Press Releases

What A Colossal Waste of Money Instead of an Ego Driven Army Parade, Let’s Celebrate Women in the Military

Released on June 10, 2025

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–Women in the military are warfighters, patriots, leaders and dedicated members of the community who, if they meet the standard, deserve the opportunity to serve their country, with no exceptions.  The Army’s 250th birthday celebration is an appropriate time to reflect on the honor and value of Read more …

June Is National Immigration Heritage Month

Released on June 9, 2025

Immigration Heritage Month, first established in June 2014 and observed every year since, is a time to honor and celebrate the shared diversity that connects more than 40 percent of U.S. citizens who can trace their ancestry back to immigrants, and who continue to transform and shape our country. But this year—this moment—is unlike any Read more …

NOW Celebrates Pride Month

Released on June 1, 2025

On June 28, 1970, on the one year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising—six days of protest after a police raid of a popular gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village–the first Pride marches were held in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Since then, June has been designated Pride Month, with federal agencies, local governments Read more …

Our Commitment on George Floyd Remembrance Day

Released on May 25, 2025

Five years after the murder of George Floyd, the global movement his murder sparked a reckoning over police misconduct and racism that today is itself under attack.    The moves by the Justice Department to roll back police accountability agreements with Minneapolis and Louisville and close investigations into other local police departments, including Phoenix, Memphis, and Read more …