100% of proceeds after initial recording costs will go to Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes.
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We have work to do. After the results of the 2016 presidential election were in, many people in America--especially women, minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and those of us residing in the lower and middle class income bracket--felt strong emotions, ranging from fear to anger to depression, and were left wondering what to do to most effectively combat the threat of harmful decisions affecting our daily way of life, including our health and reproductive care, our protection from discrimination, our public school funding, the preservation of land inhabited by our native people and our national parks, the status and security of our immigrant population, our freedom of speech and of information-seeking...the list goes on. We made signs, and we marched; we paid attention, and we learned; we called our representatives; we began to more consciously support businesses owned by people of color; we used our voices, gathered in solidarity, lost sleep; my mom and I had a hundred buttons printed that read, “I will do my best to stop any bigot who messes with you,” and we passed them out to anyone who wanted one. But for me, none of it felt like enough, so with my husband and writing partner, Mike Suave, I turned to the place we both feel most at home and most effective: music.

Together we wrote a song, which always begins as a personal and quiet act but one that can potentially transform into something larger and more widely received. We began thinking about the many important organizations that were already under direct attack within the emerging political climate, and Planned Parenthood surfaced at the top of the list. We sought to collaborate with other members of our vibrantly creative hometown musical community working in different genres, and we decided to use this effort to raise funds for our local Planned Parenthood. While I’d like to let the song mostly speak for itself, I will say that its intention is to unite, uplift, motivate, and mobilize, and we would like our friends, families, larger community, and anyone who will listen to join our effort to raise funds for an organization that we all believe in.

The writers and musicians are not accepting compensation for their work. After initial recording costs, one hundred percent of the proceeds of this song will go directly to Planned Parenthood, and the donations will be perpetual: any time in the future that someone downloads the song (for a price of their choosing), that money will go directly to PP of the Southern Finger Lakes.

Thank you for helping us make the music that helps great organizations like Planned Parenthood continue to provide valuable services to our community.

Special thanks to Rachael Behling and Alicia Kenaley at Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes for their work in forging this partnership.

With love and in solidarity,
Maddy