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Listing of NOW Chapters and State Organizations
Action State/Chapter Date
30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade
• Brooklyn (N.Y.) NOW Jan. 2003
Wal-Mart Protest
• Albany (N.Y.) NOW
Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration
• Houston NOW Feb. 15, 2003
Women’s Equality Day
• Santa Barbara (Calif.) NOW Aug. 26, 2002
Protest Alleged Exploitation at Local Business
• Valdosta Area NOW March 30, 2002
Mock “Filibusters” to Protect and Advance Roe v. Wade
• Wichita NOW March 8, 2002
Protest State Funding of Crisis Pregnancy Centers
• Virginia NOW Oct. 6, 2001
Date Rape Education
• Minnesota NOW Sept. 28, 2001
Promise Keepers Demonstration
• East Jackson County (Missouri) NOW Sept. 21-22, 2001
Intimidate Presidential Candidate
• Sun Cities Area NOW Winter 2000
Use Media Attention on Elections
• New Hampshire NOW Jan. 30, 2000
Mark Roe v. Wade 27th Anniversary
• Wisconsin NOW• San Francisco NOW• Tidewater NOW Jan. 28, 2000
Remember Martin Luther King Through Activism
• Chapel Hill NOW• Cobb County NOW Jan. 17, 2000
Baltimore NOW Victory: Sexist Billboards Removed
• Baltimore (Md.) NOW Dec. 7, 1999
Remember Jane Doe
• Racine (WI) NOW Oct. 27, 1999
Celebrate 30th Anniversary
• Cincinnati NOW Oct. 14, 1999
Pressure Police to Investigate Rapes
• Philadelphia NOW Oct. 13, 1999
Take Internet Action
• Great Lakes Region Oct. 5, 1999
Work for Equal Playing Fields
• Morris County NOW Fall 1999
Protest Against Missouri Abortion Ban
• NOW activists from Missouri and Kansas Sept. 19, 1999
Win Discrimination Suit; Benefit Thousands
• New York NOW Fall 1999
Protest Against Sexual Harassment by Official
• Pinellas NOW Summer 1999
Protest Against George W. Bush
• Los Angeles and San Francisco NOW June 29-30, 1999
Picket at Wal-Mart about Contraception Policies
• Raleigh (N.C.) NOW June 19, 1999
Demonstrate at Al Gore’s Speech
• Knoxville NOW June 16, 1999
Hold Northeast Region Women of Color and Allies Summit
• Northeast Region of NOW June 5-6, 1999
Protest against treatment by town official
• New Hampshire NOW June 1999
Protest at Focus on the Family conference
• Seattle NOW May 1, 1999
Sexual harassment protests
• South Palm Beach County (Fla.) NOW April 14, 1999
Vigil to remember victims of hate crimes
• Somerset/Hunterdon (N.J.) NOW March 1999
Rally Against Christian Coalition Agenda
• New Hampshire NOW Feb. 6, 1999
Roe v.Wade Rally
• Baltimore NOW Planned Parenthood of Maryland Jan. 22, 1999
Speak-Out
• University of Florida/ Santa Fe Community College NOW Jan. 22, 1999
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday March
• Cobb County (GA) NOW• Atlanta NOW Jan. 18, 1999
Protest Promise Keepers’ Ideology
• Louisiana NOW• Tucson NOW in Arizona• Milwaukee & Wisconsin NOW
Oct. 24, 1998
Sept. 18-19, 1998
Sept. 26, 1998
Women-Friendly Campus Campaign
• New Orleans NOW Oct. 22, 1998
March and Rally in Support of Affirmative Action
• Atlanta NOW Oct. 17, 1998
Protest Violence by Athletes
• New Jersey & Nevada NOW July 29, 1998
Protest Promise Keepers
• Indiana NOW July 25, 1998
Protest County Commissioner
• Pikes Peak CO NOW July 23, 1998
Protest Promise Keepers
• Minnesota NOW July 18, 1998
Protest Promise Keepers
• Pennsylvania NOW July 10, 1998
Pass Legislation Protecting Rape Survivors
• San Fernando/Northeast Los Angeles NOW
Protest Punitive Welfare Reform Legislation
• Greensboro, NC NOW
Take Back the Night March
• Martin, TN NOW April 16, 1998
Organize National Day of Silence
• University of Virginia NOW April 8, 1998
Protest Taliban’s Oppression of Women
• Houston Area NOW March 8, 1998
Protest Mandatory Waiting Periods
• Morris County NOW March 7, 1998
Launch SHIELD Campaign
• California NOW
Commemorate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade
• Raleigh NOW Jan. 22, 1998
Honor Activist
• Marin County NOW Jan. 14, 1998
Honor Women’s Reproductive Rights
• Greater Boston NOW Dec. 22, 1997 – Jan. 14, 1998
Rally Against Violence
• Arizona NOW
Clarify “Feminism”
• Milwaukee NOW
Take On Promise Keepers
• Charlotte NOW
Protest Canady Speech
• Florida NOW Nov. 3, 1997
Protest Violence
• Tarleton State NOW in Stephenville, Texas Oct. 28, 1997
Come Out Against Homophobia
• multiple locations Oct. 11, 1997
Take Back the Night
• Bluegrass NOW in Lexington, Ky Oct. 5, 1997
Get Results for U.S. Postal Employees in San Antonio
• San Antonio NOW (TX)
Redefine Liberation
• California NOW
Oppose Gender Bias in the Courts
