Karen Kubby
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Karen Kubby is a councilperson on the Iowa City Council. She is also the Executive Director of the Emma Goldman Clinic for Women. She has been a community activist since 1979.
Activism
Kubby has been heavily involved in activism in Iowa since 1979 including standing on picket lines with local labor unions and advocating for environmental protection, affordable housing, supporting the public library, and a variety of other human rights issues.[1]
DSA contribution
In 1990, Iowa City Councilor, Karen Kubby, contributed an article to the Iowa Democratic Socialists of America journal, The Praire Progressive on "Time to Re-Cycle Council Thinking?[2]
Socialist Party USA Involvement
Kubby has served on the SP-USA National Committee since 1980.[3] In 2001, David McReynolds' 2000 campaign team organized a "Draft Kubby" effort for the 2004 campaign for presidency of the Socialist Party USA. However Kubby indicated that she is more inclined to run in 2008 or 2012.[4]
Socialist Scholars Conference
David McReynolds, Co-Chair, Socialist Party USA, Sara Bowling, Labor Organizer, Socialist Party USA, Karen Kubby, Councilperson, Iowa City and John Martin Winter, Socialist Party USA were speakers on the Socialism in Our Time: Where is the Socialist Party Now? panel sponsored by the Socialist Party USA at the Tenth Annual Socialist Scholars Conference. The conference was held April 24-26, 1992 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City[5]
Bernie Sanders fundraiser
During the summer and fall of 2006 Democratic Socialists of America Political Action Committee helped DSA activists around the country, “from San Diego up to Maine” to host house parties to raise funds that helped Bernie Sanders become the sole Socialist in the U.S. Senate.
On October 8, Jeff Cox of DSA and Karen Kubby of the Socialist Party USA teamed up to hold a house party in Iowa City. Cox reported, “We had about 20, including a number of old DSA ex-members and labor activists that I hadn’t seen for a long time.....[6]
Emma Goldman Clinic for Women
Karen Kubby serves as the Executive Director of the Iowa City Emma Goldman Clinic for Women, an abortion clinic providing abortions up to 20 weeks among other services. The clinic offers the following services to ensure easy access to abortion and other services for young people or low-income women:
- Half price gynecology services for teens
- Discounted services for students
- Free pregnancy testing and options counseling
- Reduced fee abortion services for women living on lower incomes
- Additionally reduced fee abortion services for women on Title XIX[7]
In Jan. 2006 Kubby reported, according to the DailyIowan.com that her clinic had "raised enough money last year... to subsidize 1,143 abortions"[8]
Independent Progressive Politics Network
In 2009 Karen Kubby served on the National Steering Committee of the Independent Progressive Politics Network[9].
Water Activism
Kubby stated in an October 2006 interview, "Water is [the] next big issue. It’s the next oil. It already is but I don’t think people recognize it. It will be much more overt.”[10]
Family
Karen Kubby is married to Iowan State Senator Joe Bolkcom. In 2002 Kubby declined to run for the presidency of the Socialist Party USA stating that she did not want to do anything that would interfere with the plans of her husband to possibly run for Congress in 2004.[11]
References
- ↑ http://www.abortionconversation.com/conversationalists.php#kubby
- ↑ Democratic L, Sep./Oct. 1990, page 20
- ↑ http://www.politics1.com/socialist04a.htm
- ↑ http://www.politics1.com/socialist04a.htm
- ↑ SSE Tenth Annual Conference Program, 1992
- ↑ TYR, August 2006
- ↑ http://www.emmagoldman.com/about/access.html
- ↑ http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2007/01/abortion_clinic.html
- ↑ http://www.ippn.org/IPPN_People
- ↑ http://megdoesblogs.blogspot.com/2006/10/karen-kubby-interview.html
- ↑ http://www.politics1.com/socialist04a.htm
