National Organization for Women
of
New Jersey
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"NOW-NJ PAC ENDORSES
CORZINE/WEINBERG AS BEST
FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES"
click here for press release
"NOW-NJ PAC PROUDLY ENDORSES
CANDIDATES FOR NJ ASSEMBLY"
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(Standing l
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Secretary - Lorraine
Petrie, Administrative
VP - Linda
Fell-Peterson, VP
Leadership - Jennifer
Armiger, President
- Maretta J. Short, VP
Membership - Rosemary
Hardison, Treasurer
- Patty Stanley,
VP Action
- Stacey Gregg
(Kneeling)
VP Affirmative Action
- Ivy Brown |
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Issues
Active NOW
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Stop Violence Against Women
“Worst to First Campaign”
2010!
Click
here for status updates
Protect the
Abused
PROTEST AGAINST CHILDREN BEING PLACED IN IMINENT DANGER BYESSEX
COUNTY FAMILY COURT JUDGE
Obama Drops Ball on Low Income Women
McCain's Choice
A Woman is keeping me up at night.
NJ Department of Labor Publishes
Proposed NJ Family Leave Regulatiions
Press release announcing the Nat'l PAC's endorsement
July 4, 2008
UPDATE ON
FAMILY LEAVE INSURANCE
BILL COST ASSESSMENT BEGINS JANUARY 1, 2009
Universal Health Care
OPEN LETTER TO OUR
U.S. SENATORS
NOW-NJ President Asks
Senators
To Support National
Health Care
for all (HR 676)
July 1, 2008
When Black Women Are Raped
Why are such rapes underreported and what damage does this do?
Boys as Boors
The ugly behavior of the male fans at Jets games.
Family Leave
Insurance
Expanding the current TDI (Temporary Disability Insurance) into
a family leave insurance system would require that workers make
only a small additional payment into the TDI fund. See
Family leave is good for business for more information.
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Organizational Information
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NOW-NJ is the umbrella organization serving the local NOW
chapters in NJ. The NOW-NJ Board of Directors consists of
representatives from each local chapter. The local
chapters work 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; and promote equality
and justice in our society.
NOW's Priority Issues
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Calendar of NOW-NJ Events
Local NOW Chapters in New Jersey
About NOW-NJ
NOW PAC's voting guide: New Jersey
Task Forces:
NOW-NJ Foundation, Inc
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Press Releases & Speeches
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"NOW-NJ PAC ENDORSES
CORZINE/WEINBERG AS BEST
FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES"
click here for press release
"NOW-NJ PAC PROUDLY ENDORSES
CANDIDATES FOR NJ ASSEMBLY"
click here for press release
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April 23, 2009
PROTEST AGAINST CHILDREN BEING PLACED IN IMINENT DANGER BYESSEX
COUNTY FAMILY COURT JUDGE
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February 3, 2009
Obama Drops Ball on Low Income Women |
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August 21, 2008
NO! THE RAPE DOCUMENTARY
FILM SCREENING HELD IN ESSEX COUNTY.
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December 12, 2007
By Maretta J.
Short,
NOW-NJ President
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June 30, 2007
No Excuse for Imus
NOW President
Maretta J. Short takes
on the false analogy between Imus's actions and those of
rappers.
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July 26, 2007
National Organization for Women Calls for Moratorium on
Immigration Raids
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WBAI "Joy of Resistance" Multi Cultural Feminist Radio with Fran
Luck and Maretta Short
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December 27, 2007
Rambunctious Pro-Choicers,
etc.
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Play Download
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November 29, 2007
Women in Politics,
etc.
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May 30, 2007
IMUS’ FIRING WAS JUST AND DESERVED
By Maretta J.
Short
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May24, 2007
Testimony: Family Leave Insurance, Senate bill
2249
By Maretta J.
Short
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January 27, 2007
Press Release
NOW-NJ Making
Black History First
Click here to view NJN's story about Maretta Short
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Referrals
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NOW-NJ can not make
referrals.
The League of Women
Voters can.
Check out their
Women's Guide
or call their
hotline: 800-322-8092. |
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NEWS ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO FEMINISTS
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Click here to see the list of
articles
Updated July 14, 2008
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COMING EVENTS
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"So You Think You
Know About Health Care?"
NOW-NJ President Debates for Single Payer Health Care
Wednesday November
18, 2009 @ 8 PM
Rutgers University Douglass Campus Center
100 George St New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1412
(more info. To Come)
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Watch for Autum Edition of
NOW-NJ News Briefs Coming in November.
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Past Events --
Photos & Reports: |
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SIGN ONTO HISTORIC WOMEN'S
LIBERATION DOCUMENT
"What Every Woman Needs To Know"
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH.
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A Back-To-School-Health Care
Rally
NOW-NJ PRESIDENT
MARETTA SHORT - GUEST SPEAKER
Presented by
Rutgers Women's and Gender Studies Assoc. (Radigals)
Thursday September 10th, 2009
12:30 pm-2:30 pm
Brower Commons on College Ave.
MORE INFO CALL 908.507.0268
Click Here for the flier
Click Here for directions
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Stop Violence Against Women
“Worst to First Campaign”
2010!
