Associate Board
We are shaping policy, increasing access, and building up fresh energy and know-how.
In 2021, NYBCAP launched our inaugural Associate Board — since then, hundreds of young New Yorkers from across the state have taken part in our advocacy training program.
The members collaborate with the NYBCAP Staff and Board of Directors to promote reproductive health, justice and rights by engaging in community-based education and advocacy. Through consistent relational organizing and programming support they educate, motivate and empower others to raise their voices about the need for affordable and accessible birth control.
The Associate Board of NYBCAP is in high gear with its endeavors to increase access points to birth control for New Yorkers. Currently, the Associate Board is steering a campaign to bring vending machines stocked with emergency contraception to college and university campuses, transit stations and other public spaces.
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Sign the petition today to help us get emergency contraception placed in vending machines on college and university campuses, in transit stations and other public places.
About the campaign
Emergency contraception is a safe form of birth control which is available over-the-counter in pharmacies and can be easily and discreetly dispensed from vending machines. Across the United States, campuses are installing vending machines for emergency contraception and citing several reasons why their students are supportive of the measure, including patients’ preference for anonymity and privacy, and the convenience of vending machine locations.
Proof of concept exists in New York, as several college campuses already have emergency contraceptives available in vending machines. Additionally, “wellness machines” selling over-the-counter products like pain relievers and cold medicine already exist in New York City Transit stations, could be stocked with emergency contraception as well.
About the campaign
Emergency contraception is a safe form of birth control which is available over-the-counter in pharmacies and can be easily and discreetly dispensed from vending machines. Across the United States, campuses are installing vending machines for emergency contraception and citing several reasons why their students are supportive of the measure, including patients’ preference for anonymity and privacy, 24/7 availability and the convenience of vending machine locations.
Proof of concept exists in New York, as several college campuses already have emergency contraceptives available in vending machines. Additionally, “wellness machines” selling over-the-counter products like pain relievers and cold medicine already exist in New York City Transit stations, could be stocked with emergency contraception as well.
Sign the petition today to help us get emergency contraception placed in vending machines on college and university campuses, in transit stations and other public places.
We are shaping policy, increasing access, and building up activists with energy and know-how.
We focus on policy that will create change and improve outcomes for patients.
There are fewer contraceptive providers per person in New York than in most other states. Our advocates have championed a piece of legislation that would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control — a bill that had been ignored for a decade. This law would ease the strain on our health care system by nearly doubling the number of contraceptive providers. We are on our way to passing this legislation.
We identify simple yet innovative strategies to make it easier to get birth control.
Currently, our advocates are driving campaigns on campus. Their objective is to bring emergency contraception to dozens of college and university vending machines across New York State. The outcome is increased access to birth control and a cohort of activists ready to hit the ground fighting for reproductive rights.
We recruit and engage advocates to help win expanded access to birth control, build grassroots power, and prepare young people for careers in advocacy, policy, and legislative work. The skills and connections they build with us are expanding opportunities for this newly energized cohort of young people entering the workforce.