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NOW's purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in society -- sharing equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities with men, while living free from discrimination.

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Illinois NOW President runs for National Office

Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Aurora, IL

In an email released today Bonnie Grabenhofer announced that she is running for Executive Vice President of the National Organization for Women. She is running as a member of the Feminist Leadership NOW slate which includes:

  • Terry O'Neill, President

  • Bonnie Grabenhofer, Executive Vice President

  • Erin Matson, Action Vice President

  • Allendra Letsome, Membership Vice President

Our web site will be ready in the next 24 to 36 hours. In the meantime, we invite you to follow us at http://twitter.com/feministleaders


NOW's moral imperative is clear and urgent. 
As long as women earn between 78 and 58 cents for each dollar paid to white men, we are not equal.
As long as some women lack access to reproductive health care, including birth control and abortion services, justice is not ours.
As long as women account for only 16% of Congress, 16% of governorships and 19% of the top cabinet posts, we do not have political parity.

NOW MUST TAKE ACTION TO CHANGE THAT.  We are ready to lead the continued struggle for equality and justice for all women.  We are dedicated to the elimination of sexism and all the other -isms that divide us.  We know that it is our common struggle that makes us strong.

NOW's trailblazing feminism is all about taking action, and there should be more of it.  Our organization is facing unprecedented challenges, but we are ready to meet them.  We will lead national action campaigns that attract, empower and mobilize local activists to produce results.  We will revitalize NOW's direct marketing - our primary revenue generator - and develop new approaches to ensure NOW activists have the resources they need to demand equality and justice.  We will use cutting-edge technology to amplify activist voices, increase collaboration and place social justice for women at the center of political discourse. 

We pledge to be transparent and hold ourselves accountable.  We will listen and respond to chapters, and support local activism with online tools, training and networking in addition to the cash rebates chapters receive.  We will also provide meaningful support to NOW's national committees and task forces, linking them to one another as well as to the National Board and State Presidents.  How we work together is important to the results we achieve.  We will define goals and form the relationships and connections we need to reach them. 

To all of these tasks we bring passion, skills and a track record of success.  We don't pretend that the path ahead will necessarily be smooth or easy.  But with your help and support, we'll make NOW the unstoppable force for equality that is has been and can be.  We hope you'll join us. 

In sisterhood,

Terry, Bonnie, Erin and Allendra 

Feminist Leadership NOW

Sisterhood. Collaboration. Action. Results.

 P.S. We note there are only three letters standing between challenge and change.

Help the Illinois NOW LEF -- Share a Meal

Pull up a chair and join us again this year for the 6th annual Share a Meal event.

On Tuesday, May 19*,  restaurants in Chicago and suburbs donate a portion of their proceeds to Community Shares of Illinois and more than 70 member charities serving the communities and people of our state. One of those charities is the Illinois NOW Legal Education Fund.
Join us in making a difference--it's as easy as lifting a fork.

For more information and to find a restaurant go to
www.communitysharesillinois.org 
 

 

Donate to IL NOW

Contribute to Illinois NOW's work by donating on-line now.

IL NOW is a 501(c)(4) non-profit membership organization and donations are not tax deductible because of NOW's political work.

 

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National NOW Conference.

The National NOW Conference will be held in Indianapolis, IN. Our NOW Midwest Region director, Marion Wagner, is hosting the conference. She was here to help with a wonderful conference we had in Chicago so let's all go to Indianapolis to make sure her conference is just as exciting. 

There are rumblings about car-pooling. When contacts are available they will be listed here. Contact illinoisnow@juno.com  if you are interested in forming one.

For more information and to register for both the conference and hotel please go to http://www.now.org/organization/conference/2009/ .

 

Illinois NOW Conference

This conference is also an election conference. At this conference we will be electing all IL NOW officers. Officers run individually. If you would like to be an officer please call or email for more information.

More details will be provided here as they become available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voting at the National NOW Conference

You must be both a current member and a delegate in order to vote at a National NOW Conference.

To qualify to be a delegate, you must have: 1) an expiration date of 0903 (March 2009) or later for renewing members; or 2) proof of payment of dues to NOW by March 21, 2009, for new members.

Contact your local chapter to request a delegate slot. If your local chapter does not have open slots or you are unable to reach a chapter in your area, call your state NOW organization. You can find local and state NOW chapters online.

As a delegate, you must register for the conference (either in advance or on-site). Our conference fees are on a sliding scale.Don't be afraid to use it as many of us have at one time or another. 

If you are unable to secure a delegate slot in advance, you may attend the conference, and inquire (as soon as possible) with the credentialing committee whether any chapters have open delegate slots they are filling on-site. Chapters that are unable to fill their delegate slots sometimes assign them to attendees at the conference. Remember, you will need to show proof of membership.

If you obtain a delegate slot, either from your own local chapter or from another chapter, you will still need to get "credentialed" when you arrive at the conference -- all delegates must submit proof of membership and a photo ID to the registration/credentials committee.


 

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