National Organization for Women
From Sun Sentinel, Aug 17, 2023, Open the PDF below:
Presidential Search Ongoing Controversy
“…many FAU faculty, donors and supporters are becoming increasingly alarmed by what they see as continued political interference by allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has supported controversial State Rep. Randy Fine for the presidential job.”
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“Historic, Earliest Endorsement for a Presidential Reelection Campaign”
Washington, D.C.–NOW PAC, the member-supported political action committee of the National Organization for Women (NOW), announced today it is endorsing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for reelection in 2024.
“President Biden and Vice President Harris fought for women’s equality and rights long before they walked into the White House on January 20, 2021,” said Christian F. Nunes, NOW PAC Chairwoman/NOW National President. “This is our earliest endorsement for a presidential reelection campaign because the Biden-Harris administration has and continues to place women’s issues at the forefront, not through words but through actions.”
During its first term, the Biden-Harris administration created the Gender Policy Council, assembled an incredibly diverse and qualified Cabinet, pushed for codifying Roe and ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, and nominated the first Black woman for Supreme Court Justice.
“Women, especially women of color, are the backbone of our nation’s democracy,” said Nunes.” Women are not going to let the extremists continue on their path of destruction to tear our lives apart. The Biden-Harris administration is the firewall against these horrible attempts to roll back our basic rights to abortion, contraception, and healthcare access to LGBTQ+ protection to pay parity and equity.”
“More than 100,000 members and supporters comprise the NOW PAC – the oldest and largest grassroots movement in the U.S.,” said Nunes. “We are organizing in every city and town and everywhere in between across the country to mobilize and turn out voters to return President Biden and Vice President Harris to the White House.”
“While every election is consequential, the 2024 election will make or break our democracy,” said Nunes “And as always, women will be on the right side of history because we will continue to break feminist turnout records. We have no choice because all of our rights are on the line.”
NOW PAC is the political arm of NOW, the largest grassroots feminist organization in the country, with hundreds of chapters and thousands of supporters, members, and activists in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. For the past 45 years, NOW’s aggressive grassroots organizing and early support for feminist candidates have made a difference in critical elections. NOW PAC is funded solely by its grassroots membership and evaluates federal candidates on their record on the core issues of NOW: constitutional equality, ending violence against women, economic justice, LGBTQIA+ justice, racial justice, and reproductive justice.
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Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 1971, Congress designated August 26 as Women’s Equality Day to mark the date in 1920 when the 19th Amendment finally guaranteed women’s right to vote. This day marks a significant milestone in the women’s movement, but the name can be a little misleading — as we know, society is still far from equal for women.
As we commemorate the suffragists’ fight to secure the vote, we also must reflect on the barriers that still exist today, especially for Black women, to exercise that right. State legislatures have moved at a near-record pace to enact laws that change voter register rules, limit the number of people that can be assigned to a particular polling location, or redraw districts as populations have shifted, among other proposals. Regardless of what they name these bills, these are poorly veiled voter suppression efforts to keep Black, Brown, Indigenous, young, new Americans, and yes – women – from the polls.
These actions to undermine our democracy serve as a poignant reminder of the intertwined struggles against all forms of injustice. We must continue to speak out against inequality. We need to stand up against every societal barrier that seeks to divide us. Drawing on the passion of the suffragists and civil rights leaders before us, this August 26, NOW has partnered with the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington to carry on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream of freedom and equality for Black Americans. We urge you to join us to continue to fight for equality.
NOW remains dedicated to gender equality, and when we recognize interlocking systems of oppression, we move forward to a world that listens to every woman’s voice and upholds every woman’s rights regardless of race, ethnicity, class, or any other aspect of their identity.
Until the rights and needs of all women are equally valued and protected, we can only then truly achieve the ideals that Women’s Equality Day represents.
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From the Palm Beach Post, August 13, 2023, by Ira Raab, Retired Justice of NY:
Staying on low road for Florida Court System
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Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes
On December 23, 1994, the United Nations General Assembly designated August 9 as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. It marks the date of the first meeting, in 1982, of the U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
This year’s theme, Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self-determination, recognizes Indigenous youth’s active role as agents of change working on the front lines of today’s most meaningful decisions. Now’s own commitment to engaging and supporting new generations reflects today’s observance.
We know that Indigenous women are often the primary custodians of ancestral knowledge, passing on vital information on planting, medicines, food, the environment, and traditional ways of life. They are leaders, healers, elders, teachers, and providers—and the guardians of biodiversity, protecting forests, water, and ecosystems.
Indigenous Youth, like all young people in the U.S. and around the world, are deeply concerned about the environment and believe in the grassroots activism that NOW members have always supported.
As the world watches the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Indigenous flags of Australia and New Zealand are on display and First Nations and Maori cultures are strongly represented in ceremonies and on team captains’ armbands.
Here at home, we see how polices that restrict access to asylum disproportionately impact Indigenous migrants, who face displacement from climate change and violence from gangs enforcing the building of industrial projects on ancestral land.
As we observe today’s International Day of Indigenous People, NOW members celebrate the vibrant cultures, languages, traditions, and accomplishments of Indigenous people in the U.S. and around the globe.
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