Please join the ACLU of Illinois for a discussion on the future of reproductive rights and access in Illinois and nationwide, featuring Khadine Bennett, Director of Advocacy and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Ameri Klafeta, Director of the Women’s and Reproductive Rights Project.
Please join the Chicago Abortion Fund, EverThrive Illinois and Planned Parenthood Illinois Action for the last of three online programs in their Abortion Fund Spotlight Series. The workshop will highlight how this legislative change will impact young people seeking abortions and discuss the remaining barriers to abortion that still exist in Illinois.
Please join the National Organization for Women for this panel event, Justice at Our Border: Addressing the Barriers Faced by Undocumented Women, on Tuesday, January 18th at 6:00 pm Central time. This thrilling event will feature U.S. Congresswomen Zoe Lofgren and Pramila Jayapal as keynote speakers! Click here to register ... As the Chair of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, a former immigration attorney, and immigration law professor, Rep. Lofgren is recognized as an established champion of top-to-bottom immigration reform and a national leader in immigration policy. During the 113th Congress, she played a key role in negotiating a [...]
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 ...
HYBRID EVENT! Please join PPIA and Planned Parenthood Illinois Action PAC for this essential and sure-to-be-enjoyable Roe v Wade Anniversary Event. Attend virtually or in-person (vaccination and masking required.)
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. [...]
As part of its ongoing commitment to diversity and equity, the National Organization for Women (NOW) is thrilled to announce its annual virtual Racial Justice Summit. The theme for 2022 is Connected by Justice & Intersectionality: Facing the Realities of Race in America. Click here to register ... While we have seen some advancements in attitudes towards race in recent years, incidents of racial injustice are still too prevalent in the American social landscape. To help establish a less precarious future for women of color, this year's Summit will include discussions focused on the critical and intersectional issues of reproductive [...]
Please join the Midwest Access Project and their host The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation for this important in-person program: "The Future of Abortion Care: Filling the Gaps -- Training Providers in Reproductive Health" featuring MAP co-founder and board member Lorie Chaiten, JD. Click here to register ... Access to abortion care in the United States is facing extreme challenges. The harms caused by state abortion bans have been aggravated by the Supreme Court’s refusal to block them. In December the Court heard a case to consider overruling Roe v. Wade. Please join Midwest Access Project for a discussion [...]
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 [...]
