Printable PDF passed July 4, 2010 Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Now Transparency and Accountability in the Gulf Coast Disaster NOW Must Make Welfare Reform a Priority A Call for the United States Senate to Expel David Vitter Stop Gun Violence against Women Restrict U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Lobbying on Capitol Hill Protect the Read more …
Printable PDF passed June 21, 2009 Single-Payer Health Care is an Economic Justice Issue Health Care for Women with Disabilities Stop Domestic Terrorism at Women’s Health Clinics Anti-Shackling Violence Against Women Act 2010 Revision of Accessible NOW Conferences, Forums, Summits, and National Board Meetings Policy National Campaign and National Day of Action to Ratify CEDAW Read more …
Printable PDF passed July 20, 2008 Backlog of Social Security Benefits Combating Racism Global Feminist Action Resources Healthcare Funding Crisis Immigration and Law Enforcement NOW Feminist Mentorship Program Oppose Proposed Amendments to Florida, California and Arizona Constitutions Women’s Right to Protect Their Own Health BACKLOG OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS WHEREAS, the National Organization for Women Read more …
Stronger Together: United for Equality 2013 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Maria Antonia Berrios Maria Antonia “Toni” Berrios is serving her sixth term in the Illinois General Assembly as the 39th District State Representative. Representative Berrios is the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in the Illinois House of Representatives as well as Read more …
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 …
Loving Our Bodies, Changing the World 2010 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Boston Women’s Health Book Collective Award Recipient It all started in Boston, at a women’s liberation conference in 1969. Twelve women, ranging in ages from 23 to 39, met at a workshop titled Women and Their Bodies. After unpacking their own Read more …
Turning the Tide for Equality 2009 Conference Agenda Conference Speakers Jennifer Brunner Jennifer Brunner has had an exceptional career as a defender of fair elections. She became Ohio’s first female secretary of state when she replaced Ken Blackwell (notorious for the Ohio election scandals during the 2004 presidential elections). Brunner’s accomplishments propelled her to run Read more …
Energize! Organize! Stop the War on Women 2012 National NOW Conference Agenda Speakers and Honorees Eve Ensler Keynote Speaker Eve Ensler is a Tony award winning playwright, performer and activist. She is the author of The Vagina Monologues, which has been published in 48 languages and performed in over 140 countries. Ensler’s newest work, I Read more …
Sunny Sea Gold is a writer and editor who is recovered from her own battle with binge eating disorder. She founded HealthyGirl.org in 2009 after realizing that there were very few comprehensive places online where girls who were dealing with emotional overeating could find safe talk and information. Her self-help book for young women, FOOD: 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 …