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NOW-NJ Activist Support Rally
for Abortion Rights in Nebraska
Friday, Aug. 28th, 2009
Click here for
the flier (pdf)
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Rally for Single Payer Health
Care
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Washington, DC
1 PM in the Upper Senate Park
Celebrate Medicare’s 44th birthday
Down load flyer
Bus information
Download
Transportation Guide
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FEMINSTS PICKET SENATOR
SCHUMER FOR SINGLE PAYER NATIONAL HEALTH CARE INSURANCE
WOMEN WILL NOT BE FOOLED BY
FAKE HEALTH CARE REFORM
THURSDAY, the 27th of August, 2009 6-7PM
More Information
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Save the Date!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Single Payer Health Care Regional Conference
At
Princeton Theological Seminary - Princeton, NJ
Sponsored by
One Plan One Nation Coalition
and
The Presbyterian Church USA
Click Here for more
info
Print Flyers and Distribute
Color flyer
B&W flyer
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April 8, 2008
Women Making Green History
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Click here for more information
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NOW-NJ CoSponsors Film
Afghanistan Women
Sunday, March 29th 2:00 PM
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Click here
for the flier
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Mark Your Calenders and
Support
Women's History Month Enjoy
Women's Voices:
"A Woman's Pride
and Stride"
featuring Amina Baraka
and Shanelle Gabriel
March 26, 2009
Atlantic Cape Community
College
Women's History
Events
Douglass Campus, Rutgers
"Black Women in the Ivory Tower"
March 5-6, 2009
Joy of Resistance
"Feminist Music Extravaganza"
Mercer County Community
College
March 3, 10, 20, 24, 26, 27
Gloucester County College
March
3, 2009
Bergen Community College:
Green
Initiatives for Women
Women's History Calendar
Brookdale Community College
An Evening with Maya
Angelou
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
and
An Afternoon with Golda
Friday,
March 27, 2009
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“Road Map to Economic
Recovery”
Town Hall Meeting
Thursday,
Dec 11, 2008
6 - 8 PM
flier
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December 8
& 11, 2008
COUNTING THE COST HEARINGS
Examining the cycle of arrest, incarceration,
reintegration & re-entry
Hosted by
ASSEMBLY MAJORITY LEADER
BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN
More
Information
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Lecture by
Antonia Juhasz
“The Tyranny
of Oil”
Saturday,
Nov. 15, 2008
NJ Peace
Action’s
51st
Annual Soup Luncheon
flier1
flier2
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2008 NOW-NJ
State Conference
“$trategizing for Economic Ju$tice”
Saturday,
November 8, 2008
9am - 4pm
Rutgers
University - Cook Campus
Conference
Information
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September 6, 2008
NOTE: Updated Time & Place
Sponsored by NOW-NJ Foundation,
NOW-NJ Combating Racism TF, and the Women of Color and Allies
Essex County Chapter
Save the
Date for Film Screening
“NO!”
The Rape Documentary
Produced
and Directed by Aisha Shahidah Simmons
Click to
preview:
http://notherapedocumentary.org
NOTE:
Updated Time & Place
Click to Download Flyer
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JUNE 19TH, 2008
NOW-NJ COSPONSORS
NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST
Health Insurance Corporations
More information:
Newark
Rally
Philadelphia Rally
National NOW Talking Points
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
NOW-NJ CO SPONSORS
Conversations on Race
and Voting
9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Liberty Science Center
Liberty State Park
222 Jersey City Boulevard
Jersey City, New Jersey
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Sunday, April 13
2 PM - 3:30 PM
ERA Education Fund, Inc.
presents a March History Month’s program of
Women’s Rights Are Human Rights
“LOOKING BACK and MOVING FORWARD”
Click Here for details
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April 11-12, 2008
Economic Justice Summit
NOW Foundation, Institute for
Women's Policy Research, and the National Council of Negro Women
are convening an
Economic Justice Summit in
Atlanta.
Submit workshop proposals and
research papers now, and register
online.
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March 10, 2008
Middlesex County NOW Forum:
Women in
the NJ Workplace
Speakers:
Sharon
Taylor
Sr. VP, Prudential Ins
Dr. Sindy
Paul
Medical Director, NJ Dept of
Health
Jeannine
LaRue
VP of Public Affairs, Rutgers
Click Here for details
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Sat.,
March 1, 2008
"Peace, Justice, and the
Fight against Racism and Sexism"
Guest Speaker: Maretta
Short,
NOW-NJ President
Poetry by Amina Baraka
Marc's Place Coffee House
Click Here for more information
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Sat., January 19, 2008
Second Annual Peace
Conference ." Rutgers University Law School, Newark, NJ.
8 am to 4 pm
More details here
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Sunday, January 6, 2008
NOW-NJ President, Maretta
Short, and Senator Loretta Weinberg to discuss the Mandatory HIV Testing
Bill for pregnant women and newborns. Sunday, January 6th at
12 PM on My9
The "New Jersey NOW" program
with Anchor Mike Gilliam.
Hosted by My9 News.
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