A note: this archive is being linked up entry by entry. Many items are also collected at VOTEPROCHOICE → About: Press.

2024

• Nob Hill Gazette — “Classically A-List” (Dec 3, 2024). Listed in San Francisco’s A-List society paper.
• San Francisco Examiner — “SF Advocates say Prop O win bittersweet amid federal election results” (Nov 19, 2024). Interview on the successful San Francisco Reproductive Freedom Act campaign, winning by over 84%.
• San Francisco Standard — “Abortion ballot measure that preps for second Trump term passes handily” (Nov 8, 2024). Featuring Mayor London Breed and Heidi Sieck, Finance Director of the Prop O campaign.
• Radio France — “She knows how to bring people together” (Nov 4, 2024). Interview on Kamala Harris and the San Francisco Bay Area.
• La Tercera (Brazil) — “Five key episodes in the biographies of the White House candidates” (Nov 3, 2024).
• The New York Times — Survivors for Kamala open letter and full-page ad, “Remind Americans Trump is a Sexual Abuser” (Oct 23, 2024). Heidi Sieck listed on the full-page ad.
• PBS, Laura Flanders & Friends — Episode 129: “Trans Rights and the Battle for Bodily Autonomy” (Oct 21, 2024). Panelist on the post-Dobbs political landscape.
• San Francisco Examiner — “Bay Area podcast bears witness to Kamala Harris” (Oct 21, 2024). Feature on the 100 Days of Kamala podcast including Heidi Sieck as featured guest.
• Nob Hill Gazette — “Meet the Women Behind Vice President Kamala Harris” (Sep 24, 2024).
• Los Angeles Times — “On Kamala Harris’ San Francisco home turf, old friends root for her on presidential debate night” (Sep 11, 2024). Watch party at Heidi Sieck and Alex Tourk’s home.
• San Francisco Examiner — “Harris-Trump debate contrast clear to these SF advocates” (Sep 10, 2024).
• San Francisco Examiner — “SF abortion rights measure a ‘template’ for other cities, advocates say” (Sep 2024). On Prop O, the San Francisco Reproductive Freedom Act.
• San Francisco Examiner — “San Francisco plays starring role in historic night at DNC” (Aug 21, 2024). Heidi’s role as Deputy Floor Operations Director.
• San Francisco Standard — “The Original K-Hive: Kamala Harris’ SF advisors recall the campaign that changed history” (Aug 23, 2024). On Harris’ 2003 District Attorney race.
• NPR / KQED Political Breakdown Podcast — “They Knew Kamala Harris Before She Was, Like, Famous” (Aug 20, 2024). Recorded at the Democratic National Convention.
• Podcast: 100 Days of Kamala, Priya David Clemens (Aug 2024).
• San Francisco Examiner — “Women in local politics credit Harris for sparking their careers” (Aug 11, 2024).
• San Francisco Examiner — “Abortion advocates have an unfamiliar feeling with Harris running: Hope” (Jul 28, 2024).
• San Francisco Standard — “Abortion is on the ballot in November. The Catholic Church calls it an ‘attack’” (Jul 11, 2024).
• Podcast: Power of Partnership — “Reproductive Justice for All through Partnerism” (Sep 17, 2024).
• Keynote Speech — San Francisco District 11 Democratic Club (Jun 7, 2024).
• Politico — “Scott Wiener plays the long game” (Jun 3, 2024). Quoted and featured for hosting a fundraiser for State Senator Scott Wiener.
• NPR / KQED Radio — “Veteran Organizer of Women Voters on How Abortion Is Scrambling the 2024 Election” (Apr 2024). With Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos.
• San Francisco Chronicle — “London Breed’s first big fundraiser offers a hint at election strategy: Win over women” (Mar 27, 2024). Featuring the women’s event hosted and organized by Heidi Sieck.
• Podcast: MASKulinity — “It *WAS* Time to Loosen the Grip on Reproductive Freedom” (rerun Jan 27, 2024).
• Los Angeles Times — Kamala Harris 2024 coverage.
• San Francisco Examiner — Kamala Harris mentees, 2024.
• NPR — “The Campaign That Started It All,” 2024.
• KQED NPR Podcast — “Abortion and the Election,” 2024.

