| Music | East Valley NOW currently meets at the Tempe Public Library, main branch, lower level
(SW Corner of Rural Rd. and Southern Ave.) in Tempe, AZ every second Thursday of the month, 6:30-8:30 PM.
Our next meeting is Thursday, August 14th! Please email your questions to: evnowchapter@gmail.com |
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What is NOW?
NOW stands for the National Organization for Women. NOW is dedicated to making legal, political, social and economic change in our society in order to achieve our goal, which is to eliminate sexism and end all oppression.
When and how was NOW founded?
NOW was established on June 30, 1966 in Washington, D.C., by people attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women. Among NOW's 28 founders was its first president, Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique (1963). Another founder, the late Rev. Pauli Murray, the first African-American woman Episcopal priest, co-authored NOW's original Statement of Purpose which begins:
The purpose of NOW is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men.
What does NOW do?
NOW strives to:
*eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society;
*secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women;
*end all forms of violence against women;
*eradicate racism, sexism, and homophobia; promote equality and justice in our society.
NOW achieves its goals through direct mass actions including marches, rallies, pickets, counter-demonstrations, non-violent civil disobedience, intensive lobbying, grassroots political organizing and litigation (including class-action lawsuits).
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