Following the SXSW premiere of Tracy Droz Tragos’ documentary film PLAN C, join us to celebrate pro-abortion activists & orgs in Texas—despite the injustice being perpetrated by courts and legislators.
Come through for panels presented by Plan C Pills and friends, creative performances curated by Austin-based arts and culture space Future Front Texas, as well as all-day vendors and moments to connect with local orgs.
Together, we'll honor the collective work that led to this film, the movement and how we can meet this moment.
Chulita Vinyl Club (CVC) is an all-vinyl, all-genre DJ collective made up of women, gender-non-conforming, non-binary, LGBTQ+, and self-identifying people of color. CVC launched in 2014 with the context of providing a safe space for empowerment, togetherness & utilizing music and vinyl as a form of resistance against the erasure of culture. The CVC ATX chapter puts an emphasis on individuals of mixed-heritage combining narratives to speak crucially about intersectional identities. Each Chulita has their own unique identity. They are not to be classified as one nationality or culture; they can be brown, black, or white & all shades in between. The unifying denominator is the belief that el disco es cultura. They have established a strong coalition deliberately choosing to only play vinyl with the goal of activating a musical history that might not otherwise be shared in the digital age.
Flora & Fawna broke onto the Austin music scene in mid-2019 with their debut single “Slow Burn”, described as “summoning a deep city groove – rhythmically incessant, icy cool and modern. You can almost hear it echoing through nighttime concrete canyons,” by KUTX’s Jeff McCord. Their self-titled EP followed similarly, combining the catchy pop-centric songwriting of singer Lili Hickman Waldon with the moody grooves and lush production of multi-instrumentalist Mason Ables.
Nicole Cardoza (she/her) is a magician and storyteller. Over the past two years, she’s toured the country and performed at universities, exclusive venues, for corporations and private events. As a performer, Nicole shares her perspective on stage magic as a Black queer woman, the history and future of Black magicians, and encourages us to find the magic inherent in us all.
She’s also the founder of Reclamation Ventures, a venture studio creating and incubating ideas for our collective wellbeing. It also manages the Reclamation Ventures Fund, which provides philanthropic and early-stage investments in individuals and organizations making wellness more accessible. Over the past two years, it’s granted over $500,000 in direct support to marginalized wellness leaders.
Nicole brings over a decade of experience as a public speaker to her performances. She’s graced keynotes for major conferences and festivals, hosted and facilitated workshops for major Fortune 500 companies, and regularly guests lectures at colleges and universities.
She spends time between Los Angeles, CA and Austin, TX and performs around the world.
Plan C, Partnerships and Engagement Manager
Imani (she/her) is the Partnerships and Engagement Manager at Plan C. At Plan C, Imani facilitates community partnerships to increase awareness of abortion pill access nationwide. She also provides lectures, webinars, and educational videos on how to advocate for increased access to abortion pills by mail in diverse communities. In her spare time, Imani is a Ph.D. candidate in Social and Behavioral Sciences at Temple University and is passionate about transforming family planning systems and institutions to empower individuals of color to make informed and affirmed reproductive choices.
If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, Student Organizing Manager
Erin (she/her) is a proud, Los Angeles-born activist and lawyer who trains and mobilizes If/When/How's law student network of over 115 law schools. She is passionate about grassroots community organizing for reproductive and racial justice. As a first-generation Thai-American and first in her family to graduate college, Erin aims to diversify the legal field by dismantling barriers and prioritizing access/resources for underrepresented identities in law school and as future lawyers!
Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline, Volunteer Clinician
Dr. Julie Amaon (she/her) is a volunteer for the Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline. The M+A Hotline is a team of compassionate clinicians who offer free and confidential advice on self-managing your miscarriage or abortion. If you need support to self-manage your miscarriage or abortion, call or text: 1-833-246-2632.
When she's not volunteering at the M&A hotline, Dr. Amaon is the medical director at a non-profit, telehealth startup Just The Pill that offers medication abortion and contraception for people in MN, MT, WY, CO, and those traveling to those states for care.
Plan C, Media Manager
Martha Dimitratou (she/her), MFA, is the Media Manager at PLAN C. She works as a digital strategist in the sexual and reproductive health and rights space in the US and internationally with organizations such as Women on Web, Hesperian Health Guides, The NWHN, and the Period Pills project. She's active in the digital rights movement.
