If you have not seen this important documentary, Equal Means Equal, now is your chance! If you’ve only seen it once, you may want to see it again. It shows us the real situation of women in the United States. Very intense. We will discuss afterward.
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Press Advisory for 2019 Raleigh Women’s March, 1/26/19
Press Advisory for 2019 Raleigh Women’s March on 1/26/19 and for planned press conference for women’s march on 1/23/19. Includes speakers, performers, steering committee and hashtags.
Raleigh Women’s March Is 1/26/19!
We are excited about the 3rd Raleigh Women’s March event. Join us to celebrate women rising up and running for office and winning. Hear from women who are making a difference.
Trump Administration Attacks Women via ACA and Title X Changes
How Trump Administration changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to Title X will hurt women. Here are many things people may not realize about women and health insurance. You will be shocked that women were charged more as a matter of course (called gender rating) and what was considered a pre-existing condition before ACA. You will also be shocked what this domestic Gag Rule will do.
Action to Protect Food Assistance (#HandsOffSNAP)
NC NOW and Tuesdays With Tillis Indivisible organized an event on the Farm Bill and its attacks on food assistance, known as SNAP (previously known as food stamps). Speakers from MomsRising and NC’s Budget and Tax Center spoke on protecting food assistance and reasons why this would not work in NC, and provided easy actions to take. The Triangle Raging Grannies brought new music on the topic.
Blue Stocking Salon on Women in Poverty Summary – 1/27/18
Fayetteville NOW’s Young Feminist Committee hosted their 3rd Blue Stocking Salon on 1/27/18. The topic of women in poverty drew the largest group yet! We discussed various studies and their results, personal experiences with social safety nets and anti-poverty activism as well as what we could do after the salon to act on what we learned.
Equal Means Equal Showing in Chapel Hill on 2/17/18
If you have not seen this important documentary, Equal Means Equal, now is your chance! If you’ve only seen it once, you may want to see it again. It shows us the real situation of women in the United States. Very intense. We will discuss afterward.
Equal Means Equal Showing in Smithfield, 12/4/17
The Equal Means Equal documentary is being shown in Smithfield, NC on December 4, 2017. Join NC NOW’s president for a discussion session after the film.
National Actions To Take NOW!
We have 3 actions to take on national issues. Oppose the House Budget which slashes trillions of dollars from healthcare, food and income assistance, education and more. Oppose HR 38 – giving domestic violence offenders the right to stalk and kill their intimate partners across state lines! Oppose HR 36 – another abortion ban.
Articles on Harm Trumpcare Would Do to Women’s Health
Read more about Medicaid and the damage that Trumpcare will do in the following articles, among other places. Also no state would fare worse than North Carolina, where 1.3 million in NC could lose health insurance under Senate health plan.