2023

• Podcast: Smart, Amazing Conversations with Dr. Nancy (May 2023). Interview on reproductive freedom and gender equality.
• Teens for Choice Blog — “An Insightful Discussion with Heidi Sieck, VOTEPROCHOICE” (Aug 1, 2023).

2022

• Journal of Economy and Society — “Intersectional Organizing: Building Solidarity Through Radical Confrontation” by Tamara L. Lee (Nov 21, 2022). Academic case study of the 2017 Women’s March; Heidi contributed.
• PBS, Laura Flanders & Friends — “Democrats Stave Off Disaster, for Now?” (Nov 13, 2022). Post-midterm roundtable.
• Teen Vogue — “Abortion Rights Win on Midterm Ballots Across the Country” (Nov 9, 2022).
• Los Angeles Times — “Tapping into ‘a simmering rage’: Democrats’ emphasis on abortion stopped GOP gains” (Nov 9, 2022). “There is no difference between reproductive freedom and the economy.”
• The Nation — Interview with Katha Pollitt on Reproductive Rights (Nov 2, 2022).
• Scripps News — “The New York Governor’s Race Is Tightening” (Nov 1, 2022).
• WJCT Radio — “Abortion and the Election” (Oct 27, 2022).
• The 19th News — “They see that it’s really in our hands now: Young women work to get out the vote in the wake of Dobbs” (Oct 21, 2022).
• Young Turks: The Conversation — with Adrienne Lawrence, “Young Women Rise to Fight Anti-Abortion Laws” (Aug 31, 2022).
• Podcast: Two Broads Talking Politics #523 (Aug 27, 2022).
• NY1 — “In NYC primaries, focus on abortion access wasn’t enough” (Aug 25, 2022). Studio interview.
• The Guardian — “How the fall of Roe shattered Republicans’ midterm dreams” (Aug 2022).
• Augusta Free Press — “Kansas rejects abortion ban: Is this a sign of Dobbs backlash?” (Aug 3, 2022).
• Vox — “The challenge of turning pro-choice Americans into pro-choice voters” (Jul 13, 2022).
• Podcast: Lady Liberty Is VERY Pissed (Jun 18, 2022).
• HuffPost Live — “What a Post-Roe America May Look Like” (Jun 14, 2022).
• The Washington Post — “As Republicans celebrate end of Roe, Democrats vow revenge at polls” (Jun 24, 2022). Featured in video montage of Supreme Court protests.
• Houston Chronicle — Op-ed: “Roe v. Wade is dead, and Democrats need to send their anti-choice members packing” (Jun 24, 2022). Co-authored with Sara Tabatabaie.
• Politico — VOTEPROCHOICE New York endorsements, Lt. Governor race (May 11, 2022).
• Gothamist — “What a fight for abortion rights could mean for Hochul and New York Democrats” (May 6, 2022).
• BronxTalk TV — “Women’s Reproductive Rights” (May 16, 2022).
• Act.tv — “No More Shock: The Fight for Reproductive Justice” (May 5, 2022).
• Act.tv — “The Fight for Reproductive Freedom Is a Fight for Racial Justice” (Mar 22, 2022). With Stefanie Brown James of The Collective PAC.
• New Media Ventures Summit — Opening night remarks, San Francisco.

