To Everyone Attending the Tonys:

I am writing to ask you to use your appearance at the Tonys to show that you refuse to accept the Supreme Court decimating women’s fundamental right to abortion and to inspire and challenge others to stand up and fight now.

The Supreme Court’s cruel plan to repeal Roe v. Wade and wipe out the right to abortion is a major attack which must be DEFEATED NOW – this June – before it is hammered into law.

This could be done if people in our millions make clear, through massive non-violent resistance, that we will bring the gears of society to a grinding halt before we allow the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.

I’d like to strategize with you about how to impact the Tonys in the most compelling and dramatic way possible. Ideas include:

** Wear the Green Bandana on the red carpet and all night. This is the powerful symbol of fierce struggle for abortion rights which originated in Argentina and spread throughout Latin America and worldwide. Post a pic of yourself with it now using the hashtag #Green4Abortion.

** Invite one of the very young women who has been leading student walk-outs and/or myself to walk the red carpet to make a visual statement together. I have some ideas we could discuss.

** In interviews, and if you win an award, speak to the responsibility of the artist and all of us to Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights NOW to STOP the Supreme Court from overturning Roe. It is far harder to win a right back once it is taken, then to defend it while we still have it.

The repeal of a previously recognized Constitutional right has never been done before. This would be a massive attack on women, one-half of humanity, that on top of everything else would fall hardest on Black, Latina, and other particularly oppressed peoples. Not only that; it would put birth control and the rights of LGBTQ people in the crosshairs next.

You have a unique opportunity to be heard with a message that can inspire and strengthen others in standing up! For any of us to remain silent at this dangerous hour is to further the unconscionable dynamic of otherwise good people acquiescing to a grave crime.

Let’s work together to make a big difference in calling forward the fighting spirit of millions to STOP the Supreme Court from giving the state the right to hijack women’s bodies and force them to have children against their will with all the violence and dehumanization that entails. Let’s give all we’ve got to win a huge victory for women and girls for generations to come.

warmly,

Sunsara Taylor

an initiator of RiseUp4AbortionRights.org

co-host of The RNL – Revolution, Nothing Less! – Show