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(Fall 2022) Seven Days VT Article Covering CPCs in Vermont, with Mention of Middlebury Student Activist Elissa Asch
This article, written by Alison Novak, gives a general overview of CPCs in Vermont and highlights activist efforts to bring attention to their negative effects on communities.
(2022) NESCAC Coalition to Ban CPCs Petition
Petition organized by Elissa Asch (2022.5) in an effort to ban CPCs from all colleges in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The petition includes information on CPCs and allows the option to add a statement to the petition on…
(Fall 2022) Activity Fair Demonstration Poster
This poster was distributed across the Middlebury campus to advertise for the upcoming demonstration to ban crisis pregnancy centers from the activities fair. It provides information for an organizing meeting a few days before the demonstration as…
(Fall 2022) Signatures from a Petition in Support of Banning CPCs from the Middlebury Campus
Petition organized by Elissa Asch (2022.5) in an effort to ban CPCs from the Middlebury College campus. Signatures include students, faculty, staff, and community members from the Middlebury community as well as various other colleges and…
(Fall 2022) Guide to Educational Resources About CPCs
A little over two pages of linked informational resources assembled by Middlebury activists, including everything from an interactive New York Times Article co-authored by Middlebury GSFS professor Carly Thomsen to a database of CPCs throughout the…
(Fall 2022) Statements from Students, Faculty, Staff, and Community Members in Support of Banning CPCs from our Campus
Various statements expressing passionate discontent surrounding the continued existence of CPCs in Middlebury. Each statement discusses a specific argument against CPCs and/or includes a broad statement of support from an individual or group.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) in a Time of Crisis
This website was created by a group of students as a part of Professor Carly Thomsen’s “Politics of Reproduction” class in the spring of 2020. The website provides information on CPCs and focuses on CPCs’ online presence during the coronavirus…
(2020) Oral History of Grace Vedock, Taite Shomo, and Professor Carly Thomsen
This is an oral history conducted by Sophie Hochman for Professor of Religion Justin Doran’s class “Religion and Capitalism.” Hochman interviewed Grace Vedock ‘20 and Taite Shomo ‘20.5, two students involved in the 2018 effort to ban CPCs from…
Medium: “The Debate Over Abortion gets Close to Campus”
This article by Nate Gunesch in Medium provides a profile of student-activist Miranda-Max de Beer. Gunesch discusses activist work against the Addison County CPC, such as the fliers de Beer handed out at the Student Activities Fair, as well as the…
VTDigger: “As crisis pregnancy centers grow, critics argue they mislead clients”
In this article in the VTDigger, Sarah Asch discusses the role of CPCs in the anti-abortion movement, focusing on the legality of CPCs. It quotes both Joanie Praamsma, the Director of the CPC in Middlebury, and Professor of Gender, Sexuality &…