Events for April 27, 2023 - June 6, 2023

Please join us as we come together to celebrate the unwavering dedication of the Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) community. Despite unparalleled threats to sexual and reproductive health care, we will always provide comprehensive and compassionate health care, education, and advocacy, no matter what. Click here for more information and to get your tickets. Honoring Carolyn Moon with the Champion of Care Award.   Carolyn is a former board member and lifelong supporter of PPIL. Her quiet strength and passion have built strong connections and support for the Central Illinois communities that we proudly serve.  We look forward to celebrating her leadership [...]

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Please join us as we welcome Yolanda Androzzo, Coalition and Programming Director for One Aim Illinois, to our July 13 Zoom event, from 7 to 8 p.m., sponsored by Illinois NOW and hosted by North & NW Suburban Chicago NOW.  Ms. Androzzo will be joined by Daniel Schober, Director of the Chicago Gun Violence Research Collaborative (CGVRC) and Diane Latiker, Founder of Kids Off The Block (KOB).  They will discuss their partnership to understand and address youth concerns related to gun violence in the Roseland neighborhood. Click here to register ... As stated on One Aim's website: "While many may [...]

We are excited to finally meet again in person for the 2022 National NOW Conference: Save Our Democracy – Vote for Womxn’s Lives! Click here for more info and to register ... Join us in the windy city of Chicago at the ‘herstoric’ Palmer House Hilton hotel. Make your plans to join the united NOW member body to make new connections and reconnect with old friends and chapters from across the United States, as we come together to vote on resolutions and bylaws and to reignite the excitement of ensuring our PAC is funded to endorse feminist candidates who will [...]

Now that Roe has been overturned, helping people access the abortion care they need will require new and creative approaches. Join our next North/Northwest Suburban Chicago Chapter Zoom meeting on Wednesday, August 24, at 7 p.m. Central Time, to learn how to legally spread information about self-managed abortion. Click here to register ... The information that will be shared at this meeting was originally presented in a seminar at the National NOW Conference last month. Cindy Wolfe Boynton, who is the president of Connecticut NOW and a National NOW board member from the Northern District, will lead our Zoom workshop.

Please save the date for “You Be the Judge,” an important event that Jane’s Army is hosting on Tuesday, August 30th at 6:30-7:30 pm on Zoom. The event will feature the two pro-choice candidates for IL Supreme Court, Mary Kay O’Brien & Elizabeth Rochford.  We'll discuss what the stakes are this November, why we need to elect these two progressive candidates, and offer volunteer opportunities for guests to plug into. Reproductive freedom in Illinois has not been at such great risk since the pre-Roe days, and if we lose just one of the Illinois Supreme Court seats we will lose our [...]

Join us at our next chapter Zoom meeting featuring Dr. Catherine Marienau and Dr. Carolyn Torkelson who will discuss their new book Beyond Menopause: New Pathways to Holistic Health. Click here to register ... Beyond Menopause brings a fresh perspective to the mental, physical, and spiritual elements of holistic living. From the distinct vantage points of medicine and neuroscience, the authors guide women toward new pathways to optimal health and well-being. Women of postmenopausal age want to remain healthy, vital, and engaged, yet they are often overlooked in the healthcare system. In this phase of life, women need to create [...]

Please join our North & NW Suburban Chicago Chapter for our January meeting featuring Laura Welch, Illinois NOW president, and Kim Villanueva, Illinois NOW treasurer.  Laura and Kim have recently been elected as members of the National NOW Board of Directors from the Heartland District.  They will be speaking on new initiatives for NOW and what's happening here in the Heartland District. Click here to register ... 2022 was a roller-coaster year, starting with the horrors of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the June Supreme Court "Dobbs" decision -- the catastrophe that eliminated the vestiges of Roe v Wade and paved [...]