We’re building a feminist future—and we need you with us.

Seattle NOW is a grassroots, all-volunteer chapter organizing for bold, intersectional change. We fight for reproductive justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, racial equity, and policies that put people over profit.

See our priorities and values.

nominations open

nominations open

Tell us about a Fierce Feminist you know!

Every year, Seattle NOW recognizes incredible advocates in the fight for gender justice at our annual Shero Awards. Past awardees have been legislators, organizers, scientists, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, and more.

We need your help to find the badass women doing change-making work right here in our communities. Then join us on September 18th to celebrate the awardees, and all women.

Nominations close May 31st, so don’t wait!

  • “NOW is dedicated to working within the system and when that doesn’t work, to raising hell”

    — Elaine Day LaTourelle, Seattle NOW President, 1972

  • “What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.”

    — bell hooks

  • “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”

    — Audre Lorde

  • "The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving."

    — Gloria Steinem

  • “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

    — June Jordan

Upcoming events

  • RISE UP NOW

    September 18th in Fremont

    Celebrate the advocates leading the fight for gender justice. From lawmakers to organizers, Rise Up NOW honors those making real change in our community.

    Nominations open until May 31st- tell us about a fierce feminist who deserves recognition.

  • Monthly Book Club

    Last Wednesday of every month at 7pm via zoom.

    Read with us! Our book club explores stories by and about women from all walks of life—through fiction, nonfiction, essays, and more. Open to all who want to learn, reflect, and build community.

Support the Work

We don’t take corporate money. We don’t have paid staff. Every dollar goes directly to grassroots feminist organizing right here in Seattle—printing materials, running events, showing up at the Capitol, and building power.

If you believe in this work, chip in.

Keep Abortion Safe and Legal

NOW has been in this fight for a long time. Click below to learn about local resources, as well as what NOW is continuing to do to protect women’s right to choose:

WA State Abortion Resources

Seattle NOW’s Statement