• Johnson/Wyandotte Counties NOW chapter in Kansas
Set Legal Precedent in Rape Case
• NOW New Jersey July 15, 1997
Take Lead Against Military Backlash
• Washington County NOW (MD) May 17, 1997
Rally for Abortion Rights
• Wisconsin NOW May 4, 1997
Stop Pregnancy Discrimination
• El Paso del Norte NOW May – June 1997
Go to Bat For Female Catcher
• South Palm Beach County NOW May 1997
Win Top Campus Organization Rating
• Cal Poly/Pomona NOW May 1997
Organize Against Violence
• San Fernando Valley/ NE Los Angeles NOW April 3, 1997
Defend Abortion Rights
• East End NOW (NY) March 1997
Picket “Right to Life” Convention
• NOW New Jersey March 8, 1997
Organize a Young Women’s Forum
• Northern New Jersey NOW March 8, 1997
Support Building a New Clinic
• Quad City NOW (Illinois/Iowa) March 1, 1997 & February 1, 1997
Celebrate Women’s History Month
• Florida NOW• Southwest Riverside County NOW (California) • Cincinnati NOW March 1997
Organize Against Rape
• Boone Area NOW (North Carolina) Feb. 1997
Hold a Remembrance Rally for Victims of Brookline Clinic Shootings
• Massachusetts NOW Dec. 30, 1996
Protest against the film “The People Vs. Larry Flint”
• NOW New York City Dec. 1996
Observe Domestic Sexual Violence Month with Events, Action Kit
• Key West NOW (Florida) Oct. 1996
File a Complaint Against Public Sex-Segregated Schools
Protest Against Saks Fifth Avenue
• NOW New York City Oct. 1996
Protest Horse Show for accepting the sponsorship of Del Laboratories
Organize a Court-Watch Program
• East End NOW (New York) Oct. 1996
File a Complaint Against Dry Cleaner for Charging Women Higher Prices
• Montgomery County NOW (Maryland) Fall 1996
Protest Outside Mike Tyson Fights • South Nevada NOW
• Sept. 1996 and Summer 1995
Hold Take Back the Night Event
• Twin Cities NOW (Minnesota) Sept. 21, 1996
Fight Against Radical Religious Right’s “Parental Rights Amendment”
• Colorado NOW
Sept. 1996
Protest at Fort Bliss in Support of Female Civilian Employees
• El Paso de Norte NOW (Texas) August 1996
Action at Political Party Conventions
• San Diego NOW (California)• Chicago NOW (Illinois) Summer 1996
Protest Anti-Gay Group’s Event
• Williamette Valley NOW (Oregon) Summer 1996
Call for Resignation of Biased Judge
• Northwest Hillsborough NOW (Florida) Summer 1996
Celebrate Juneteenth
• Macomb County NOW (Michigan) June 15, 1996
Picket Anti-Abortion Organization
• Cincinnati NOW (Ohio) April 13, 1996
Celebrate Victory in Indiana Primaries
• Southwest Indiana NOW Spring 1996
Protest Sweatshop Conditions
• San Fernando Valley/ Northeast Los Angeles NOW (California) Spring 1996
Rally for “Welfare of Women and Children”
• Pennsylvania NOW March 19, 1996
Organize “Pledge to Vote” Project
• Maryland NOW March 1996
Publicize Problem of Sexual Harrassment in Schools
• Escambia (Florida) NOW March 1996
Protest Sale of Motor Vehicle Records
• NOW New Jersey March 1996
Support Union Workers with Non-Violent Civil Disobedience
• Michigan NOW March 1996
Demonstrate in Protest of Anti-Affirmative Action Order
• Baton Rouge (Louisiana) NOW Feb. 24, 1996
Hold Day of Remembrance
• Massachusetts NOW Winter 1996
Place Roe v. Wade Anniversary Ad
• Contra Costa NOW (California) Dec. 1995
Launch “Unity Campaign”
• San Fernando Valley NOW (California) Dec. 1995
Rally at Statehouse
• NOW New Jersey Nov. 16, 1995
Demonstrate at Christian Coalition Convention
• San Antonio NOW (Texas) Nov. 11, 1995
Protest Speeches by Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh
• Capital City NOW (District of Columbia) Nov. 12, 1995
Protest Pope’s Visit
Hold Candlelight Vigil For Domestic Violence Victims
• Baltimore NOW (Maryland) Oct. 8 and 12, 1995
Rally in Support of Nabisco Food Processing Workers
• Simi-Conejo NOW (California) Sept. 23, 1995
Protest Outside Fundraiser
• East End NOW (New York) Fall 1995
Stage a”Shadow Newt” Action
• Indianapolis NOW (Indiana) July 24, 1995
Celebrate 75th Anniversary of the Women’s Vote
• Racine NOW /Kenosha NOW (Wisconsin) • Baltimore NOW (Maryland) Summer 1995
Keep Domestic Violence Case in the Media
• South Palm Beach County NOW (Florida) Summer 1995
Sponsor Evening to Motivate Listeners to Take Action to End Violence against Women
• Lincoln NOW (Nebraska) Nov. 10, 1994
Sponsor Domestic Violence Forum
• Takoma Park Area NOW (Maryland) Oct. 9, 1994
Expose Right-Wing Scare Tactics
• San Diego NOW (California) Oct. 1994
Launch Walk and Wheel-a-thon “Moving Toward a Non-Violent Future”
• Nassau NOW (New York) October 1994