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2020 Women’s Suffrage Centennial

Thank you!
On behalf of the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, thank you for joining us today for an engaging call regarding activities you have planned to celebrate the 100 th  anniversary of women’s suffrage. I congratulate you on your commitment, initiative and desire to share your plans so that we can create a statewide awareness and understanding of this milestone.
If you were unable to attend the call, you can listen to the recorded audio here . A written recap will be available soon on the floridasuffrage100.org website.
As discussed during the call, please:
  • Send your activities report to floridasuffrage@floridasuffrage100.org no later than Friday, January 17, 2020. We will post the information on the Suffrage Celebration website floridasuffrage100.org. If you have additional resources and/or recommended enhancements to our website, please share;
  • Visit the FCSW website and ensure your organization is included in our resource directory fcsw.net/resources/directory/;
  • Please follow us on social media through the links below;
  • Continue to collaborate, educate and celebrate the extraordinary women throughout our state.
We look forward to collaborating with you and thank you for all that you are doing!
Best regards,
Rita Barreto Craig
Chair
Florida Commission on the Status of Women

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Help Keep Abortion Legal – Your Action is Needed

The Parental Consent bill has been scheduled in the Judiciary Committee for next Wednesday, January 15that 10:15 am – 1:15 pm . There are 3 other bills unrelated to this one scheduled and we expect that this one will take up most of the time in committee.This is the SECOND committee stop for the Parental Consent bill in the Senate. This is our best chance to make sure we put pressure on Senator Simmons to vote against it. We need all hands on deck!

  1. If you are in Tallahassee, Planned Parenthood would love to work with you to testify or waive in opposition of the legislation. Please let Laura Hernandez <Laura.Hernandez@ppsenfl.org> know as soon as possible if you will be available to speak or waive and she will be able to provide you with any talking points and prep you may need.
  2. The following targeted members’ offices must be flooded with call from now through Tuesday. Below are the numbers for their Tallahassee offices:
    1. Chair Senator David Simmons: (850) 487-5009
    2. Senator Dennis Baxley: (850) 487-5012
    3. Senator Travis Hutson: (850) 487-5007
    4. Senator Kelli Stargel: (850) 487-5022
  3. Planned Parenthood has put up a timeline on their website explaining the dark truth behind this bill. Click Here for the Planned Parenthood Link

The bottom line for these calls would be to say: “I urge you to vote NO on SB 404, voting for this unconstitutional bill is supporting Senator Baxley’s white supremacist rhetoric on abortion that will put young people, who already face obstacles to health care, at risk of further jeopardy.”

Florida National Organization for Women | P.O. Box 1281, New Port Richey, FL 34656

 

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NOW President Arrested at #FireDrillFriday

Statement from NOW President Toni Van Pelt:

WASHINGTON, D.C.— I was proud to join my fellow climate activists at Jane Fonda’s last Fire Drill Friday in Washington, D.C., before she heads back to L.A.  We are answering the alarm sounded by Greta Thunberg and other young people who are reminding us every day that “there is no planet B.” 

I am tremendously proud to be one of those arrested for civil disobedience and stand in solidarity with the women and girls who are finding climate solutions such as blocking deforestation and improving agricultural practices to organizing grassroots protests and running for office.

Climate change is a woman’s issue—impacting vulnerable populations that are already at risk.  Extreme weather events make it even harder for women to do their work, care for their loved ones and overcome obstacles to their safety and security.  

NOW joins Fire Drill Friday’s demands for environmental justice, respect of Indigenous land and sovereignty, protection and restoration of biodiversity and implementation of sustainable agriculture.  These are all issues of urgency and importance to women. 

As the saying goes, “women hold up half the sky.”  Today, the sky is literally on fire in places such as Australia. NOW and other activist, feminist, environmentalist women will hold up our part of our compact with the environment and promote bold action to prevent further catastrophe and promote climate solutions. 

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Kimberly Hayes, Press Secretary, press@now.org, 202-570-4745

Palm Beach County NOW

Palm Beach County NOW is a grassroots feminist organization fighting for women’s issues and justice since 1972.

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Palm Beach County NOW
P.O. Box 7322
Delray Beach, FL 33482

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888-394-0004

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nowpbc@gmail.com