Three years-ago today, George Floyd was brutally murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis. This tragedy was yet another devastating, culture-shifting inflection point in our history, creating an America before and one after.
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes The list of states rushing to enact laws designed to subjugate and discriminate against people because of their gender identity, race, or now, choice of entertainment, is growing every week. According to the Human Rights Campaign, at least 340 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills have been introduced so far in Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The recent Senate testimony by four Olympic gymnasts was heart-wrenching—and it made us mad. We are mad that these brave women had to relive their trauma for a televised audience. We are mad that the institutions involved are not holding themselves accountable. And we are mad at the culture that brought them here. As Simone Biles stated so plainly, we’re mad at “an entire system that enabled and perpetrated (Larry Nassar’s) abuse.” FBI Director Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — California voters made the right call in rejecting the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom. The recall vote was always about partisan politics. Gavin Newsom was building a record as a progressive and feminist leader which included advancing policies and programs to expand family leave, establish child care programs, promote gender pay equity Read more …
WASHINGTON – It is more important than ever to recognize Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and to honor the fierce Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) feminists who have been at the forefront of intersectional feminism and racial and social justice movements for decades. We recognize suffrage leader Dr. S.K. Chan as well as Patsy Mink who in 1965 became the first Asian American woman and first woman of color to serve in the U.S. Read more …