{{Short description|U.S. non-profit organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = Noise For Now | formation = 2017 | image = Noise for now.jpg | caption = | status = 501(c)(3) | purpose = Reproductive justice, health care advocacy | headquarters = Santa Fe, New Mexico | leader_title = President | leader_name = Amelia Bauer | website = {{url|https://noisefornow.org}} }}
'''Noise for Now''' (stylized as NOISE FOR NOW) is a nonprofit organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, focused on health care, reproductive justice, and women's rights advocacy. The organization, co-founded in 2017 by Amelia Bauer and Samantha Kirby Yoh,<ref>{{Cite magazine|author=Billboard Staff|date=2021-01-28|title=Billboard Change Agents: Leaders Stepping Up In A Year of Turmoil|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billboard-change-agents-list-2021-9517071/|access-date=2022-01-07|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}</ref> works with prominent entertainers to raise awareness and financial support for these causes, as well as for specific health care providers, funds, and education programs.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-02|title=Noise For Now Connects The Indie Scene To Support Women's Health Care|url=https://uproxx.com/indie/amanda-shires-interview-noise-for-now/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=UPROXX|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Projects == === Benefit concerts === In 2017 and 2018, NOISE FOR NOW staged several benefit concerts, featuring the musical acts Grizzly Bear, St. Vincent, TV on the Radio, Bon Iver, and Andrew Bird.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In the Here and NOW|url=https://sfreporter.com/music/2018/09/12/in-the-here-and-now/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Santa Fe Reporter|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Grizzly Bear's Rossen plays in his 'new hometown' - Santa Fe - Albuquerque Journal|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/1220414/grizzly-bears-rossen-plays-in-his-new-hometown.html|access-date=2022-01-06|website=www.abqjournal.com}}</ref> In 2022, musician Daniel Rossen performed a live show in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to benefit New Mexico abortion funds. In 2023, NOISE FOR NOW staged a series of three concerts with Ground Control Touring in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles to raise money for local abortion funds.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=How three star-studded concert benefits came together in Chicago, NYC, and LA to support abortion rights |url=https://www.altpress.com/ground-control-touring-noise-for-now-benefit-concert-recap/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
=== NFN x Seeding Sovereignty Campaign === In 2020, NOISE FOR NOW launched a campaign designed to help mitigate the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Indigenous communities in the United States, through the sale of masks and bandanas. The campaign allowed mask purchasers to donate a mask simultaneously to the Indigenous Impact Community Care Initiative, and a portion of the proceeds also went to the organizations Indigenous Women Rising and the Mariposa Fund for the purposes of facilitating abortion access among Indigenous and undocumented people. NOISE FOR NOW worked with artists and musical acts such as Kim Gordon, Grizzly Bear, Fiona Apple and Cat Power to drive awareness and participation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-09|title=Artists Help Indigenous Groups Against COVID-19|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/07/kim-gordon-tunde-adebimpe-and-more-campaign-to-help-indigenous-groups-against-covid-19/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=SPIN|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-09|title=Fiona Apple, Kim Gordon, Fleet Foxes, More Support Mask Benefit for Indigenous Communities|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/fiona-apple-kim-gordon-fleet-foxes-more-support-mask-benefit-for-indigenous-communities/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Fiona Apple, Kim Gordon, Fleet Foxes, More Support Mask Benefit for Indigenous Communities|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fiona-apple-kim-gordon-fleet-133456746.html|access-date=2022-01-06|website=www.yahoo.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106224939/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fiona-apple-kim-gordon-fleet-133456746.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== 1973 Pro Roe Poster and T-shirt Campaign === Also in 2020, NOISE FOR NOW designed and sold posters and t-shirts commemorating the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Rossignol|first1=Derrick|last2=Cosores|first2=Philip|date=2020-12-11|title=The 2020 Music Holiday Gift Guide For Every Fan|url=https://uproxx.com/music/music-holiday-gift-guide-2020/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=UPROXX|language=en-US}}</ref> Posters could be purchased with the signatures of musicians Karen O, Ad-Rock, Cyndi Lauper, Jenny Lewis, and others. Sales benefitted Planned Parenthood.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Noise For Now Is Selling "Pro Roe" Posters Signed by Karen O, Ad-Rock, TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, and More|url=https://floodmagazine.com/84040/noise-for-now-pro-roe-posters/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=FLOOD|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Our Bodies Deserve Respect Trans Awareness Campaign === NOISE FOR NOW worked with the artist Xavier Schipani to create the shirt and tote bag for this campaign. Proceeds went to Texas Health Action’s Kind Clinic, which serves the LGBTQIA+ community with locations across Texas at no cost for all services; and Independent Abortion Clinics with trans-centered programs throughout the US.
