<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><div><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">With the support of ACLU Illinois, the Champaign Count ACLU is co-sponsoring a fundraiser for the <a rel="noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagoabortionfund.org/" target="_blank">Chicago Abortion Fund</a> to  promote access options to be held next Sun, Sept 18, at Julie Laut's home in Urbana (info below).<b>  </b></span></span></span></span></div><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">Please consider donating using this unique link: <a rel="noreferrer" href="https://chicagoabortionfund.salsalabs.org/CAFFundraiser/index.html" target="_blank">https://chicagoabortionfund.salsalabs.org/CAFFundraiser/index.html</a>.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><b><br></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><b> </b>If you plan to attend in person (suggested min. $25), RSVP to <a style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">jlaut@hushmail.com</a>.<br></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><b>Backyard Event Benefiting the <a rel="noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagoabortionfund.org/" target="_blank">Chicago Abortion Fund</a>:</b></span></span></span></span><br><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><div>Food, drinks, and conversation!</div><div>Live music from cellist briar schlenker and singer/songwriter Emily Ann McKown!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sunday, Sept 18, from 5:30-8pm</div><div>Julie Laut's Home</div><div>505 W. Main St., Urbana</div><div>Suggested minimum donation: $25</div></span></span></span></span></div><div>(Cash, check, or <a rel="noreferrer" href="https://chicagoabortionfund.salsalabs.org/CAFFundraiser/index.html" target="_blank">online donations</a> welcomed)<br></div></span><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div><br><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><div><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">This event is hosted by Julie Laut, ACLU steering committee member, developed in collaboration with Leslie Reagan, </span></span></span></span><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">Planned Parenthood of Illinois, and Uniting Pride, and co-sponsored by </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Champaign County ACLU.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"></span></span></div></span></span></span></span><br></div><div>100% of donations will go to <span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">the <a rel="noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagoabortionfund.org/" target="_blank">Chicago Abortion Fund</a>, which provides financial, logistical, and emotional support to people seeking abortion care in Chicago, in Illinois, and in the Midwest. </span></span></span></span>We have set a fundraising challenge of $3000 with a suggested $25 minimum donation. Cash, checks, and <a rel="noreferrer" href="https://chicagoabortionfund.salsalabs.org/CAFFundraiser/index.html" target="_blank">online donations</a> will be accepted at the event. <span style="line-height:21px">With abortion restrictions spreading across the country, direct financial support is more important than ever.</span><br></div><div><br></div></span><div><b><i>Spread the word, fellow activists! We must do what we can to ensure continued safe, legal access to abortion</i></b></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>