2021

• Act.tv — “Protests at SCOTUS: Heidi Speaks on Abortion Rights After Arrest During Direct Action” (Dec 3, 2021).
• The Guardian — “‘It’s earth-shattering’: Democrats and allies vow midterm fight over abortion” (Dec 4, 2021). Front-page banner photo of Heidi being arrested at the Supreme Court.
• Act.tv — “Protests at SCOTUS and the Future of Abortion Rights” (Dec 2, 2021).
• Podcast: Connect the Dots — “Is the U.S. a pro-choice nation?” (Dec 2, 2021).
• Marianas Variety — “Activists rally as US Supreme Court hears high-stakes abortion case” (Dec 2, 2021).
• Augusta Free Press — “Morning of reckoning: What Virginia is about to lose” (Nov 3, 2021).
• Cheddar News — “Thousands March for Reproductive Rights” (Oct 2021).
• Act.tv — “77% of Americans Support Abortion Access: Blocking the Texas 6-Week Abortion Ban” (Oct 14, 2021).
• Radical Camera — NYC Rally for Abortion Justices speech (Oct 5, 2021).
• Podcast: Electorette — “Breaking Down Anti-Choice Legislation and How to Fight Back” (Sep 21, 2021).
• New York Post — “Critics outraced Gov. Cuomo waiting 14 days to leave office” (Aug 10, 2021).
• Act.tv — “Fighting the Attack on Women’s Bodies in Texas and DC” (Aug 3, 2021).
• Act.tv — “Reproductive Rights Are in Peril” (Jul 28, 2021).
• Queens Post — Op-ed by Heidi Sieck: “Rank Pro-Choice Candidates on Your Ballot” (Jun 17, 2021).
• Act.tv — “NYC Primary: The Impact of a Progressive Comptroller,” with Brad Lander (Jun 17, 2021).
• Act.tv — “NYC Primary: The Impact of a Progressive District Attorney,” with Tahanie Aboushi (Jun 15, 2021).
• Rewire — “Anti-Choice Politicians Are Everywhere” (May 25, 2021).
• Act.tv — “SCOTUS Now Poised to Overturn Roe v. Wade” (May 19, 2021).
• Act.tv — “The Danger and Hope for Reproductive Justice Under Biden/Harris” (Feb 3, 2021).
• ABC 7 News — “Vice President Kamala Harris’ former SF campaign manager reacts to inauguration” (Jan 20, 2021).
• Elite Daily — “We Got Arrested at the U.S. Capitol for Way, Way Less than an Insurrection” (Jan 8, 2021).

2020

• Ms. Magazine — “Keeping Score: Getting Feminists Back in the White House” (Nov 18, 2020).
• Ms. Magazine — “Women’s Representation: Trump Drives Away Women Voters in ‘Historic’ Numbers” (Oct 30, 2020).
• NY City & State — “21 in ’21 kicks into high gear” (Oct 30, 2020). Founding advisor and board member; on ranked choice voting and women’s representation.
• Women’s eNews — “Will the Kamala Harris Candidacy Increase the Women’s Vote?” (Oct 2020).
• Fox News — Op-ed: “VOTEPROCHOICE CEO Heidi Sieck: Amy Coney Barrett does not belong on the Supreme Court — here’s why” (Oct 20, 2020).
• Podcast: Putting Women In Their Place (Oct 13, 2020). Long-form interview.
• Marie Claire — “In Honor of RBG, Nine Women Reflect on Her Legacy” (Sep 22, 2020). “Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the only proof I’ll ever need that superheroes don’t wear capes.”
• Act.tv — “Here’s the Way Forward for Reproductive Justice in the Wake of the Death of RBG” (Sep 21, 2020).
• Blue Virginia — Early endorsement of Jennifer Carroll Foy for Governor of Virginia (Aug 27, 2020).
• Act.tv — “Will Disinformation Win the Day on Kamala Harris?” (Aug 20, 2020).
• The New York Times — “Abortion Fight Evolves, Overshadowed in 2020 but with Huge Stakes” (Aug 18, 2020). With reporter Maggie Astor.
• Marie Claire — “100 Influential Women on Why They Are Voting in the 2020 Election” (Aug 11, 2020). Featured alongside Michelle Obama, Stacey Abrams, Meghan Markle, Ava DuVernay and others.
• ABC News TV — “Supreme Court’s abortion ruling raises stakes for election” (Jun 30, 2020).
• NowThis — “What It Means to Restrict Abortion Access During COVID-19” (Jun 15, 2020).
• Women’s March Media — Panel: “Reproductive Freedom in the Time of COVID-19” (May 7, 2020).
• Ms. Magazine — “Abortion Is Essential, Not Elective” (Apr 2020).
• Act.tv — “Lawmakers Using the Coronavirus As an Opportunity to Limit Abortion Access” (Apr 1, 2020).
• Twitch / Act.tv — “Candidates’ Positions on Reproductive Rights After the Elections” (Feb 4, 2020).
• Podcast: Betches Sup #190 — “Why do I need a pro-choice coroner?” (Jan 19, 2020).

