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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 save the date for “You Be the Judge,” an important event that Jane’s Army is hosting on Tuesday, August 30th at 6:30-7:30 pm on Zoom. The event will feature the two pro-choice candidates for IL Supreme Court, Mary Kay O’Brien & Elizabeth Rochford.  We'll discuss what the stakes are this November, why we need to elect these two progressive candidates, and offer volunteer opportunities for guests to plug into. Reproductive freedom in Illinois has not been at such great risk since the pre-Roe days, and if we lose just one of the Illinois Supreme Court seats we will lose our [...]

Now that Roe has been overturned, helping people access the abortion care they need will require new and creative approaches. Join our next North/Northwest Suburban Chicago Chapter Zoom meeting on Wednesday, August 24, at 7 p.m. Central Time, to learn how to legally spread information about self-managed abortion. Click here to register ... The information that will be shared at this meeting was originally presented in a seminar at the National NOW Conference last month. Cindy Wolfe Boynton, who is the president of Connecticut NOW and a National NOW board member from the Northern District, will lead our Zoom workshop.

Please join us as we welcome Yolanda Androzzo, Coalition and Programming Director for One Aim Illinois, to our July 13 Zoom event, from 7 to 8 p.m., sponsored by Illinois NOW and hosted by North & NW Suburban Chicago NOW.  Ms. Androzzo will be joined by Daniel Schober, Director of the Chicago Gun Violence Research Collaborative (CGVRC) and Diane Latiker, Founder of Kids Off The Block (KOB).  They will discuss their partnership to understand and address youth concerns related to gun violence in the Roseland neighborhood. Click here to register ... As stated on One Aim's website: "While many may [...]

We’re excited to welcome Anushay Hossain, author of The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women. This new, highly acclaimed book is described as "a meticulously researched exploration of the women's health crisis through real tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny." Our online Illinois NOW presentation hosted by the N/NW Suburban Chicago Chapter of NOW is on Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m.  Co-sponsored by Compassion & Choices, the national nonprofit focused on improving care and expanding choice at end of life. Register at tinyurl.com/now-paingap. Anushay Hossain is a writer and a feminist policy analyst focusing [...]

Jane’s Army is preparing for the fight against anti-choice extremism in Illinois this election season & we hope we can count on you to join us. Please register today at https://tinyurl.com/JA-AskTheDoc. On Monday, April 18th, Jane’s Army is hosting, “Ask the Experts: Plan B, The Abortion Pill & Surgical Abortion” with guest speakers Dr. Sobia Ansari, Khadine Bennett & Dr. Alison Cowett. Please join us for this free event to learn more about the differences between Plan B (emergency contraception), medication abortion (the abortion pill), and surgical abortion & why it matters in the fight to protect access to contraception [...]