We are pleased to announce our slate for National NOW Office:
Terry O'Neill, President
Bonnie Grabenhofer, Executive Vice President
Erin Matson, Action Vice President
Allendra Letsome, Membership Vice President
We invite you to share your thoughts with us at www.feministleader.org and follow us at http://twitter.com/feministleaders.
NOW's moral imperative is clear and urgent.
As long as women earn between 78 and 58 cents for each dollar paid to white men, we are not equal.
As long as some women lack access to reproductive health care, including birth control and abortion services, justice is not ours.
As long as women account for only 16% of Congress, 16% of governorships and 19% of the top cabinet posts, we do not have political parity.
NOW MUST TAKE ACTION TO CHANGE THAT. We are ready to lead the continued struggle for equality and justice for all women. We are dedicated to the elimination of sexism and all the other -isms that divide us. We know that it is our common struggle that makes us strong.
NOW's trailblazing feminism is all about taking action, and there should be more of it. Our organization is facing unprecedented challenges, but we are ready to meet them. We will lead national action campaigns that attract, empower and mobilize local activists to produce results. We will revitalize NOW's direct marketing - our primary revenue generator - and develop new approaches to ensure NOW activists have the resources they need to demand equality and justice. We will use cutting-edge technology to amplify activist voices, increase collaboration and place social justice for women at the center of political discourse.
We pledge to be transparent and hold ourselves accountable. We will listen and respond to chapters, and support local activism with online tools, training and networking in addition to the cash rebates chapters receive. We will also provide meaningful support to NOW's national committees and task forces, linking them to one another as well as to the National Board and State Presidents. How we work together is important to the results we achieve. We will define goals and form the relationships and connections we need to reach them.
To all of these tasks we bring passion, skills and a track record of success. We don't pretend that the path ahead will necesarily be smooth or easy. But with your help and support, we'll make NOW the unstoppable force for equality that is has been and can be. We hope you'll join us.
In sisterhood,
Terry, Bonnie, Erin and Allendra
Feminist Leadership NOW
Sisterhood. Collaboration. Action. Results.
P.S. We note there are only three letters standing between challenges and changes.
(read less)We are pleased to announce our slate for National NOW Office:
Terry O'Neill, President
Bonnie Grabenhofer, Executive Vice President
Erin Matson, Action Vice President
Allendra Letsome, Membership Vice President
We invite you to share your thoughts with us at www.feministleader.org and follow us at http://twitter.com/feministleaders.
NOW's moral imperative is clear and urgent.
As long as women earn between 78 and 58 cents for each dollar paid to white men, we are not equal.
As long as...
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