Mississippi NOW

Mississippi NOW

https://www.facebook.com/Mississippi-National-Organization-for-Women-59324523297/

Contact: nowmississippi@gmail.com


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. NOW’s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals and lead societal change. As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States. NOW has hundreds of chapters and hundreds of thousands of members and activists in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since our founding in 1966, NOW’s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life. MS NOW is a group of women and men who believe in equality. NOW has six priority issues: Reproductive Justice (which includes keeping abortion safe and legal), Economic Justice, Ending Sex Discrimination, Lesbian Rights, Promoting Diversity & Ending Racism, and Stopping Violence Against Women. We are also committed to or interested in: 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 Workplaces, Women in the Military, and Young Feminist Programs.

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