National NOW President Christian F. Nunes issued the following statement upon the death of Senator Dianne Feinstein of California: “Senator Dianne Feinstein was the longest-serving woman in the U.S. Senate. During her 30-year career, her work on the Violence Against Women Act, gay marriage, gun control, and a long list of legislation illustrates what can Read more …
Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ally Week is a youth-led campaign that rallies students and staff to be effective allies for LGBTQIA+ youth. Young people already face many hardships, whether it’s stress over impending student loans or the high levels of gun violence in this country. However, LGBTQIA+ youth experience Read more …
Back to main page Zakiya Thomas, President and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality Zakiya is an agent for change, working to make equality a reality for all people. Using her experiences as a political strategist and nonprofit manager, Zakiya leads a diverse coalition of over 280 organizations representing 80 Read more …
The Republican’s harmful campaign against transgender girls and women reaches a crescendo this week as the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote Thursday on the so-called Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 (H.R. 734). This misleadingly named bill would prohibit public school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological Read more …
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the mother of a Black son, I am terrified at the state of our country. The brutal shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, a young Black teenager who was attempting to pick up his twin siblings, is devastating not just in the senseless violence Read more …
Last year I worked with a local political action committee (PAC) to help diversify their organization in the New York Capital Region. A group of older white women had started the PAC after the 2016 presidential election when many women felt let down and upset by the election results. This PAC’s local organizing opened a Read more …
Back to main Feminist State of the Union page Young Activism Joseline Garcia, Co-Founder & Executive Director at UN-PAC Joseline Garcia is an older sister to two younger brothers and the proud daughter of Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants. After witnessing her loved ones and communities be constant subjects of disrespect, she began organizing campaigns in Read more …
Statement By National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, D.C.–The expulsion of two of Tennessee’s youngest Black representatives from the Tennessee House for advocating for gun reform was blatantly racist, anti-Democratic, and corrupt. It is incomprehensible that just 10 days after three children and three adults were shot to death at the Covenant School, these radical Read more …
NOW members are outraged by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that struck down 30 years of legal safeguards that kept those under a protective order for domestic violence from owning firearms.
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty is a native Ohioan with a strong history of connecting people, policy and politics to make a difference. Since 2013, Beatty has proudly represented Ohio’s Third Congressional District. In the 117th Congress, Beatty serves as Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Beatty serves on the exclusive House Committee on Financial Services as Read more …