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Illinois NOW Action Alert – Support Marriage Equality 2/27/13 Please contact your Representative to VOTE YES on SB 10. Senate Bill 10 (Sen. Heather Steans/Rep. Greg Harris), the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, passed out of the House Executive Committee yesterday and is now on 2nd Reading in the IL House. Please contact your [...]
Illinois NOW Action Alert – Support Marriage Equality Please contact your Senator TODAY to VOTE YES on SB 10. Senate Bill 10 (Heather Steans), the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, is now on 3rd Reading in the IL Senate and can be called for a vote at any time. Please contact your Senator and [...]
REGISTER HERE for the 2012 Illinois NOW Annual State Conference Time Saturday, October 6 · 10:30am - 5:00pm Location Lincoln Public Library 326 S. 7th St., Springfield, IL 62701 Created By Illinois National Organization for Women More Info Illinois NOW strives to bring the latest and most relevant feminist issues to attendees. We welcome ALL equality-minded individuals [...]
For the last two weeks, supporters of equal pay have been making calls to the Senate, and we can’t thank you enough. Well, we still need your calls, and we’re excited to let you know that the toll-free number is still working, so please read on . . . U.S. women need fair pay now [...]
Please support the Bullying Prevention Policy, Illinois HB 5290, today! Current Illinois law requires that school districts have bullying prevention policies, but they fail to provide guidance necessary to ensure that these policies and implementation successfully combat bullying. HB 5290 provides this guidance! HB 5290 must pass out of the Illinois Senate before the [...]
We hope you are registered and ready to vote tomorrow, March 20th!! NOW is ready, and we have our list of 2012 endorsements to help you at the voting polls tomorrow: Congressional candidates endorsed by national NOW PAC: Federal Races Name Office District Election Result Leslie Coolidge U.S. House 6 race pending Tammy Duckworth U.S. [...]
CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH! it’s celebratin’ time, friends! What better way to celebrate Women’s History Month than to spend it with women’s organizations from across Illinois that have made all the difference in women’s lives? Join DuPage NOW and College of DuPage on March 14th to meet and hear from featured speakers on what Women’s [...]
Every year, hundreds of women contact us for help. They depend on us. Can we depend on you? The Illinois NOW Women’s Resource and Referral Project in Springfield replies to phone and email queries from women around the state who are seeking help with divorce, domestic violence, discrimination and other problems. The Illinois NOW Legal [...]
Illinois NOW Action Alert Please call your state senator today and urge them to vote YES on HB 1958. As you recall HB 1958, bans shackling pregnant female prisoners. The bill as amended affects ONLY Cook Countyjail – not state prisons, downstate jails, or arrests by local police. Senator Hutchinson, the lead sponsor in the senate, committed [...]
Please take action today on HB 3027, the newest version of the Comprehensive Health Education Act. This bill was amended to include comprehensive sex education and is on concurrence in the House. The opposition is putting out alerts full of misinformation on this bill, so we need you to call in NOW to counter their [...]