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NOW-NYS Annual Convention
Women With Opinions: Rise Up and Be Heard
Join NOW-NYS as it celebrates the power of women at its annual convention, October 16 - 17, 2010, Albany Ramada Hotel (formerly Clarion Hotel), 3 Watervliet Ave Ext., Albany, NY 12206.
Speakers:
- Mo Therese Hannan, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at Siena College and co-founder of the annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference held in Albany, NY
- Bill Baird, the holder of three US Supreme Court victories for women's rights and found of the Pro Choice League
- Zenaida Méndez, Director of External Affairs for the Manhattan Neighborhood Network Public Access Television and President and Founder of the National Dominican Women's Caucus
- M. Tracey Brooks, Esq., President and CEO of Family Planning Advocates of New York State and Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York
- Andrea D. Lyon, Attorney, Educator and Author is nationally recognized for her work to promote social justice, equity and improvement in the criminal justice system
Register online or print the registration form (pdf).
Complete schedule and hotel information. Also read the Fall 2010 Newsletter for more information about the speakers.
NOW - NYS Criticizes Obama Health Care Reform
View NOW-NYS President Marcia A. Pappas's interview.
Help Pass the Strangulation Prevention Act of 2010
Did you know that choking or stranguation is not necessarily a crime in New York State? A 2008 study of 310 homicides in 11 American cities found that 43 percent of women who were murdered by intimate partners had experienced at least one episode of choking before their killing. Read our press release about why the Strangulation Prevention Act is needed. Read the press release from NYS Senator Schneiderman who is sponsoring the legislation. View the video of the Anti Choking News Conference.
Take Action NOW! to help us pass the Strangulation Prevention Act of 2010.
Support the
Reproductive Health Act
  
It is time for the New York Senate Legislature to pass the Governor's Reproductive Health Act. The New York State Senate can pass the most important bill for New York's women since 1970, the Reproductive Health Act, Senate Bill # S5808.
Call Your Senator Today!!!
Tell her/him to support the Reproductive Health Act!
Find your senator's contact information by typing in your zip code in the search box at our Take Action page.
NOW - NYS Protests Mayor Bradley (White Plains, NY)
NOW activists protest White Plains Mayor Bradley who was arrested for abusing his wife, Tumiko. Read NOW's news release, the police report, and emails that Tumiko exchanged with her husband and friends.
Senator Monserrate Expelled from NYS Senate!
Statement from Marcia A. Pappas, President, NOW - NYS, 2/9/10:
 Finally, tonight justice was served and women of New York State are the winners. The NYS Senate voted to expel Senator Monserrate at approximately 9:30 pm. For over a year The National Organization for Women - NYS has repeatedly sent the message that anything less than expulsion was not acceptable. Any form of violence against women is not acceptable.
NOW - NYS thanks Senator Sampson for his leadership on this issue and Senator Schneiderman for his superb leadership as Chair of the Special Senate Committee.
Most importantly we thank all our NOW - NYS members and supporters who worked with us to make this happen. A big thank you goes to the following organizations: National Dominican Women's Caucus, The New Agenda, Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee, Free Us Now, and Battered Mothers Custody Conference.
Find out how your Senator voted
Final Monserrate Report
Be a Part of Women's History. Help Us Pass the
Women's Equality Amendment
 Do you know that women are not represented in the U.S. Constitution? This past July, NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney re-introduced the Women's Equality Amendment which states "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United Stated or by any State on account of sex."
Donate $10 and sign our signature ad to tell the world that you believe in equality for all women. Donate here (in the Comment box type Women's Equality Amendment) or read more about our signature campaign.
Is your name listed here? See who is and then join us in our support of the ERA.
Violence Against Women is a Hate Crime
NOW - NYS stands in support of NYS Assemblywoman Patricia Eddington's new legislation (A6160/S2788) to make violence against women a hate crime. Read our press release.
Urge the Governor and the NYS Legislature to support this bill. Write a letter to your local media outlets. Take Action. Contact your District Attorney and tell her/him that we need A6160 passed into law. Use this sample letter (Word document).
Disorder in the Courts! Participate in this very important survey
From New York to California, women have suffered at the hands of courts that are biased against women. NOW - New York State is asking custodially embattled parents, lawyers and judges to complete a survey. The survey will be used by NOW - NYS to update its research for legislative purposes. The survey is available as a PDF document or a Word document.
Pass Pay Equity Legislation in New York State
NOW New York State is a member of the NYS Pay Equity Coalition. We are working diligently to make sure that women receive equal pay. The feminization of poverty is an issue that affects women in their everyday lives.
Women continue to make only 77 cents on the $1.00 that their male counterpart makes. It is time for New York State to pass The Fair Pay Act (A-2712/S-3936). This bill has been introduced into the NYS Assembly by Susan John. The NYS Assembly has passed this bill but, it has yet to pass the Senate. Senator Craig Johnson is the prime sponsor in the NYS Senate.
Take action. Print the Petition and send emails to your NYS legislators and Governor Paterson. Go to our Take Action section for a form letter that you can sign and send. We also have posted the Action Tool Kit that has been designed by the Coalition:
Equal Rights Amendment
Read why it is time to pass the ERA - Equal Rights Amendment - now! Sign our petition asking New York State legislators to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
Young Feminists
NOW - New York State has received numerous requests from women on campuses asking how they can start a NOW chapter or a CAN (Campus Action Network). For more information on how you can start a NOW chapter or a CAN, contact us at info@nownys.org or call 518.452.3944
Words To Live By
"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences." -- Susan B. Anthony
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