The Seattle NOW community came together on the evening of Wednesday, February 12th for a training led by Linda Tosti-Lane with special guest Karen Fraser. The training began with a Washington State Civics lesson on how our bicameral legislature operates. “The way the system is set up is to...
The 2020 Legislative Session started on Monday, January 13, 2020 and is scheduled to end on Thursday, March 12, 2020. As this is a short session, bills will be moving rapidly through the session. This past Friday, February 7, 2020 was the first cutoff date. This was the last...
On Thursday, October 10th, the beautiful and art-filled Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center was teeming with more than 75 guests and allies gathered to honor Washington State Representative Tina Orwall and Future for Us Co-Founder Sage Ke’alohilani Quiamno for their incredible advocacy and accomplishments in furthering women’s causes at...
Washington State’s Legislative Session ended on April 28, 2019. This was the first time in a decade that the legislature did not have to go into special session. A record number of bills (over 250) were passed during this session and as a result we have some good news...
Seattle NOW recently held their June member meeting on June 19th with guest speaker Chelsea Hendrickson who gave an enlightening and inspiring presentation on the epidemic our country faces regarding Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW). This issue hits especially close to home as Seattle leads the country with...
At our March member meeting, Seattle NOW was joined by Mara Lim with Days for Girls International (DfG) who gave an engaging presentation on the important work her organization does. The DfG mission is to “increase access to menstrual care and education by developing global partnerships, cultivating social enterprises,...
We have already passed by a few cut-off dates and session benchmarks, which means that NOW has few bills to track, follow and support and we can focus on priorities on a few key issues. The future critical dates for the passage of bills are listed below: Wednesday –...
WA State National Organization for Women Legislative Alert for February 19, 2017 The 2017 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 9, 2017 and is scheduled to end on Sunday, April 23, 2017. Friday, February 17 was last day that bills in the house of origin to be heard and...
WA State National Organization for Women Legislative Alert for January 29, 2017 The 2017 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 9, 2017 and is scheduled to end on Sunday, April 23, 2017. Friday, February 17 is the last day that bills in the house of origin to be...
Seattle NOW is excited to join forces with many other local activist groups and participate in the inauguration day Women’s March on January 21st here in Seattle — more details coming soon! To prepare for this large-scale protest, we invite NOW members and members of the community to join...
