Never think that a small voice floating in the ether can't be heard. It can when we join together. In honour of National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW), running with my original idea, and in the spirit of community--a surge of blogtavism.
On Thursday, November 8th, Melissa and I are pulling together a project we are calling Twelve and a Half Fighting Back. The twelve-and-a-half are the 12.5% of the population experiencing infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. This project's purpose is two-fold. It is a push for a letter-writing campaign during an election year and it is an amalgamation of stories, putting a very human touch to an experience that is often held at arm's length by politicians and the general public.
For the My Story project, click here to read more on Melissa's blog and see how you can participate.
For the letter writing campaign, click here to send a letter full of cold, hard facts to your senators and representatives. Help to create change by making your voice heard! Our government is "for the people, by the people"; let's let those in charge know what issues are important to us. If we make a big enough noise we just might be able to change things for ourselves, for our sisters and most importantly for the women who come after us.
Anyone in the infertility/pregnancy loss/adoption community (in other words, all 1000 blogs on the Stirrup Queen's blogroll as well as all the ones she hasn't found yet) can be a blogtavist on this project. Use your sliver of the Internet to bring attention to the issues affecting us right now--especially the ones senators and congressmen can address and affect while in office.
