In honor of Trans Visibility Day celebrated on 3/31 and in the memory of Phyllis Lyon November 10, 1924 – April 9, 2020, we are calling on friends, allies, and members of our clinic community to join our Rally-By-Phone every day at 3:31pm to appeal to Mayor Breed to take immediate action to save the vital services of Lyon Martin and Women’s Community Clinics. If you can’t join the action at 3:31pm you can still call anytime, or send the Mayor an email. You can also share this video!
We recommend using the following script as a guide for your calls and emails to the Mayor:
Hello Mayor Breed,
My name is _____ (also name your organization if applicable) and I am calling today to call on your office take immediate action to stop the closure and 90% service reductions at Lyon Martin and Women’s Community Clinics. Allowing these clinic doors to close will leave thousands of sexual and gender minorities without their primary care home in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic—this is an unacceptable outcome. These clinics have made an in impact in my life by…..(please share a personal example of why the clinics are important to you personally, a family member or friend, your organization, etc). Mayor Breed it is imperative that you immediately meet with the stakeholders, and provide emergency funding for Lyon Martin and Women’s Community Clinics.