=== Abortion Within Reach Campaign === In 2022, The Abortion Within Reach campaign published a list of demands drafted by abortion funds for a future in which abortion is within reach for all. These demands are supported by 100 artists, athletes and performers including Ad-Rock, Death Cab For Cutie, Bon Iver, Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Neko Case, and Margo Price.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actors, Musicians, And Athletes Join Forces For "Abortion Within Reach" Campaign |url=https://killthemusic.net/blog/actors-musicians-and-athletes-join-forces-abortion-within-reach-campaign |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Kill The Music |language=en-US}}</ref> In honor of Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, Actor Kathryn Hahn interviewed Kwajelyn Jackson, Executive Director of Feminist Women’s Health Center and Oriaku Njoku, Executive Director of Access Reproductive Care Southeast about the state of abortion in Georgia and beyond.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ABORTION WITHIN REACH |url=https://www.abortionwithinreach.org/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=ABORTION WITHIN REACH |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206203011/https://www.abortionwithinreach.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== Good Music to Ensure Access to Safe Abortion For All Campaign === In 2021, NOISE FOR NOW, in partnership with Brilliant Corners Artist Management, Dave Eggers, Like Management, Panache Management, TMWRK, and Q Prime, released ''Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All'', a compilation of 49 songs by 49 artists, on Bandcamp. The cover art for the project, "Liberate Abortion" painted in black on a white canvas, was done by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon. Headlined by songs from David Byrne and Devo, R.E.M., Tegan and Sara, Soccer Mommy, Sleater-Kinney, Pearl Jam, Maya Hawke, and Fleet Foxes, the release was only available for 24 hours and raised funds for nationwide abortion access and independent abortion clinics.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All" Compilation Hits Bandcamp for One Day Only |url=https://floodmagazine.com/119061/good-music-abortion-access-bandcamp-comp/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=FLOOD |language=en}}</ref>
=== Other Events and Campaigns === In 2021, a raffle was held to support Black-led reproductive healthcare clinics and funds'''.''' In 2022, NOISE FOR NOW staged several art auctions to support nationwide abortion access and independent abortion clinics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NOISE FOR NOW: Benefit Auction for Abortion Access 2022 |url=https://www.artsy.net/auction/noise-for-now-benefit-auction-for-abortion-access-2022 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Artsy |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NOISE FOR NOW Benefit Auction: New York Auction Tuesday, February 15, 2022 |url=https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/NY090222 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Phillips |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, NOISE FOR NOW had an art benefit in upstate New York to benefit local abortion funds and Planned Parenthood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlotte Hallberg at Upstate Art Weekend |url=https://hesseflatow.com/news/72-charlotte-hallberg-at-upstate-art-weekend/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Hesse Flatow |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206203018/https://hesseflatow.com/news/72-charlotte-hallberg-at-upstate-art-weekend/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> NOISE FOR NOW also has an ongoing partnership with Propeller called the Reproductive Freedom Campaign that raises money for the local-level organizations working throughout the US to provide and protect reproductive healthcare and abortion access.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Noise For Now Reproductive Freedom Campaign |url=https://www.propeller.la/campaigns/18911/noise-for-now-reproductive-freedom-campaign |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Propeller}}</ref>
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Category:Non-profit organizations based in New Mexico Category:Organizations based in Santa Fe, New Mexico Category:2017 establishments in New Mexico Category:Abortion-rights organizations in the United States Category:501(c)(3) organizations Category:Women's health organizations Category:American organizations established in 2017