Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Archive

NOW's most recent work on racial and ethnic diversity.

2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996

2007

• NOW, Hundreds of Groups Demand Health Care for Immigrant Children (12/07)
• Testimony at Hearing on Immigration Legislation - NOW Foundation Calls for Justice for Immigrant Women (11/07)
• No Reward for Imus (10/07)
• Jena Six Injustice Shines Spotlight on Racism, Community Response (09/07)
• NOW Denounces Deportation of Immigrant Rights Advocate Elvira Arellano (08/07)
• Protect Immigrant Women's Access to Law Enforcement When They Face Domestic and Sexual Violence (06/07)
• NOW and Allies Weigh in on Immigration Bill (06/07)
• NOW Calls for D.C. Voting Rights (06/07)
• NOW Demands Voting Rights for D.C. Residents (04/07)
• NOW's Principles for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (04/07)
• Principios de NOW para una reforma integral de inmigración (04/07)
• Coalition Briefs Senate to Do the Right Thing: Improve Immigrant Women's Lives and Protect their Rights (04/07)
• Imus Only the Tip of the Media Iceberg of Shame (04/07)
• Take Action: Dump Don Imus (04/07)
• NOW Calls for Fair Immigration Reform (03/07)
  • Read the letter NOW sent to Congress (PDF)
• New Coalition Urges Congress to Improve the Status of Immigrant Women (03/07)
• Celebrating Black History Month (02/07)
• Congressional Allies: Women and People of Color Chair Key Committees (01/07)

2006

• Supreme Court Hears School Segregation Case (11/06)
• Call Your Senators Sept. 27 - Demand Real Immigration Reform (9/06)
• Read the letter sent by NOW to all Senators regarding immigration reform (PDF)
• Tell Congress: Any Immigration Bill Must Be Real Reform, Not Punishment (06/06)
• Philadelphia NOW Holds Riveting Women of Color & Allies Summit (05/06)
• NOW Rallies with Immigrant Groups to Block "Cruel" Reform (05/06)
• La oposición de NOW a los proyectos de ley de inmigración emana de sus principios feministas, de los derechos civiles y de la decencia humana (05/06)
• Stalled Bills in Congress are Victories for Women's Rights Advocates (4/06)
• Take Action: Immediate Action Needed on Immigration Reform (4/06)
• NOW to Join March Over New Orleans Bridge (3/06)
• Take Action: Urge Your Representative to Cosponsor Katrina Bill (3/06)
• NOW Joins Call to Demand Action for Hurricane Katrina Survivors (3/06)

2005

• Take Action: Demand Better of FEMA for Katrina Survivors (12/05)
• NOW Joins Protest of Inadequate Response to Hurricane Katrina (12/05)
• Marchers Cross New Orleans Bridge to Protest Racism (11/05)
• NOW and Progressive Allies to Announce New Orleans March (11/05)
• ACTION ALERT: Tell Bill Bennett that America Does Not Share His Racist Views! (10/05)
• NOW Joins Protest of Racist Comments on Airwaves (10/05)
• NOW Board Calls for Disaster Planning Without Discrimination (9/05)
• Katrina: "Compassionate Conservative" at Work (Summer/Fall 05)
• First Spanish-Speaking NOW Chapter Forms in the Bronx, N.Y. (Summer/Fall 05)
• Women of Color Summits to be Held in NOW Regions | Reuniones Regionales Entre Nosotras (Summer/Fall 05)
• Women of Color and Allies Summit a Spectacular Success (4/05)
• In Memoriam: Geraldine Miller (3/05)
• NOW Honors Guts and Glory of Shirley Chisholm (1/05)

2004

• Rainbow/PUSH Conference Focuses on Progressive Vote (7/04)
• Feminist Leaders Commemorate First Anniversary of Landmark Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling (6/04)
• Fifty Years after Brown v. Board of Education, NOW Continues the Fight for Equal Education (5/04)
• Diversity at Its Best in the Feminist Movement (5/04)
• Women of Color Mobilize in Philadelphia for the March for Women's Lives (2/04)
• Civil Rights Act of 2004: Equality and Justice for All (2/04)
• NOW Names New Director of Racial Diversity Programs (1/04)

2003

• Stand Up for Women's Rights: Protest All Judicial Nominees Who Do Not Support Women's and Civil Rights (11/03)
• Rally with NOW and Other Civil Rights Organizations in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 23 (8/03)
• Massive Rally in Washington Scheduled for Aug. 23 (8/03)
• Supreme Court Recognizes Benefits of Diversity In Split Decision Favoring Affirmative Action (6/03)
• Civil Rights Groups Announce Mass Demonstration Marking 40th Anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (6/03)
• NOW Challenges Opponent of Civil Rights and Anti-Discrimination Laws (4/03)
• NOW Rallies at Supreme Court to Support Affirmative Action (4/03)
• Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. (1/03)
• NOW Blasts White House Opposition to U. Michigan Policy, Points Out Bush Benefited from Affirmative Action(1/03)

