PDF Download NOW helped prepare a detailed set of policy recommendations for a new administration, focusing on the needs of women of color and marginalized communities. Entitled, Women Demand: A Letter to the Federal Elected Officials and Candidates from the Women’s Community, the letter was signed by more than 200 organizations, including 34 NOW chapters.
NOW helped prepare a detailed set of policy recommendations for a new administration, focusing on the needs of women of color and marginalized communities. Entitled, Women Demand: A Letter to the Federal Elected Officials and Candidates from the Women’s Community, the letter was signed by more than 200 organizations, including 34 NOW chapters.
Your voice matters! Your vote matters! Every state is at risk. This is why everyone needs to vote: Eight (8) battleground states: Racial Justice – Maine, Michigan Reproductive Justice – Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, and South Carolina ERA – Arizona VAWA LGBTQIA+ Economic Justice – Iowa, Maine, and North Carolina Need a Plan? The Voting Read more …
Fired Up! Ready to Vote! The Feminist Majority’s and National Organization for Women’s virtual national conference 2020 on Saturday, October 17, will feature a PAC plenary and workshop panel discussions on topics that are on nearly everybody’s mind. The workshop, Your Voice, Your Vote in the Most Important Election of Lifetime, will bring into focus Read more …
Earlier this year, the Department of Education released Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Title IX revised rule on sexual harassment which greatly limits the responsibilities of schools to respond to reports of sexual harassment and assault. NOW and over 100,000 individuals and organizations submitted comments, most objecting to the proposed changes which many said will greatly Read more …
This week’s confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett are a stark reminder that no matter who is president, women’s rights are at risk if Mitch McConnell is still running the Senate. That’s why NOW is working so hard to elect a new, feminist Senate this November. Imagine what a difference a feminist Senate could make—one that’s presided Read more …
Our discussion will center on how Women of Color have specifically stepped up as crucial leaders of the voting movement in this presidential election. It will also focus on the roles WOC leaders have played in getting out the vote, and how intersectionality and representation of WOC in this voting movement can help combat voter Read more …
Donald Trump’s reckless disregard for truth and callous indifference to the lives of others is on full display this week. His joyride around Walter Reed put everyone around him at risk, as did his balcony pose without a mask at the White House. Now, Trump is making up the most dangerous false narrative of his presidency, Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump has made clear what he wants from the Supreme Court. Like all of his other appointments, Trump wants personal allies who will validate his lawlessness, enable his authoritarianism, and protect him from accountability. Trump has demonstrated time and time again that he does not care about the rights of women, the LGBTQIA+ community, people of color, immigrants, or our most Read more …
Note: Immediate nutritional, health care, housing and financial assistance is required. Congress must pass additional COVID-19 relief legislation. Without this help tens of millions of women and children could become homeless, without income and food, and further exposed to the coronavirus. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how we go about our days. For many, Read more …