NOW - NYS Convention Headed for Seneca Falls
Join NOW - NYS November 7-9, 2008 in Seneca Falls, NY as we celebrate the 160th anniversary of the first Women's Rights Convention with our annual convention. Workshop proposals are now being accepted. Send name of presenters, description of the workshop, and contact information to info@nownys.org.
Resolutions concerning Transgender Day of Remembrance, driver's licenses for undocumented NYS residents and anti-racism were passed at the October 27, 2007 NOW - NYS Convention. Read the complete resolutions.
This is What a Feminist Looks Like
Support the
Reproductive Health & Privacy Protection Act Did you know that several NYS Legislators believe that a woman is not capable of making her own medical decisions? You can change that by supporting NOW - NYS's Campaign to Support the Reproductive Health & Privacy Protection Act.
The Act was introduced last year. It is up to YOU to make sure that this legislation is passed and that women in NYS are ensured the fundamental right to privacy when making crucial decisions about their bodies.
Does your NYS Legislator believe that women's health should suffer? Many states are enacting laws to further restrict abortion with no respect for the women's health. This is your chance to make sure that NYS protects a woman's health!
Click here for talking points and a letter that you can send to your NYS Legislator demanding that women be afforded the same respect that men have over their bodies. Abortion is a medical decision. It should be made only by the woman, upon hearing the advice from her doctor.
More information concerning the Act:
Why we need the Reproductive Health & Privacy Protection Act Fact Sheet
Download and sign our petition supporting the Reproductive Health & Privacy Protection Act. Ask your friends, family and community members to sign our petition. There is power in numbers!
Marcia A. Pappas, President of Now - NYS, Senator Ruth Hassel- Thompson, and Alberta S. Roesser, President of Rochester NOW, kick off the NOW - NYS Campaign to Pass The Reproductive Health & Privacy Protection Act.
Pass Pay Equity Legislation in New York State
NOW New York State is a member of the NYS Pay Equity Coalition. We are working diligently to make sure that women receive equal pay. The feminization of poverty is an issue that affects women in their everyday lives.
Women continue to make only 77 cents on the $1.00 that their male counterpart makes. It is time for New York State to pass The Fair Pay Act (A-2712/S-3936). This bill has been introduced into the NYS Assembly by Susan John. The NYS Assembly has passed this bill but, it has yet to pass the Senate. Senator Craig Johnson is the prime sponsor in the NYS Senate.
Take action. Print the Petition and send emails to your NYS legislators and Governor Paterson. Go to our Take Action section for a form letter that you can sign and send. We also have posted the Action Tool Kit that has been designed by the Coalition:
NOW - NYS Demands Equality in the Court and on the Court
Last October, NOW - New York State passed a resolution at the annual conference insisting an investigation by then Attorney General Eliot Spitzer be conducted because of allegations that the United States Tennis Association (USTA) discriminated against women and people of color when appointing umpires.
Mr. Spitzer responded with his decision and in January 2007 Sandra de Jenken became the first woman to officiate a men's Grand Slam final.
As always, NOW - New York State is out front on the issues, blazing the trails for women.
Ask Oprah to Hear the Cries of
Battered Mothers and Their Children
Send Oprah an email asking her to expose the secrets in the court that keep women and children in bondage. Take action.
Equal Rights Amendment Read why it is time to pass the ERA - Equal Rights Amendment - now! Sign our petition asking New York State legislators to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
Young Feminists
NOW - New York State has received numerous requests from women on campuses asking how they can start a NOW chapter or a CAN (Campus Action Network). For more information on how you can start a NOW chapter or a CAN, contact us at info@nownys.org or call 518.452.3944
Words To Live By
"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences." -- Susan B. Anthony
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