2019

• The New York Times — “Mark Cuban Buys Democracy.com” (Nov 22, 2019). Heidi served as founding COO of the platform.
• Ms. Magazine — “Abortion Is on the Ballot Across the Country Today” (Nov 2019).
• Marie Claire — “A Guide to Voting Pro-Choice in the 2019 U.S. Elections” (Oct 31, 2019).
• Podcast: Barbara Boxer Podcast — “A VOTEPROCHOICE Guide” (Oct 31, 2019).
• Ms. Magazine — “Our Fight for Abortion Rights Must Be Bolder” (Oct 2019). Opinion piece by Heidi Sieck.
• GQ — “My Time Inside a Group Where Men Confront Their Feelings” (Oct 29, 2019).
• Breitbart News — “Anti-Kavanaugh Activist: We Could Lose Roe v. Wade Within a Year” (Oct 7, 2019). Speech at SCOTUS.
• Act.tv — “Heidi Sieck #ReclaimTheCourt Speech in Front of Supreme Court” (Oct 6, 2019).
• Act.tv — “Planned Parenthood Relinquishes Their Title X Funding, What’s Next?” (Aug 21, 2019).
• New Founders — Keynote speech: “The Future Is Female” (Jul 2019).
• Act.tv — “Fighting for Reproductive Rights at Netroots Nation 2019” (Jul 2019).
• CNN — “Ohio can block Planned Parenthood funding, appeals court rules” (Mar 12, 2019).
• Bustle — “The Woman Who Sponsored Virginia’s Late-Term Abortion Bill Is Getting Death Threats” (Feb 1, 2019). On Delegate Kathy Tran.
• CNN — “The Women’s March is evolving, but its enemies are the same” (Jan 28, 2019).
• WBAI 99.5 FM — Women’s March special live coverage (Jan 19, 2019). Guest alongside Symone Sanders and Melissa Mark-Viverito.

2018

• New Founders Media — Panel: “Women’s Rights in a Changing Climate”, Chicago (Nov 26, 2018).
• Refinery29 — “Proposed Ohio Law Could Make Abortion Punishable by Death Penalty” (Nov 20, 2018).
• Elle Magazine — “This Online Guide Makes It Super Easy to VOTEPROCHOICE in the Midterms” (Oct 25, 2018). Feature on the National Voter Guide.
• New Founders TV — “GOTV Battle Plan, Advice and Rural Voting” (Oct 19, 2018). Four-part video interview.
• CQ Roll Call — “Photos of the Week: Kavanaugh Protests and Tension on High as Senators Cast Historic Vote” (Oct 8, 2018). Iconic photo on the Senate floor.
• CQ Roll Call — “Hundreds arrested at anti-Kavanaugh protest: ‘It’s time for women to be heard’” (Oct 5, 2018). Arrested alongside Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski among 300+.
• Politico — “Kavanaugh Confirmation: Demonstrators Descend on D.C.” (Oct 4, 2018).
• Bustle — “This Video of a GOP Senator Telling Sexual Assault Survivors to ‘Grow Up’ Will Stun You” (Oct 4, 2018).
• Elle Magazine — “Meet the People Putting Their Bodies on the Line to Protest Brett Kavanaugh” (Oct 4, 2018).
• New York Daily News — “Women’s groups march against Kavanaugh, call FBI probe a scam” (Oct 4, 2018).
• Vice — “Piper Perabo and Linda Sarsour Among 143 Arrested in Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing Protests” (Sep 6, 2018).
• CQ Roll Call — “73 Demonstrators Arrested During Second Kavanaugh Hearing” (Sep 6, 2018).
• NBC News — “Pressure builds on key senators as Kavanaugh vote is delayed one week” (Sep 28, 2018).
• NBC News — “Controversial Kavanaugh hearings draw protests to Capitol Hill” (Sep 27, 2018).
• Glamour — “#MeToo Advocate Alyssa Milano: Christine Blasey Ford Has ‘Zero Reason to Lie’ About Brett Kavanaugh” (Sep 21, 2018).
• VICE — “I Was Arrested for Protesting Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Confirmation Hearing” (Sep 5, 2018). First-person account.
• Democracy Now! — “Brett Kavanaugh Senate Confirmation Protest” (Sep 5, 2018).
• ABC News — “Protesters interrupt the Brett Kavanaugh hearing” (Sep 4, 2018).
• No IDC NY — Speech: “Roe v. Wade at RISK in NY” (Aug 31, 2018).
• Rewire — “Reproductive Rights in New York: Governor Cuomo’s Pink Smoke and Mirrors” (Aug 17, 2018).
• Rewire — “Dispatch from Netroots: You Don’t Need to Compromise on Abortion to Win” (Aug 8, 2018). With Rep. Deb Haaland.
• VICE — “Congrats to These Congressmen Ranked ‘Worst for Women’” (Aug 8, 2018).
• WXXI News — “Cuomo Threatens Legal Action if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned” (Jul 11, 2018).
• New Founders — Keynote: #fortheWIN2018 (Jul 9, 2018).
• The Hill — Op-ed: “In 2018 midterms, Democrats must stop sidelining abortion” (Jun 13, 2018).
• NowThis — “VOTEPROCHOICE CEO Heidi Sieck on Reproductive Rights in America” (Jun 26, 2018).
• The Intercept — “In New York, Women Are Taking on the New York Machine. But EMILY’s List Is Staying on the Sidelines” (Jun 26, 2018).
• The Intercept — “A Pro-Choice Woman Is Running Against a Male Democrat Who Voted to Restrict Abortion. Why Are Women’s Groups Silent?” (May 8, 2018). On Kara Eastman’s congressional race.
• Brooklyn Eagle — “Campaign 101 tries to make political process comprehensible” (Mar 29, 2018).

