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Why We Need NOW

Physician bias has been linked to sub-standard heart care for women and African Americans.*

 

"Mother, what is a Feminist?'
'A Feminist, my daughter,
Is any woman who cares to think about her own affairs
As men don't think she oughter.'"

~ Alice Duer Miller, 1915

NEWS, VIEWS & EVENTS

Where's My 25% - Print Out The
Equal Pay Brochure (pdf 130k)
and
Equal Pay Power Point Demo (ppt 166k)

Know Your Rights! Pamphlet by the National Lawyers Guild (pdf 196k)

Give to the Sandy Spaulding Young Feminist Fund

Acrobat


 

Save The Courts

Save Roe Petition

Save Social Security!

Speak Out!

ACTION ALERTS
Documents Reveal Alito is Wrong Choice for Supreme Court ALITO CONFIRMED

http://www.canow.org/oconnor.html

Help Katrina Survivors

Katrina: Now It's Personal - Below the Belt: A Biweekly Column by NOW President Kim Gandy

Ask the Governor to Publicly Oppose Anti-Choice Supreme Court Nominees

NOW Supports Legislation Protecting Women's Right to Legal, Safe Birth Control

It's Time for Arnold to Put His Action Where His Mouth Is!

Governor's Same Sex Marriage Poll

Rape and the Military

Demand Emergency Contraception for Rape Victims

Activist Kit - Defending Reproductive Rights

Volunteers Needed for Clinic Defense

PEACE IS A FEMINIST ISSUE

Commentoon
RAPE: Weapon of Mass Destruction

Next Women's Coalition Gathering -
What are U.S. Interests in the continuing Israel/Palestine conflict?

Cindy Sheehan: One Mother's Stand

NOW Signs On to Letter Calling for Iraq Withdrawal Plan

NOW Calls for Peace

Respond to War Mongering Media Coverage

Alternative Media Resources

See Ongoing Weekly Peace Vigils

Go to San Jose Peace Center to Stop the Occupation of Iraq! 408-297-2299


"The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: my own government... for the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent."
~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

 

NOW'S GOALS

• Constitutional Equality pressing for an amendment to the US Constitution that will guarantee equal rights for Women
• Economic Equality for Women
• Ending Violence against Women
• Reproductive Freedom championing Abortion Rights, and other Women's Health issues
• Civil Rights for all and Opposing Racism
• Lesbian and Gay Rights

The Purpose of NOW is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all the privileges and responsibilities thereof in equal partnership with men.

 

*Washington Post 2/25/99
CHAPTER BOARD

Coordinator Sheila Johnson
Media Relations Chair
Holly Stump
Recorder Open
Fundraiser Open
Treasurer
Vivian Kramp
Membership Chair Open
Database Manager
Connie Springer
Newsletter Editor
Nicole Lambert
Newsletter Assembly
Michelle Hoppe
Webmaster
Naella Tesch
Program Coordinator Open
Coalition for Equal Pay Liaison
Holly Stump
State Board Rep
Sheila Johnson
BANC (Bay Area NOW Coalition) Rep
Sheila Johnson
Legislative Chair Open
At-Large Board Members
Meg Bowman, Joyce Sogg

 
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