From the Grassroots Up: Action at the Intersections Conference Agenda Thursday, June 18 Time Activity 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm Registration and Credentialing 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Break 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Registration and Credentialing Friday, June 19 Time Activity 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration and Credentialing Exhibitors and Vendors 9:30 am Read more …
Thursday, June 23 Time Activity 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Registration and Credentialing 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Registration and Credentialing 7:00 PM 50th Anniversary Gala Friday, June 24 Time Activity 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Registration and Credentialing Exhibitors and Vendors 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM Welcome Plenary Moderator: Patricia Ireland Speakers: Patricia Hill Collins, Read more …
Barbara R. Arnwine President & Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Barbara Arnwine has led the Lawyers’ Committee since 1989. She is internationally renowned for contributions on critical justice issues including the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the 2006 reauthorization of provisions of the Voting Rights Act. Read more …
Faces of Feminism: Strength in Diversity Conference Agenda Thursday, June 26 Time Activity 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm Registration Friday, June 27 Time Activity 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Ask NOW Kiosk 8:30 am – 12:00 pm: Field Department 2:15 pm – 4:30 pm: Communications Department 9:00 am – Read more …
Stronger Together: United for Equality 2013 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Maria Antonia Berrios Maria Antonia “Toni” Berrios is serving her sixth term in the Illinois General Assembly as the 39th District State Representative. Representative Berrios is the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in the Illinois House of Representatives as well as Read more …
Loving Our Bodies, Changing the World 2010 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Boston Women’s Health Book Collective Award Recipient It all started in Boston, at a women’s liberation conference in 1969. Twelve women, ranging in ages from 23 to 39, met at a workshop titled Women and Their Bodies. After unpacking their own Read more …
Energize! Organize! Stop the War on Women 2012 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Eve Ensler Keynote Speaker Eve Ensler is a Tony award winning playwright, performer and activist. She is the author of The Vagina Monologues, which has been published in 48 languages and performed in over 140 countries. Ensler’s newest work, I Read more …
Betty Friedan, served as president 1966-1970 Born in Peoria, Illinois, Betty Friedan was valedictorian of her high school and attended Smith College, where she edited the college newspaper and graduated summa cum laude in 1942. Her 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, touched a public nerve. Friedan recognized a longing in the women of her generation, Read more …
1966 – 1976 |1976 – 1986 |1986 – 1996 | 1996 – 2006 Printable PDF 1966 – 1976 1966 (June) National Organization for Women (NOW) is established by a group of women, including Betty Friedan and Pauli Murray, who meet to discuss alternative action strategies during the Third Annual Conference of Commissions on the Status Read more …
Printable PDF Local Chapters Most of NOW’s politicking and organizing is carried out by more than 600 local chapters that do everything from staging protest marches and pickets to coordinating educational programs. Each chapter must have at least ten members and each elects its own, generally unpaid, officials. Each chapter must elect a president and treasurer and usually Read more …