2002

• NOW President Says Potential Lott Replacement No Improvement (12/02)
• NOW President Says Trent Lott is Unfit to Lead Senate (12/02)
• Supreme Court Agrees to Review University Affirmative Action Programs (12/02)
• Mandatory Arbitration Threatens Civil Rights(5/02)
• Pulitzer Winner Suzan-Lori Parks Talks about Being a First (4/02)
• Vonetta Flowers Becomes First African American to Win Gold in Winter Olympics (2/02)

2001

• Feminists Denounce Attack on People with Disabilities and Erosion of Civil Rights Laws (2/01)
• Eminem and the Grammys: Rewarding Hate and Violence? (2/01)
• Statement of NOW President Patricia Ireland on the Confirmation of John Ashcroft (2/01)
• Open Letter to U.S. Senators Regarding John Ashcroft (2/01)
• Stop Ashcroft NOW! (1/01)

2000

• NOW President Insists Women's Votes Count in Florida -- Including Hers: National Board of NOW Meets to Consider Action(12/00)
• Fix the Florida Voting Fiasco: Statement of NOW President Patricia Ireland(11/00)
• Women Prove Pundits Wrong: Election 2000 Feminist Analysis (11/00)
• Feminists Take CEDAW Into Our Own Hands (Winter 00)
• NOW President Patricia Ireland Speaks on Affirmative Action at Florida Now Conference (1/00)

1999

• Iroquois Women Inspire 19th Century Feminists(Summer 99)
• New Brochures Cover Disability Issues and Expand NOW's Outreach to Spanish Speaking Community (Spring 99)
• NOW Seeks to Attract More Spanish-Speaking Members with New Publication New Brochure: "Juntas Podemos Cambiar El Mundo" Available (Winter 99)
• NOW Targets Washington and the World For Global Women's Rights March in 2000 (7/99)
• NOW Vows to Help Address Diversity Issues and To Bring a Feminist Agenda to the Millennium March (2/99)

1998

• Talking About Affirmative Action (10/98)
• The Supreme Court Needs Affirmative Action Protest! (9/98)
• NOW Reminds State Department of Commitment to Afghan Women (8/98)
• 1998 Declaration of Sentiments of the National Organization for Women (7/98)
• The People of the Seneca Nation Speak Out: Ongweoweh NOW Chapter Honored (3/98)
• Urgent: Higher Education Act Re-Authorization Focuses on Child Care, Campus Safety and Affirmative Action (3/98)
• Women of Color and Allies Summit (2/98)
• Release of New Report Coincides with NOW's Women of Color and Allies Summit: Linking Arms in Dangerous Times; Demonstration Planned on Behalf of Women Janitors at Capitol (2/98)
• NOW PACs Honor Women of Color in Congress (2/98)
• Not Just Another Dialogue: NOW and Civil Rights Groups Take Action to Eliminate Racism (1/98)
• Viewpoint: A Million Women and More Women of Color, All Women are Doin' it for Ourselves (1/98)

1997

• NOW Congratulates Bill Lann Lee, Calls for Honesty in Affirmative Action Debate, Vows to Continue the Fight for Affirmative Action (12/97)
• Online Registration, Fact Sheet, Sponsor and Advertiser sign ups added for Women of Color and Allies Summit (12/97)
• Lee Confirmation Event Update (12/97)
• Help Civil Rights Director Win Confirmation (12/97)
• Ten Reasons to approve Bill Lann Lee's Nomination as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights (11/97)
• NOW Mobilizes Support for Bill Lann Lee (11/97)
• Despite High Court's Ruling, NOW Warns Affirmative Action Not an Effective Wedge Issue (11/97)
• Women of Color and Allies Summit Information (10/97)
• Together We Will End Racism (9/97)
• As NASD Meets Tomorrow: NOW Calls on Wall Street to Eliminate Policy That "Guts Civil Rights Laws" (8/97)
• NOW Announces Shift from Pickets to Partnership in Mitsubishi Sex, Race Discrimination Case (1/97)

1996

• NOW to Distribute Findings on Racism, Church Burnings; Encourage Local Dialogue, Action (10/96)
• Issue Report: Affirmative Action (10/96)
• National Council of Negro Women's Inaugural Activities (10/96)
• Valuing Diversity (8/96)
• NOW, Rainbow/PUSH and Dealer Reps Hold First Meeting with Mitsubishi Sales Head, Company Officials(6/96)
• Patricia Ireland, Rev. Jesse Jackson Turn Up Heat At Mitsubishi Plant, Also Target Chrysler Products
• NOW Launches National Campaign Against Mitsubishi (5/96)
• Fight the Right March in San Francisco Includes Top Civil Rights, Political Leaders, 600 Organizations (4/96)
• 500 Progressive Groups Will Unite for the Fight the Right March and Protest (3/96)

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NOW's most recent work on racial and ethnic diversity.