Join our online discussion Tuesday, March 18th at 6 p.m. with Oregon State Senator and pediatrician Lisa Reynolds. Reynolds will discuss “Momnibus 2025,” a package of bills targeting infant and maternal health.
Dearest Sisters, So it begins. The new leadership has amazing plans that we will be unveiling in a week. We are Oregon NOW. The Big Umbrella. She flies with her own wings- But will have a place to land, a place to gather, a place to learn, and a place to make things happen. What
Email info@noworegon.org no later than September 27, 2024 for Zoom link in order to attend. All are welcome but only Oregon NOW members in good standing for at least 90 days may vote. We will be voting on revised Bylaws and also for President, Vice President, Treasurer and at large board members. For more information,
Oregon NOW is having a regular board meeting via Zoom on June 26, 2024 at 7 pm. All Oregon NOW members are welcome to attend. In order to get a Zoom link for the meeting please email info@noworegon.org; include your name so that your NOW membership can be confirmed.
Released on March 14, 2023 Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOW is committed to commemorating Equal Pay Day and what it means for all women. While it’s a significant occasion, it also rekindles feelings of disbelief, anger, and frustration. It’s 2023 and – inexplicably and unjustifiably – it’s difficult to reckon
Released on March 9, 2023 Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–In the eight months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, one in three women have lost access to abortion care, and over 17 million can no longer access all the reproductive health care they need. States are rushing to pass more bans and
Released on August 26, 2022 One hundred-two years ago today, (white) women were finally granted the Constitutional right to vote. We now honor this as Women’s Equality Day to commemorate a milestone that catalyzed decades of progress for women. However, it’s disingenuous to celebrate this momentous occasion as equality becomes increasingly more elusive for women as
Released on June 24, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. — We’ve been ready for this. We knew that with the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, abortion rights were hanging by a thread. Today, that thread—that lifeline—has been cut. The Supreme Court’s ruling endangers women and pregnant persons with low-incomes, women and pregnant persons of color, women
Released on May 25, 2022 Today marks the two-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. However, there has been little movement on police reform since the horrific tragedy. Police still kill Black people at higher rates than other groups and corporations that once proclaimed that Black Lives Matter continues
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: Washington, D.C. — Governors have just one job that matters today—to keep their citizens safe, healthy and protected from the coronavirus. But anti-abortion politicians like Texas Governor Greg Abbott, as well as Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, are using the pandemic as an excuse to fuel their
