Come Rally, March, and Commit for Pro-Choice !!!! Abortion bans affect women of color the most. Abortions won't stop, just become unsafe. Join us this Sunday, October 16th, 12 noon, at Raymond Park, in the 1400 block of Chicago Avenue in Evanston. Here's the event link on Facebook and on EventBrite. Here's the link to volunteer and to contribute. For more info, contact prochoicerally2022@gmail.com
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 [...]
On Thursday, February 2, 2023, we will come together for the first time since Roe was overturned. Please join Planned Parenthood Illinois Action at their winter political fundraiser as we celebrate our monumental midterm election wins, and work towards securing freedom for every BODY! The event will be co-chaired by both of our distinguished Illinois Senators, Richard J. Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, and will feature the presentation of the Richard J. Phelan Profile in Courage Award to Kelley Robinson, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and Incoming President, Human Rights Campaign. It's a hybrid event -- attend virtually or (even better) [...]
Please join the Chicago Chapter of the National Organization for Women, as they celebrate their incredible + inspirational Women Who Dared Awardees! Presenting Juliana Stratton, newly re-elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, with the Dawn Clark Netsch Public Service Award, and Linda Loew, Chicago For Abortion Rights Activist, with the Vernita Gray Community Advocate Award. Women Who Dared is Chicago NOW’s annual fundraising event and our chance to honor and thank extraordinary leaders for their vital contributions to intersectional feminism. Proceeds enable us to continue our crucial activism focused on economic equity, ending violence against women, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), [...]
Our next Zoom meeting to be held on Thursday, March 16, at 7 p.m. Central Time, will feature Aster Gilbert, the Manager of Training and the Public Education Institute at the Center on Halsted. Aster's presentation entitled LGBTQ Foundations, will cover: Foundational LGBTQ terms and provide definitions of various identities, like transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Elements of LGBTQ experience, such as coming out, transition, and visibility Actionable steps for becoming a more informed and stronger ally to LGBTQ colleagues and community members This is an opportunity for you to ask questions, so participation is highly encouraged! Click here to register … About Center on Halsted Center on Halsted is [...]
Chicago For Abortion Rights March 21st Springfield Protest vs Anti-Abortionists This year, the “March for Life” has abandoned Chicago, in favor of marching in Springfield. But Chicago isn’t ceding any part of Illinois! Join Chicago For Abortion Rights (CFAR) as we mount a counter protest to the “March for Life” rally in Springfield, IL, Tuesday, March 21st. We plan to once again outnumber, and overwhelm, the anti-abortion bigots, no matter where they assemble. We are planning to take an Amtrak train as a group, scheduled to depart from Union Station at 7:15 AM and arrive in Springfield at 10:20 AM. [...]
Please join the Chicago Foundation for Women in honoring local leaders making a difference in the lives of women and girls at the 2023 Impact Awards. It's always a huge crowd of fascinating and distinguished people, and an inspiring evening. More info and tickets here ... Honoring Marcie Love, founder, Personal PAC; Melineh Kano, Executive Director, Refugee One; Azariah Baker, Friends Leader, A Long Walk Home; Natalie Moore, author and reporter on race, class and communities for WBEZ; Erika Allen, CEO of Operations, Urban Growers Collective; Beatris Burgos, Greenhouse Shelter Director, Connections for Abused Women and their Children; and Cherita [...]
Our next Zoom chapter meeting on Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m. Central Time will feature Karen Kortsch, a member of our NOW chapter. Karen recently attended the Conference on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York City. (That's her at the conference, second from right.) Please plan to attend this meeting and learn about the UN, the annual CSW held at the UN, and why it matters. Click here to register ... Karen is a retired registered nurse who now devotes her time to volunteer work with several organizations including NOW. As a [...]
Please join the National Organization for Women for the Second Annual Feminist State of the Union, featuring five stupendous feminist leaders: Hillary Rodham Clinton (needs no introduction!); Joseline Garcia, Co-Founder & Executive Director at UN-PAC; Dr. C. Nicole Mason, President and CEO Emeritus of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR); Margaret Haung, President and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center; Maya Wiley, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund; and Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Click here to register ... Click [...]
Please join Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Personal PAC and Illinois NOW for Lobby Day. It’s time to head back to Springfield to let our lawmakers know that reproductive rights must be at the top of the agenda this year. Click here to RSVP ... Personal PAC will be coordinating transportation between Chicago and Springfield and Planned Parenthood Illinois Action will be providing training, lunch, T-SHIRTS, and everything you will need for a successful day. We'll be advocating for increased Title X funding, comprehensive sexual health education in schools, data privacy provisions, as well as putting an end to the deceptive practices [...]
We’re so happy to have Jan Schakowsky as one of the stupendous, always pro-choice people that represent us in Congress. Jan’s 2023 Annual Ultimate Women's Power Lunch, always an amazing event, will be held on Friday, May 5th, at the Sheraton Grand Chicago hotel at noon. Join us! Please join us for this inspiring event this year! Click here to join us. As Lauren Beth Gash reports, "Jan was my seatmate in the state legislature many years ago. I just love her, and was so honored to be one of the two co-chairs of her wildly successful (and sold-out) 3000-person Annual Power Lunch featuring Speaker of [...]