NOW Stands with Sexual Violence Experts and Survivors on Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Organization for Women (NOW) will join survivors and experts on sexual violence speaking out in support of Professor Christine Blasey Ford regarding her sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday, September 20 at 10:00 AM Read more …
A Brand New National Board A highlight of the 2016 Forward Feminism Conference, Carrying the Torch Together was the election of a new national board leadership. Filling the ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, hundreds of NOW members and supporters applauded the election of a new slate of board members as the Read more …
NOW members, friends, celebrities and special guests gathered at the conference hotel for our grand 50th anniversary celebration, June 24 – 26. And what a celebration it was!
TIMELINE OF MAJOR ACTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
National Organization for Women, 2006 – 2016
Printable PDF TIMELINE OF MAJOR ACTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS National Organization for Women, 2006 – 2016 2006 2006, January 18 – NOW Foundation joins in a friend-of-the-court brief opposing a parental notification law and advocating for the health exception in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. On this date, the U.S. Supreme Read more …
Honorees Brittney Cooper Olga Vives Award Brittney Cooper is Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University. She is a Black feminist theorist who specializes in the study of Black women’s intellectual history, Hip Hop generation feminism, and race and gender representation in popular culture. Her first book 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 …
In the weeks leading up to the March for Women’s Lives, organizers knew the event would be one of the largest of its kind ever in Washington, D.C. Marchers were coming by car, bus, train and plane from all over the United States and even the world. But no one could predict exactly what heights the attendance would reach.
Daring to Dream: Building a Feminist Future 2011 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Marleine Bastien Marleine Bastien is founder and executive director of Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc. (FANM, Haitian Women of Miami), an important group that provides desperately-needed services to Haitian women and their families. FANM’s work includes programs to promote access Read more …
No Capes, No Masks, No Boundaries: Feminist Super-Women Unite for the 2008 National NOW Conference! 2008 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Mónica Alemán Mónica Alemán serves as coordinator of the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI/IIWF) and program director of MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization. As an indigenous woman from Nicaragua, Alemán dedicates Read more …