Events for April 27, 2023 - June 6, 2023

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 [...]

Put this one on your calenar and plan not to miss it !!!!!  It's the 2023 "Women of Justice" Awards Dinner of the National Council of Jewish Women, Chicago North Shore Section. Honoring Lorie Chaiten and Jill Lexier and featuring keynote speaker Jill Wine-Banks, author of The Watergate Girl, MSNBC legal analyst and co-host of the #SisterInLaw and IGenPolitics podcasts.    

On Wednesday, June 28th, Personal PAC is hosting its inaugural NextGen reception – an event to empower the Next Generation of pro-choice leaders. The event will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Hubbard Inn – 110 W Hubbard Street, Chicago. We hope you can join us! NextGen tickets start at just $40 – click here to reserve yours today! We are thrilled to have Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley joining us at the event as our special guest! Congresswoman Pressley has been a tireless and effective advocate for gender equity and choice – blasting back against misogynistic, racist, [...]

Please click here to register Please join our NOW chapter at 7:00 pm on Wednesday July 12th for a sure-to-be-fascinating presentation by Donald M. Bell on the history of NOMAS – the National Organization for Men Against Sexism. Please click here to register ... The organization’s slogan says it all:  “Pro-feminist, LGBTQ+ affirmative, anti-racist, anti-classist, enhancing men’s lives.”   The photo above is of a NOMAS chapter. From their website:  “NOMAS recognized early on that all oppressions (the ‘isms’) are linked. Fighting against a single oppression (e.g., sexism) without recognizing that it is intertwined with all other oppressions (e.g., racism, classism, [...]

All feminists are invited to the Illinois state conference of the National Organization for Women.  Open to all NOW members, but don't worry -- you can join or renew right at the door or on the Illinois NOW website. Here are full details and the link to register ... Join Illinois NOW for our first in-person conference since 2019! The theme is Rising to the Challenge and the date chosen is significant as it is Women’s Equality Day – the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Kicking off the day will be a special performance [...]

Planned Parenthood Illinois Action and Planned Parenthood Illinois Action PAC present ... FIGHTING FORWARD -- Freedom For Every Body Honoring Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker with the Richard J. Phelan Profile in Courage Award and Precious Brady-Davis, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and author of I Have Always Been Me, with the TrailBlazer Award. with co-chairs U.S. Congresspersons Nikki Budzinski, Delia Ramirez and Eric Sorenson. Put on your party clothes, and don't miss this glittering, star-studded event. Info and tickets here.  

Please save the date for the Evanston Pro-Choice Rally & March. It's at noon on Sunday October 15th at Raymond Park, in downtown Evanston, on the east side of Chicago Avenue between Lake Street on the south and Grove Street on the north.  There's street parking, and the Sherman Plaza Parking Garage is just a few blocks away. There will be a rally with inspirational speakers and music, followed by a march through downtown Evanston. More details coming soon ...    

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 [...]