NOW in the Forefront – Four Fronts of NOW

Posted on May 14, 2013 by seattlenow

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Join WA State NOW at our 2013 Annual Conference

3720 Airport Way S.
Seattle, WA 98134-2217

8:30 am    Registration
9:30 am    Welcome Linda Tosti-Lane, Washington State NOW Coordinator
10:00 am  First Front : Reproductive Parity, Lonnie Johns- Brown, NOW Lobbyist
11:30 am   Lunch and Keynote Second Front: Economic and Legal Equality – Lynne Dodson, Secretary-Treasurer of Washington State Labor Council,
1:40 pm    Third Front: LGBTQ and Marriage Equality
1:45 pm    Break for Cake
2:00 pm   Fourth Front: Violence Against Women and Tying It All Together Jan Osborn
3:15 pm    Plenary
Resolutions
Closing of Silent Auction
4:00 pm  Conference Closes

Morning pastries, fruit, coffee, tea, and sandwich and salad lunch included plus Cake for Break!
Conference Fee: $35.00.
Sliding scale available for NOW members. No member will be turned away.

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Find us @ the Fremont Fair, this Saturday and Sunday!

Posted on June 11, 2012 by seattlenow

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Got Plans for the weekend? Celebrate the arrival of summer and join Seattle NOW at the Fremont Fair — the ever quirky, ever fun, something for everyone, solstice fair!

Saturday, Solstice Parade: On Saturday June 16, celebrate the free-spirited community of Fremont in the whimsical Solstice Parade. After the Parade, shop, eat, mingle and drink in the ‘Center of the Universe’ and make sure to stop by Seattle NOW’s booth!

Sunday is Dads and Dogs Day! Sunday, June 17 is Dads & Dogs Day at the Fremont Fair! Bring Dad and your pooch down to the Fair at 2:30pm to participate in our one-of-a-kind pup procession! Bring your pup in a creative costume or let your dog strut his or her stuff au naturale.

Show us your membership card or sign up for a membership and get a free button!

We’ll be on the corner of Fremont Ave and 34th, on the PCC Market side. Look for the NOW rounds and our Rosie the Riveter, ‘Fight Back’ tees.

Hope to see you there!

Mia

Seattle NOW Secretary

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Meet NOW President Terry O’Neill

Posted on October 23, 2011 by seattlenow
Time
Sunday, November 20 · 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location
Lonnie Johns-Brown’s home

10748 3rd NW
Seattle, Washington
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More Info
$50 contribution for WA State NOW/PAC requested
Please email Lonnie at: lonniejb@comcast.net to RSVP and to get directions

National NOW President Terry O’Neill: A bit about this particular activist
Terry O’Neill, a feminist attorney, professor and activist for social justice, was elected president of NOW in June 2009 and took office in July. She is also president of the NOW Foundation and chair of the NOW Political Action Committees, and serves as the principal
spokesperson for all three entities. As President, Terry oversees the varied agenda and actions of NOW and speaks to enthusiastic crowds all over the country.
A former law professor, Terry taught at Tulane in New Orleans and at the University of California at Davis, where her courses included feminist legal theory and international women’s rights law, in addition to corporate law and legal ethics.
You will have an opportunity to meet and hear Terry at a Washington NOW/PAC fundraiser when she comes to Seattle to speak at the Social Security Works conference.

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Important: Join us the Membership Meeting, Sept 27th!

Posted on September 21, 2011 by seattlenow

Proposed Seattle NOW By-Laws Changes

Vote to be taken at membership meeting on September 27, 2011

 

The Seattle NOW Board is proposing two changes to the chapter’s by-laws.  The first is in regards to Membership meetings and the second is in regards to terms of office for the executive officers of the chapter.  Please join us at our September 27 Membership meeting at the Seattle NOW Office to give your input and vote on the proposed bylaws changes.

Seattle NOW Meeting

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

6:30 PM

Seattle NOW (SEIU Building)

3720 Airport Way S.

Seattle, WA 98134-2217

PROPOSAL 1

In regards to the membership meetings, we are recommending three changes in order to change:

  1. The number of required membership meetings and
  2. What constitutes a quorum as we have are currently not meeting the set number of membership meetings per year as in our current bylaws and we periodically are not getting our current quorum minimum at out meetings.
  3. The other change is to fix a typographical error in the current version of the bylaws.

Bylaw as it currently exists:

Section 4.  Membership Meetings

Seattle NOW shall hold at least eleven regular membership meetings each year, on of which shall be designated the annual meeting. The annual meeting shall be held in December. A quorum at the membership meeting shall be established by twenty members.

Bylaw proposal (Deleted words are shown with a struck out font.  Added words/letters are underlined)

Section 4.  Membership Meetings

Seattle NOW shall hold at least eleven regular membership meetings each year, one of which shall be designated the annual meeting. The annual meeting shall be held in December. A quorum at the membership meeting shall be established by twenty members. Ten members shall establish a quorum at the membership meeting.

Bylaw if passed:

Section 4.  Membership Meetings

Seattle NOW shall hold regular membership meetings each year, one of which shall be designated the annual meeting. The annual meeting shall be held in December. Ten members shall establish a quorum at the membership meeting.

PROPOSAL 2

The second proposal would eliminate the cap on the number of terms an officer can serve in the same position.

Bylaw as it currently exists:

Section 5. Governing Structure

B. Officers

II.  All officers shall be elected at the Annual Meeting and shall hold office for one year or until their successors take office.  No officer shall be eligible for more than two consecutive terms in the same office. Officers shall take office upon election.

Bylaw proposal (Deleted words are shown with a struck out font. Added words/letters are underlined)

Section 5. Governing Structure

B. Officers

II.  All officers shall be elected at the Annual Meeting and shall hold office for one year or until their successors take office.  No officer shall be eligible for more than two consecutive terms in the same office. Officers shall take office upon election.

