Events for November 13, 2023 - May 3, 2023

If there's one single reason why Illinois is a pro-choice state, it is Personal PAC.  So you won't want to miss their 30th Annual Awards Luncheon featuring the amazing Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan and Champion for Choice. Get your tickets today !!!! It's all happening on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at the Chicago Hilton & Towers, 720 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago.  If past experience is any guide, registration opens around 11, the program starts promptly at noon and will be done by 1:30. It ain't cheap -- $250 per ticket -- but as the saying goes, Freedom Is [...]

Please join North & NW Suburban Chicago NOW for a presentation by Lynne Belsky of "A Time To Dance." Join us at 7:00 pm on Thursday October 26th, in-person at the Northbrook Public Library, 1201 Cedar Lane, or via Zoom. Please click here to register either way -- and if you're joining us in person, please also email us at nwsubilnow@gmail.com to let us know. "Time To Dance" (www.time-to-dance.org) is a non-profit organization based in Highland Park that encourages women over 50 to take dance lessons in a judgment-free environment. Through discussion and a demonstration by a troupe of six dancers, [...]

It's the 38th annual gathering of the Chicago Foundation for Women, and one you won't want to miss. Click here for more info and to get your tickets ! CFW reports:  "NEVERTHELESS, WE WILL PERSIST. We have ramped up our work because we believe that economic security, freedom from violence, and enhanced access to health services and information benefit all women and girls. "NEVERTHELESS, WE WILL GIVE. In 2022, we awarded $3.4 million in responsive and strategic grants to 258 non-profits." Featuring keynote speaker Amanda Nguyen. Amanda Nguyen is the founder of Rise, a 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, and [...]

Please join Illinois Contraceptive Access Now (ICAN!) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, for Advancing Contraceptive Equity:  Birth Control is Health Care, on Monday November 13th, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. Click here to register for this in-person event. Illinois is a leader in advancing progressive reproductive health policies and rights. While defending abortion access has rightly been our immediate priority following the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, we must also realize that access to patient-centered contraceptive care across the lifespan is fundamental to reproductive autonomy. Please join policy makers, providers, payers, patients, and community partners to hear from HHS [...]