Making Work Pay PA, a coalition Pennsylvania NOW belongs to, calls on the PA General Assembly to get down to work and pass a real budget! “Making Work Pay PA, a coalition of 29 advocacy and direct service organizations that span the entire breadth of PA are calling on the Pennsylvania Legislature and Governor Tom…
2015 Pennsylvania NOW Convention
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Take Action for Justice!The Pennsylvania state chapter of the National Organization for Women (PA NOW) is pleased to announce our upcoming 2015 Convention “Taking Action for Justice” to be held at the Hilton Harrisburg on October 24, 2015 from 9AM to 5PM, hosted by the Harrisburg NOW chapter. Tickets are available online at 2015PANOWConvention.Eventbrite.com. NOW…
20-Week Abortion Ban Moving in the US Senate
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Contact your Senators today. In PA, that’s Senator Casey Toll Free: (866) 802-2833 and Senator Toomey (202) 224-4254. On Friday, the US House passed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. It is not expected to pass in the Senate, but it looks like Republicans will try to now fast-track a 20-week abortion ban bill. Contact…
GOP Presidential Debate Debacle & Ongoing Attacks on Family Planning
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Pennsylvania NOW President Caryn Hunt spoke with Rick Smith on The Rick Smith Show about how 11 people seeking the highest office in the land acted as if women and their concerns and issues don’t even exist. Worse, the only female Republican presidential candidate, told outright lies about abortion footage that actually in fact doesn’t…
CLUW’s Kathy Black & PA NOW’s Caryn Hunt Talk Pay Equity on Philly Labor
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Listen to a lively discussion with Kathy Black from Philadelphia’s Coalition of Labor Union Women and Pennsylvania NOW President Caryn Hunt on PhillyLabor Radio on the subject of Equal Pay for Equal Work, a concept unions have promoted all along! Tweet
Calling All Western PA Activists!
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Keystone Progress is headed to Erie for the North by Northwest PA Progressive Summit on August 30th. This event is open to community leaders, government and non profit organizations, students and concerned citizens. Learn more about a variety of issues including: LGBTQ nondiscrimination, ensuring voter rights and civil participation, fighting structural racism and the importance…
Two Transgender Rights Bills Firsts for PA
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Pennsylvania NOW is proud to support to first of its kind transgender rights bills in the state, introduced by Philadelphia Representative Mark Cohen. The right to determine one’s gender identity and to be able to transition medically is often unavailable to those marginalized due to gender identity and poverty. NOW supports healthcare autonomy, the idea…
Oppose Mandatory Drug Testing to Receive Public Assistance
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This is a letter sent to House members from the Making Work Pay Coalition of which PA NOW is a member. The Coalition is spearheaded by Women’s Way: June 22, 2015 Dear Representative: RE: Opposition to Amendment 02247 for H.B. 1164 The Making Work Pay PA Coalition is a statewide group of advocacy and direct…
Equality & Justice NOW: The Agenda for Women’s Health
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Pennsylvania NOW President and Equality & Justice NOW host Caryn Hunt talks with Carol Tracy, Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project about the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health, a new legislative initiative that looks at the intersection between women’s equality status and health impacts. Tweet
Censured Judge Honored After Letting Rapist Off the Hook
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On Friday the Yellowstone Bar Association honored Judge G. Todd Baugh, for his lifetime of achievement. His most recent legal achievement was being suspended from the bench after sentencing rapist Stacey Rambold to 30 days after the girl he raped - his 14-year-old student Cherise Morales - subsequently committed suicide. Judge Baugh’s statements in the…
