Tonight, we will see a historic image. For the first time in our nation’s history, two women will be on the podium with the President as he delivers an address to a Joint Session of Congress. Vice President Harris and Speaker Pelosi are presiding over a new era where a progressive, feminist agenda is starting Read more …
Christine Chin Ryan – Moderator Christine Chin Ryan is a business owner, consultant and community activist. For over 30 years, her company provided comprehensive IT software solutions, and currently provides consulting services in the area of equity, diversity, inclusion, facilitation, board review, and political strategy. Among the many committees and organizations, she’s a part of, Christine currently is the first Chinese American to serve on National Organization for Women (NOW) Board of Read more …
The U.S. Postal Service should be adequately funded and safeguarded against sabotage. An emergency situation is growing with the Trump Administration’s directed attacks on the functions of the U.S. Postal Service. In 2006, a requirement that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) should use its revenues to forward fund employees’ health care costs imposed a heavy 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 …
April 13, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic challenges our health care system and our society, we must ensure that already-marginalized groups are not further left out of critical conversations during this time. As pharmaceutical companies and researchers conduct clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment and vaccines, women of all ages and ethnicities must be taken into consideration and involved in this process. Historically, Read more …
The National Organization for Women Political Action Committee (NOW PAC) is proud to endorse Senator Elizabeth Warren as the 46th President of the United States. NOW PAC is the political arm of NOW, the largest grassroots feminist organization in the country. The PAC evaluates federal candidates on their record and uncompromising dedication to the core Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Organization for Women Political Action Committee (NOW PAC) has analyzed the more than 400 questions asked of the Democratic presidential candidates during the four primary debates held since June. The fifth debate on November 20 will for the first moderated entirely by women—Rachel Maddow, Andrea Mitchell and Kristen Welker of Read more …
WASHINGTON– Last night proved that voters were more determined than ever to elect feminists to positions of leadership, but women’s rights are still being threatened and we have more work to do. Though voters in Oregon had the good sense to defeat a ballot initiative which would have prohibited the use of public funds to Read more …
PDF Downloadable Version Biographical information for Workshop Panel Members Appears on an Insert to the Program Booklet. BREAKOUTS A – Friday, July 19, 10:45 a.m. – 12 Noon ROOM: Wood Duck Pond ERA 2020: The Minnesota Model What can a ratified state do to take the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) over the Finish Line? And 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 …