Events for April 27, 2023 - June 6, 2023

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 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 [...]

Please join Planned Parenthood of Illinois for their Annual Celebration. Get your tickets here ! Hybrid Event We are excited to celebrate at The Geraghty in Chicago and virtually for those unable to attend in person. Join us as we come together to celebrate the unwavering dedication of the Planned Parenthood of Illinois' (PPIL) community of health care staff, patients, board, volunteers, and supporters. With impending regional anti-choice legislation, threats to transgender youth and LGBTQIA+ rights, potential bans on medication abortion, your support will ensure we continue to break down barriers for our patients and advance sexual and reproductive health [...]

Please join Physicians for Reproductive Health for Voices of Courage:  Care Is Not A Crime, a benefit celebrating courageous voices against the criminalization of reproductive health care. Honoring Dr. Bhavik Kumar and Dr. DeShawn Taylor, and with special guests John Oliver and Olivia Julianna.  Full bios here -- check em out! Nearly one year after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the PRH community will come together to honor some of the most courageous abortion providers who show up every day to care for their communities while facing escalating political attacks, harassment, and criminalization. It's all happening on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at the [...]