About Us
NARAL Pro-Choice California
is the political arm of the
pro-choice movement.We educate voters about reproductive rights in California. We provide resources and information for voters who want to support pro-choice legislation and elect pro-choice legislators. NARAL Pro-Choice California NARAL Pro-Choice California Foundation NARAL Pro-Choice California
NARAL Pro-Choice California is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization founded in 1978 that works through the political and legislative systems to fulfill our mission: To develop and sustain a constituency that uses the political process to guarantee every woman the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing legal abortion. In October 2003, CARAL and NARAL Pro-Choice America launched a new chapter -- NARAL Pro-Choice California. Maintaining a vibrant presence in the country's largest and most influential state is vitally important to the pro-choice movement.
California's nationwide influence is unquestioned; maintaining the state's strong pro-choice orientation is a national priority. NARAL Pro-Choice California works on both the state and national levels to protect and defend a woman's right to choose.
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NARAL Pro-Choice California Foundation
To support and protect, as a fundamental right and value, a woman's freedom to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices through education, training, organizing, legal action, and public policy. Contributions to the NARAL Pro-Choice California Foundation are tax deductible.
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Staff Amy Everitt is the State Director of NARAL Pro-Choice California and NARAL Pro-Choice California Foundation. Previously, she was the Political Director at EdVoice, a statewide education advocacy organization which works to make schools better for kids. Amy has worked on campaigns and elections for over 17 years working initially in the San Francisco Bay Area on state Assembly, SF Board of Supervisors and governor's campaigns. While based in Washington, DC, Amy was the West/Midwest Regional Political Director at the Democratic National Committee responsible for coordinating national efforts and providing direct support to campaigns throughout the region including the successful campaigns of Kathleen Sebelious in Kansas and Dave Freudenthal in Wyoming, both pro-choice Governors. While at the DNC, Amy championed the Rural Outreach Project which led to the establishment of a Rural Caucus. As the Regional Political Director for the DNC's Redistricting Project, she was responsible for advising and supporting redistricting efforts in the Northeast in 2001.
From 1995-97, Amy was the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and later served as the Country Manager for Southeast and North Asia for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Amy has an undergraduate degree from UC Santa Cruz in American and International Politics and a Master's from UC San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. She is the President of the UCSC Alumni Council, Co-Chair of the California Coalition for Civil Rights, Member of the Advisory Board of the San Francisco Women's Political Committee and the past Chair of EmergeCalifornia: Women Leaders for a Democratic Future. TOP Meghan Doran is the Assistant State Director for NARAL Pro-Choice California. Meghan began her career in non-profit development, serving as Associate Vice-President of Development for United Way of the Bay Area and later as an independent consultant, providing fundraising services for organizations including San Francisco Education Fund and San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocates. Meghan moved into the political realm by joining Platinum Advisors, LLC, a California-based lobby and consulting firm, where she oversaw all of the company's political and charitable fundraising activities. Before joining NARAL Pro-Choice California in 2008, Meghan lived abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she served as Vice-Chair and founding member of Democrats Abroad Argentina, the largest chapter of the U.S. Democratic Party in South America. Meghan graduated from Boston College University with a B.A. in History and currently lives in Oakland, California. TOP Katie Painter is the Special Events Assistant for NARAL Pro-Choice California, coordinating signature events such as the San Francisco and Peninsula Power of Choice Luncheons, Performers for Choice and Privacy After Dark. Previously, Katie was the Events and Development Coordinator for The Volunteer Center serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties, where she worked with the nonprofit community and businesses to encourage corporate social responsibility through volunteerism. She began her events career as a wedding planner, before following her passion for activism and progressive causes into the nonprofit world. Orginially from Ohio, Katie moved to California to pursue her Master's of Fine Art in Creative Writing at the University of San Francisco. She holds a Bachelor's of Arts in both Psychology and English from the University of Indiana. Emma Radovich is the Development Assistant for NARAL Pro-Choice California. She assists with gift processing, data management and with other development tasks. Before joining NARAL, Emma worked as a grant writer and fundraiser for Urban Solutions, an economic development nonprofit in San Francisco. She has also interned at The Marcled Foundation, where she supported grantmaking to pro-choice organizations and other nonprofits. As an intern at Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, Emma assisted with community outreach and worked on state and local political advocacy campaigns. Emma graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Art History. TOP Lindsay Criswell is the Office Manager and Administrative Assistant for NARAL Pro-Choice California. She manages the general operations of the office, assists the State Director, and supports the organization’s programmatic work. Prior to joining NARAL, Lindsay worked in administration at the San Diego Natural History Museum and Junior Achievement of San Diego & Imperial Counties. She was responsible for maintaining donor, member, and volunteer information, editing grant proposals, and assisting with special events. Lindsay attended the University of California, San Diego where she interned at the UCSD Youth HIV Program and helped plan their National Women's HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day. She holds a B.A. in Urban Studies & Planning with a minor in English Literature. Her thesis was on cultural compatibility in clinical HIV/AIDS care. TOP Alexa Cole is the Public Affairs Manager at NARAL Pro-Choice California. She has been working with NARAL since September of 2008 as a part-time Field Organizer and later as Organizer of Programs. She loved working with other pro-choice advocates on the Obama campaign and NO on Proposition 4; organizing volunteers around the state, walking precincts, and defeating the dangerous ballot measure for the third time in the state of California. Alexa is a newcomer to California and has loved being a part of such vital organizations such as NARAL, as well as Emerge California, where she was Program Assistant for the class of 2009. She attended the University of Vermont, where she designed her own major focusing on women's health, a fusion of Women's Studies and Complementary Medicine. While at UVM she directed the Vagina Monologues in 2008, worked and studied in Argentina, and wrote an Honors Thesis entitled A Women's Path: Natural Health and Healing in Argentina. TOP Contact Information
111 Pine Street, Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94111
t. 415.890.1020
f. 415.890.1025
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