DuPage County NOW

DuPage County NOW

https://www.facebook.com/dupagenow

Contact: nowdupage1@gmail.com


1218 Old Naperville Road
Naperville, IL

NOW chapters focus on six priority issues including reproductive rights, ending sex discrimination/constitutional equality, promoting diversity and ending racism, economic justice, stopping violence against women, and LGBTQIA rights. Our chapter welcomes new members to help fight for women's rights on the local and national level. DuPage County NOW is the local Illinois chapter of the National Organization for Women. NOW is the largest, most comprehensive feminist advocacy group in the United States. NOW is one of the few multi-issue progressive organizations in the United States. NOW is a non-profit grassroots organization that stands against all oppression, recognizing that racism, sexism and homophobia are interrelated, that other forms of oppression such as classism and ableism work together with these three to keep power and privilege concentrated in the hands of a few. NOW's top 6 priority issues are: * Advancing Reproductive Freedom * Promoting Diversity and Ending Racism * Stopping Violence Against Women * Winning LGBT Rights * Achieving Constitutional Equality * Ensuring Economic Justice Here are some additional issues NOW supports: * Affirmative Action * Disability Rights * Family/Family Law * Fighting the Right * Global Feminism * Health * Immigration * Judicial Nominations * Legislation * Marriage Equality * Media Activism * Mothers/Caregivers Economic Rights * Working for Peace * Social Security * Supreme Court * Title IX/Education * Welfare * Women-Friendly Workplace * Women in the Military * Young Feminist Programs How Does NOW Take Action? * Educating the public and media about the status of and threats to women's rights * Organizing rallies, protests, demonstrations and marches of all sizes * Protesting businesses that mistreat women and people of color * Lobbying for and writing laws that promote full equality for women * Registering new voters and inspiring them to get to the polls * Recruiting and electing feminist candidates at all levels of government * Initiating and supporting lawsuits against violators of women's rights * Demanding fair and unbiased courts and judicial nominees * Working in coalition with progressive DuPage NOW Meetings are generally held on Saturday afternoons at the DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church (DUUC), 4S535 Old Naperville Road, Naperville IL, in the Founders Room. For map and directions, visit www.duuc.org. For our next meeting date, watch our page or email dupagenow@gmail.com. If our issues relating to equality for women socially and politically are important to you, please join NOW! If you are in the DuPage County, Illinois area, join the DuPage County chapter. Even if you're not ready to join but are interested in finding out more, attend our next meeting.

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