Bylaw if passed:

Section 5. Governing Structure

B. Officers

II.  All officers shall be elected at the Annual Meeting and shall hold office for one year or until their successors take office. Officers shall take office upon election.

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Who Does She Think She Is? Film Screening & Potluck

Posted on August 19, 2011 by seattlenow

Celebrate Women’s Equality Day with Seattle NOW and SEIU Local 6 with a Potluck and a FREE screening of ‘Who Does She Think She Is?’

Come learn about the airport workers who are fighting for living wages while struggling to care for their families on part-time wages and no benefits, while the airlines are making record profits. Short discussion after film.

Ample parking (free). Bring something edible to share!

Visit www.whodoesshethinksheis.net for a preview of this incredible film and the struggles of these five artists.

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Express Yourself and March with Us at PRIDE

Posted on June 16, 2011 by seattlenow

Grab a group of friends, get a carpool together, bring the family & meet us at PRIDE,  on Columbia and 5th Ave  by 10 AM, to celebrate our diversity! Look for the NOW banner and NOW rounds (our signs).

Keep in mind: the streets will be closed off so try to get there early. Buses will still be running but parking near 5th will be difficult the later you arrive. Check in with Alexander who will be there by 8:30 am.

For more information on the parade, please visit Seattle PRIDE.

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Join Seattle NOW for Fun, Sun, and 40 Years of Fremont!

Posted on May 24, 2011 by seattlenow

Want to have a little fun and help Seattle NOW raise needed funds for the coming year?  It’s easy!  Volunteer today to staff the Seattle NOW booth at the Fremont Fair!

Seattle NOW is looking for volunteers to staff the Seattle NOW booth.  Lots of hours are available both Saturday, June 18th and Sunday, June 19th  and we are in need of your help to distribute NOW literature and sell t-shirts, bumper stickers, buttons and magnets.

Volunteering at the fair is a great way to help the chapter, to see the enthusiastic support given to NOW by the Seattle community as individuals filter by our booth, and to meet other NOW members and activists!  We schedule so that 2 or 3 people are at the booth at anyone time, so new volunteers are never without more experienced members!

If you are interested in helping out, please send reply to this email (nowseattle@gmail.com)!  It would help if you could include your name and phone number and our Fremont Fair volunteer organizer will contact you.

We hope to see you all there!

FESTIVAL HOURS AND OPERATION
Saturday, June 18th 10am-­‐8pm
Sunday, June 19th 10:30am-­‐6pm
Fremont Parade is Noon on Saturday
Seattle NOW, Burke Section­‐Booth B121
(on N 34th St and Phinney Ave N)

Volunteer Shift Schedule:
Saturday, June 18th (Fair start time is 10:00am to 8:00pm)
9:00 am to 1:00 am
1:00 am to 5:00 pm
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm (& packing up for the night )

Sunday, June 19th (Fair start time is 10:30am to 6:00pm)
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
2:00 pm to Closing 6:00 pm

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WA State NOW Conference with Nat’l President, Terry O’Neill, May 7th!

Posted on May 3, 2011 by seattlenow

Join Seattle NOW and other feminists from across the state for the WA State Conference in Tacoma, featuring Terry O’Neill, National NOW President!

Please rsvp to WA State NOW at 253-627-8130 or email  Judie or by filling out the form below.

WA State Conference Registration Form (click to open)

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Action Alert: Join Seattle NOW for two Events on April 4th

Posted on March 26, 2011 by seattlenow

A Call to Action! Be a part of the Seattle NOW Delegation

The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. in Memphis, Tenn., where he was standing with sanitation workers demanding their dream of a better life. Today, the right to bargain collectively for a voice at work and a middle-class life are under attack as never before.

Join this National Call To Action on April 4th and stand with other civil and human rights activists, union members and supporters, environmental, student and women’s groups and religious supporters against a political agenda that is attacking working families, their human rights and their dignity. This event is spearheaded by CWA [Communication Workers of America] and supported by MLKCLC [Martin Luther King County Labor Council] and other affiliated organizations, including Seattle NOW.

Join Seattle NOW at the

Seattle Call To Action Rally

Monday, April 4th, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

MLK Memorial Park, 2200 MLK Way, Seattle


Following the rally, we will meet at the Malalai Joya speaking event.

Malalai Joya:

A Woman Among Warlords

Monday April 4, 7 pm

Seattle First Baptist Church

1111 Harvard (at Seneca st.)

Seattle WA


Sponsors: Peace Action of WA, Seattle First Baptist, Partners in Peacemaking, Seattle NOW

For more info: Fred Miller, email: freefred@comcast.net, phone: 206 453-4471

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Call-a-Thon: Speak Out About Violence Against Women!

Posted on March 26, 2011 by seattlenow

Call-a-Thon: Speak Out About Violence Against Women!
Sunday April 3, 2011
3:00 to 5:00 PM
Victrola Coffee
310 East Pike St, Seattle 98122

info: Jordan, 425-281-2300
www.nowseattle.org

Seattle NOW is hosting a Call-a-Thon event where we hope to see the women’s rights advocates in Seattle who are as outraged as we are about some of the recent bills currently circling through the House of Representatives, such as the ‘No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act’. Disappointed in the fact that our country remains one of only seven in the world which has not ratified CEDAW: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women?

Then Join Us!

This Cafe event will be a safe space for women’s rights advocates to get together and get to know one another, to make calls to Congress and our local representatives about such urgent issues as these, and to make a statement that we will not tolerate legislature that is conducive to violence being committed against women in this country—all while sipping on Victrola’s premier coffee in their cozy cafe.

We hope to see you there!

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