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EVENT: The Criminalization of Black and Brown Girls

Adversity, Abuse, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Organized by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and Virginia NOW

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Wednesday, May 19th, 2021

With the increased attention to criminal justice reform and racial justice, this is the time to focus on dismantling racist and sexist policies and practices targeting Black and Brown girls and young women. These include "the school-to-prison...

VA NOW Endorses Hala Ayala for Lt. Gov. - A Beacon for Equality

The VA NOW Political Action Committee has voted unanimously to endorse Hala Ayala's candidacy for Lt. Governor. It is with great pride and excitement that VA NOW pledges our support for Hala.

Hala has been a Virginia chapter and state NOW leader - but much more, she has been a beacon for equality in the state House of Delegates. Her commitment to Virginia's girls and women is paramount to her...

Our 2021 Legislative Priorities - for Justice, Equality, Women’s Rights

Virginia NOW advocates for issues and legislation furthering justice and equality, especially on measures impacting women and girls: this includes voting rights, criminal justice reforms, economic justice advances, educational equity, and women’s health and safety, including abortion rights and gun safety. We support the two constituional amends: marraige equality and restoring the right to...

Why Women Go to Prison (from The New Republic) Roughly half of female homicide victims in the United States are killed by a current or former male partner.

From The New Republic

Many of the 230,000 women and girls in U.S. jails and prisons were abuse survivors before they entered the system. And at least 30 percent of those serving time on murder or manslaughter charges were protecting themselves or a loved one from physical or sexual violence.

Tanisha Williams met Kevin Amos on December 29, 2002,

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It's Time for HER Excellency

As the nation recovers from the eternal 2020 election season, Virginians are preparing for our state elections in November 2021. We have all three executive offices on the ballot and all 100 House of Delegates members. The election in 2021 presents an opportunity to move forward in historical strides in the contests for governor by electing champions that personify our determination to achieve racial...

Women are bearing the brunt of the economic crisis. They must lead our recovery plans.

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Women are bearing the brunt of the economic crisis. They must lead our recovery plans.

Opinion by Gina M. Raimondo and Mary Kay Henry

Oct. 8, 2020 at 6:18 p.m. EDT

Gina M. Raimondo, a Democrat, is governor of Rhode Island. Mary Kay Henry is international president of the Service Employees International Union.

The Great Recession hit male-dominated professions hard. This...

"We're Speaking" - and Stop Interrupting Us

We are witnessing history with the vice-presidential debate and the presence of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. Not only is Senator Harris the firstBlack and Indian American VP nominee of a major American party, she is also the lone woman’s voice on either ticket. NOW salutes this historic moment; we know that if not for women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, Fannie Lou...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Our Feminist Champion

There aren’t sufficient words to describe the depth of sorrow women are feeling at the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We are shattered. We are broken. We feel that we have lost more than a dear and admired friend. Our country has lost a feminist champion.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not only a historic Supreme Court Justice, but also a political and cultural icon for the ages, and

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On 100th Anniversary of 19th Amendment, We Continue to Fight for the Vote

Today, Women’s Equality Day, marks a century since women finally won the vote and began to have a true voice in our democracy.

Watch this inspiring short video by

our partner, The Turning Point Suffrage Memorial:

Commemorating Courage: The American Suffrage Movement

The certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution did not end the battle for full civic participation, as states and...

NOW PAC Endorses Biden-Harris: "reject the misogyny, racism and corruption of the Trump presidency and bring honor, decency, justice and feminist leadership to the White House.

The National Organization for Women Political Action Committee (NOW PAC) is proud and excited to announce its endorsement of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for president and vice president of the United States of America.

Our nation has waited centuries for this moment and our members have spent four years preparing for this moment—to reject the misogyny, racism and corruption of the Trump...

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EVENT: The Criminalization of Black and Brown Girls

Adversity, Abuse, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

VA NOW Endorses Hala Ayala for Lt. Gov. - A Beacon for Equality

Our 2021 Legislative Priorities - for Justice, Equality, Women’s Rights

Why Women Go to Prison (from The New Republic) Roughly half of female homicide victims in the United States are killed by a current or former male partner.

From The New Republic

Many of the 230,000 women and girls in U.S. jails and prisons were abuse survivors before they entered the system. And at least 30 percent of those serving time on murder or manslaughter charges were protecting themselves or a loved one from physical or sexual violence.

It's Time for HER Excellency

Women are bearing the brunt of the economic crisis. They must lead our recovery plans.

"We're Speaking" - and Stop Interrupting Us

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Our Feminist Champion

On 100th Anniversary of 19th Amendment, We Continue to Fight for the Vote

NOW PAC Endorses Biden-Harris: "reject the misogyny, racism and corruption of the Trump presidency and bring honor, decency, justice and feminist leadership to the White House.

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