the year!!!!

see below:

In the past decade, 13 hospitals in Philadelphia have either closed altogether or closed their maternity departments, because, they say, childbirth is unprofitable. We are now in danger of losing Northeastern Hospital. Nonetheless, the babies keep coming. According to the very excellent report "Insuring Healthy Births" by the Maternity Care Coalition, "pregnancy and childbirth now account for 25% of all hospitalizations in the United States". Yet pregnant women have an increasingly difficult time getting adequate, affordable insurance and access to the care they need. Philadelphia NOW will join Maternity Care Coalition in Harrisburg on May 4th to promote needed fixes to maternity care delivery in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia NOW Celebrates
Local Women Leaders

Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square
Friday, May 1, 2009 - 5:30 to 7:30PM

Please join us as we honor
CARYN HUNT
for
HER LEADERSHIP FIGHTING CLOSING OF MATERNITY UNITS IN PHILA HOSPITALS

DEE JOHNSON
for
HER ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN IN PRISON

DORIS PRIDGEN
for
HER MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHILA NOW AND PENNSYLVANIA NOW

SPONSORS:
Cindy Bass
Kathy Black
Karen Bojar
Coalition of 100 Black Women
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown
Sherrie Cohen
Joyce Eubanks
Anne and Bill Ewing
Terri Falbo
Gloria Gilman
Terry Graboyes
Earlene Green
Councilman Bill Greenlee
Jean Haskell
State Representative Babette Josephs
Sharon Williams Losier
Dan Muroff
Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO
Angeles Roca
Hal and Sue Rosenthal
Councilwoman Maria Quinones Sanchez
Dawn Segal
Mark Stier
Dr. Bayard Storey
Letty Thall
Diane Thompson
Townsend Freimiller Associates
Judy and Ken Weinstein
Deborah Willig
WOMENS WAY
Julie Welker
(list in formation)

Light Refreshments Served. Suggested minimum contribution: $25.00 RSVP: 215-496-1294. Contributions may be sent to: Philadelphia NOW, 1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 700, Phila. PA 19107

Check our website, www.philanow.org on May 1 for the online edition of our election newsletter!