Events for November 13, 2023 - May 3, 2023

On January 19, join the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, Angelina Jolie, and Senate sponsors of the upcoming Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization for a policy day of action to ask Senators to co-sponsor and pass the bipartisan consensus bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. On December 16, 2021, Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Richard Durbin (D-IL), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced they had reached a deal on a framework to reauthorize VAWA with key improvements and protections to better meet the needs of abuse survivors. They plan to introduce the [...]

Please join our North & NW Suburban Chicago NOW chapter for our January meeting, featuring Cassie Creswell of Illinois Families for Public Schools.  Ms. Creswell will discuss the pressures our school boards are facing from well-funded disinformation campaigns targeting school boards and educators. Illinois Families for Public Schools is the voice in Springfield for systemic policy change to defend and improve Illinois public schools. Their efforts are key to giving public ed families a real, regular voice in Springfield and to advocating for public schools in our state as a public good. Please click here to register ...

Please join members and supporters of Chicago NOW as we raise a virtual glass to celebrate two extraordinary Chicago leaders for their dedication to transforming the lives of local women and girls.  Be inspired by activism stories and insights from our amazing honorees at Chicago NOW's our annual fundraising event, Women Who Dared. Click here to register ... We will be presenting the Dawn Clark Netsch Public Service Award to Natalie Scruton Federle, General Counsel, Sermo, and the Vernita Gray Community Advocate Award to Adrienne McCue, President & Executive Director, Step Up For Mental Health. Your gift will enable us to [...]

The Northbrook Public Library is sponsoring this fascinating event in partnership with RAIN (Racial Awareness in the North Shore) and the League of Women Voters of Glenview-Glencoe. Click here to register ... Adrien Sebro will examine the history of Black representation in sitcoms and explain how shows like Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and Living Single have addressed social issues. Professor Sebro teaches at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Radio-Television-Film. His scholarship specializes in critical media studies at the intersections of television, film, comedy, gender, and African Diaspora studies.  Dr. Sebro writes and teaches on U.S. [...]

Please join Personal PAC in Chicago on the evening of Thursday, March 10th, for their first house party of the 2022 season, focusing on the 2022 election. Click here to get your tickets ... This in-person event about the critical upcoming 2022 election will feature a conversation with honored guests, Dr. Allison Cowett, Medical Director at Family Planning Associates, former Personal PAC Board Chair and candidate for State Representative Eileen Dordek, and Personal PAC Board Chair Natalie Federle. Tickets start at $25 and support Personal PAC’s work to advance and protect reproductive rights in Illinois. Space is limited.  The address [...]

Click here to register ... Click here to learn more about Jane's Army ... Everyone has been talking about Texas’ recent ban on abortion, and what it means for those in need of care. While the U.S. Supreme Court debates (and continues to allow Texas’ S.B. 8 to remain in effect), advocates and providers are doing their best to care for Texans. Verónica Cruz is one of these activists. Although she’s working in Mexico, not Texas.  Visit Las Libres to learn more. Now that Mexico has declared that abortion is no longer a crime, Verónica and other activists are working [...]

Please join the Chicago Foundation for Women for Movers and Shakers, their 2022 virtual awards celebration honoring local leaders making a difference in the lives of women and girls. Featuring a presentation of the Rev. Willie Taplin Barrow Emerging Leaders Award for innovative work benefiting Black women and girls in the Chicago region to Girls Like Me. Attend virtually for only $30.  Don't miss this chance to support the Chicago Foundation for Women and all the many causes it funds. Check out all the distinguished awardees and register for the event here.    

We're excited to welcome famed Chicago feminist and children's book author, Mary Lou Edwards, to our next chapter Zoom meeting on Wednesday, March 23, at 7 p.m.  Click here to register ... Mary Lou will talk about her new book, Only One Me On Our Big Blue Marble. Her book, primarily geared for pre-teen girls, is a plea for self-acceptance -- a message for women of all ages. The first half of her story is true. Mary Lou lived it. The second half is how she wished the event had unfolded. Sadly, that is not how it played out. Thanks to [...]

Please join the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois for Fighting For A More Perfect Union, their 2022 virtual luncheon, where we will come together as a community to celebrate and support the ongoing work to defend civil rights and civil liberties. Get your tickets here ... Featuring Keynote Speakers David Cole and Aziz Huq in Conversation In his role as the ACLU's national legal director, David Cole directs a program that includes approximately 1,000 state and federal lawsuits on a broad range of civil liberties issues. He manages 140 ACLU staff attorneys in New York, Washington, San Francisco, and North [...]