Events for May 11, 2022 - March 16, 2022

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 [...]

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 ...