Events for March 2022

Please join Personal PAC in Chicago on the evening of Thursday, March 10th, for their first house party of the 2022 season, focusing on the 2022 election. Click here to get your tickets ... This in-person event about the critical upcoming 2022 election will feature a conversation with honored guests, Dr. Allison Cowett, Medical Director at Family Planning Associates, former Personal PAC Board Chair and candidate for State Representative Eileen Dordek, and Personal PAC Board Chair Natalie Federle. Tickets start at $25 and support Personal PAC’s work to advance and protect reproductive rights in Illinois. Space is limited.  The address [...]

Click here to register ... Click here to learn more about Jane's Army ... Everyone has been talking about Texas’ recent ban on abortion, and what it means for those in need of care. While the U.S. Supreme Court debates (and continues to allow Texas’ S.B. 8 to remain in effect), advocates and providers are doing their best to care for Texans. Verónica Cruz is one of these activists. Although she’s working in Mexico, not Texas.  Visit Las Libres to learn more. Now that Mexico has declared that abortion is no longer a crime, Verónica and other activists are working [...]

Please join the Chicago Foundation for Women for Movers and Shakers, their 2022 virtual awards celebration honoring local leaders making a difference in the lives of women and girls. Featuring a presentation of the Rev. Willie Taplin Barrow Emerging Leaders Award for innovative work benefiting Black women and girls in the Chicago region to Girls Like Me. Attend virtually for only $30.  Don't miss this chance to support the Chicago Foundation for Women and all the many causes it funds. Check out all the distinguished awardees and register for the event here.    

We're excited to welcome famed Chicago feminist and children's book author, Mary Lou Edwards, to our next chapter Zoom meeting on Wednesday, March 23, at 7 p.m.  Click here to register ... Mary Lou will talk about her new book, Only One Me On Our Big Blue Marble. Her book, primarily geared for pre-teen girls, is a plea for self-acceptance -- a message for women of all ages. The first half of her story is true. Mary Lou lived it. The second half is how she wished the event had unfolded. Sadly, that is not how it played out. Thanks to [...]

Please join the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois for Fighting For A More Perfect Union, their 2022 virtual luncheon, where we will come together as a community to celebrate and support the ongoing work to defend civil rights and civil liberties. Get your tickets here ... Featuring Keynote Speakers David Cole and Aziz Huq in Conversation In his role as the ACLU's national legal director, David Cole directs a program that includes approximately 1,000 state and federal lawsuits on a broad range of civil liberties issues. He manages 140 ACLU staff attorneys in New York, Washington, San Francisco, and North [...]

Focusing on issues including constitutional equality, economic justice and voting rights, National NOW is pleased to announce its upcoming Feminist State of the Union event on March 31st at 6:30 PM Central time.  Don't miss this opportunity to hear the famed Ellie Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation and Christian Nunes, president of NOW. Click here to register ... In the past year, the U.S. has experienced seismic cultural and economic changes, many that have tested our values and threatened to unravel the very fabric of our country. While all Americans continue to face significant challenges, it’s critical to [...]