Join your Seattle NOW chapter in a presentation by Chelsea Hendrickson on the epidemic our country faces of Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW). This issue hits especially close to home as Seattle leads the country with the most MMIW in urban areas in the country. Chelsea Hendrickson is...
Few talk about the perfectly normal choice many women make to not have children. Join us and author Kate Kaufmann on May 6th for a lively discussion on the implications of non-parenthood. Do You Have Kids? is not a typical guide for finding solace in the midst of infertility or for consciously...
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...
Even tho I have spent the last 44 years in the women’s movement working for many issues including economic and racial justice, fighting against poverty and violence against women and promoting older women’s issues, the ERA, Title IX and work/family issues, I know that the fight of our lives...
Seattle NOW invites current Seattle NOW members – and the NOW-curious – to join us for an evening of refreshments, entertainment, games and PRIZES as we rededicate ourselves to feminist causes. It is a time to be active, a time to be vigilant that rights we have won won’t...
Please join us on Saturday, May 7 noon to 3 PM to get out the vote by registering voters for upcoming elections. Please join Seattle NOW and the 1st Legislative District’s campaign to register people to vote. It is easy, fun and you will feel great afterward. You will...
