From an early age, equality was incredibly important to me and my sister. Like many sisters, having an equal say in arguments or sharing clothes is critical but for us, it went deeper. Looking up to my older sister and her friends, I would listen in on their conversations and learn the different challenges facing Read more …
Opening Plenary Keynote Speakers: Saving Our Democracy; Vote for Womxn’s Lives Christian F. Nunes, President Christian F. Nunes, MBA, MS, LCSW, became NOW president in August 2020. She was previously appointed Vice President by the board in May 2019. As the second African American president in the organization’s history, the youngest person of color, and the Read more …
(In response to President Biden’s State of the Union address this year, NOW convened a Feminist State of the Union conversation early this spring. Here is our version of a State of the Union address). The past two years have seen seismic cultural and economic changes that have tested our values and threatened to unravel Read more …
“With an old house, the work is never done and you don’t expect it to be. America is an old house; we can never declare the work over and are already…when you live in an old house you may not want to go into the basement after a storm to see what the rain has Read more …
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-0 to “favorably” report the nomination of Amy Comey Barrett for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Only the Republicans on the committee voted as the 10 Democrats boycotted the meeting. Chair Lindsey Graham (R-SC) broke the rule that requires two members of the minority party to Read more …
Ida B. Wells-Barnett At one time, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was the most well-known Black woman in the country. She was an educator, pioneering journalist, an early leader in the civil rights movement and a founder of the NAACP. As an ardent suffragist, she worked with both white and African-American suffrage organizations. Wells-Barnett was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — December 10th is UN Human Rights Day, commemorating the day in 1948 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Eleanor Roosevelt was the first Chairwoman of the Commission on Human Rights and played an instrumental role in drafting the Declaration and communicating its message of a “common Read more …
Eastern District — Delaware, District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia Beth Corbin – Mount Rainier, Maryland If re-elected I will continue to work to revitalize NOW chapters and state organizations. Over the past two years we have increased the number of NOW chapters in the Eastern District, with Read more …
passed July 2, 2017 Advance Voting Rights: 2017-2018 National Action Program Resolution End the Criminalization of Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Other Trauma: 2017-2018 National Action Program Resolution Mobilize for Reproductive Justice: 2017-2018 National Action Program Resolution Protect Immigrant Rights: 2017-2018 National Action Resolution Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment: 2017-2018 National Action Program Resist Resilience Read more …
Printable PDF Finding Pauli Murray: The Black Queer Feminist Civil Rights Lawyer Priest who co-founded NOW, but that History Nearly Forgot October 24, 2016 Photo courtesy Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University “If one could characterize in a single phrase the contribution of Black women to America, I think it would be ‘survival with Read more …