Thursday, September 20, 6-9 pm Madison Central Public Library 201 W Mifflin Street, Room 301 Madison, WI 53703 Reserve your seat 13th refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the
For immediate release Media contact Mindy Wara Maciolek (414) 881-5154 mindywaramaciolek@gmail.com The Madison chapter of the National Organization for Women, Madison NOW, is pleased to announce that Wisconsin author, Laura Jean Baker, will be speaking about her newly released memoir, The Motherhood Affidavits, at Madison NOW’s chapter meeting on October 9. The previous week, on October
Friday, September 21, 3-5 pm Wauwautosa Public Library, Conference Room 1 7635 W North Ave, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53213 Join NOW, friends and allies, and contact your elected officials regarding the expiration of the Violence Against Women Act! Can’t make it on September 21? You do not need to have a local NOW chapter or be
Tuesday, September 18 at 6 PM – 8 PM Common Ground-Middleton 2644 Branch Street, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562 Join Wisconsin NOW and our allies at Common Ground – Middleton to contact your elected officials regarding the expiration of the Violence Against Women Act! Can’t make it on September 18? You do not need to have a local NOW
Host a postcard-writing gathering anytime during the week of September 17 Email us photos of your event The Violence Against Women Act is in serious danger. It’s set to expire at the end of September. While it’s always had bipartisan support previously, the current bill has no Republican cosponsors. We can’t allow this landmark legislation to expire. Originally
Media Contact Lindsay Lemmer 608.217.5217 Lindsay@LindsayLemmer.com September 13, 2018. Madison, Wis.–A screening of Ava DuVernay’s galvanizing documentary 13th is slated for Thursday, September 20. 13th refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,
Eighty facilities in Wisconsin have names, locations, and exteriors designed to look like women’s clinics, often providing free ultrasounds and pregnancy tests. Yet, most employ no medical professionals and give spurious, inaccurate and misleading information. These Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs), or fake clinics, lie to, deceive, and shame women, in order to dissuade them from
Craftivism Committee Stitch ‘n Bitch Thursday, August 28, 6-8 pm The Sow’s Ear, 125 S Main St, Verona, WI 53593 Join the Craftivism Committee as we decorate canvas bags and fill them with donations for underprivileged teen girls. You can help by donating items to fill the bags. These are the most needed items: tampons/pads,
Equality Action Training with Human Rights Campaign Wednesday, August 22, 6-9 pm Community Room at Festival Foods 810 East Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53703 Empower yourself and your community by attending the HRC Rising Equality Action Academy, hosted by Madison NOW! This is a free training program led by the Human Rights Campaign designed to
Madison NOW Monthly Meeting Tuesday, August 21, 6-8:30 pm 30 W Mifflin Street, Ste 702 Madison, WI 53703 The August Madison NOW meeting will be on Tuesday, August 21 instead of Tuesday, August 14. We will hear from mayoral candidate Maurice Cheeks, we have a lot of fun and important actions to discuss, and subcommittees