2017

• 1:1 Interview with Aly Palmer (BETTY) — at Brooklyn phone bank (Nov 5, 2017).
• The Washington Post — “At Women’s Convention, Virginia activists urge fellow progressives to help in gubernatorial race” (Oct 29, 2017).
• Podcast: The Great Battlefield #55 — “Connecting Pro-Choice Voters with Pro-Choice Candidates” (Oct 16, 2017).
• Queens Gazette — “Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Rings NASDAQ Opening Bell in Honor of Women’s History” (Aug 30, 2017).
• The New York Times — “XOXO Campaign: Will It Spell Profit or Trouble for Condom Maker?” (Apr 23, 2017).
• Vice — “How to Protest Trump When You’re Disabled” (Mar 9, 2017).
• Leading Edge Interviews — “Heidi L. Sieck on Personal Transformation and Political Activism” (Mar 2017).
• Podcast: CTZN — “Sacred Rage: Heidi Sieck & Kerri Kelly”.
• Vogue — “48 Hours in Washington, D.C.” (Jan 21, 2017). Women’s March coverage.
• Rolling Stone — “People’s Lives Depend on It: Women on Why They Are Marching” (Jan 21, 2017). Featured on the front page the day after the Women’s March on Washington.
• Women’s March Unity Principles (Jan 2017). Member of the committee that wrote the Values & Principles.

2016 and Prior

• The New York Times — “Trump Recording Narrows Divide on Sexual Assault” (Oct 22, 2016). Front-page photo at Trump Tower after the Access Hollywood tape.
• Wanderlust Speakeasy Keynote Panel — “The Politics of Wellbeing” with Kerri Kelly, Aspen-Snowmass (Sep 14, 2015).
• TechCrunch — “Civic Hall is a home for open gov innovation — for New York and beyond” (Mar 18, 2015).
• Knoll Workplace News — “Civic Hall Project Case Study: Community Center” — “We’re in the business of serendipity.”
• The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC) — with Zephyr Teachout on digital democracy (Jun 25, 2014).
• Tech Week Las Vegas — TED-style talk on civic engagement and technology as COO of Democracy.com (Jan 2014).
• San Francisco Chronicle — “Bush Mobilize Women” (Apr 20, 2004). As founder of San Francisco Choice Chicks, mobilizing for the March for Women’s Lives on Washington.