Above: The 2020 Rose Parade float commemorating the Women's Suffrage Centennial
Welcome to NOW Sonoma
Our President's Message
June 2022
Dear NOW friends,
Happy Pride Month! While our chapter isn't
celebrating anything for it specifically this year, we do stand firmly with
the LGBTQIA+ community and fight against any discrimination of it.
We have
two important Zoom events this month: the first will be held on Monday, June
13, at 6:00 PM, to bring to your attention the pending closure of Athena
House, which is the only place in Sonoma County for women escaping alcohol
and drug addiction. We will hear more about the decision to close it,
explore alternate funding, and discuss how we can support the process to
keep it open. Our chapter is hosting representatives from Athena House and
the brainstorming will be led by Elaine B. Holtz. The letter that she and
Deborah McKay (Santa Rosa League of Women Voters) had published in the Peace
Press on May 25th is printed below. We will send further details as the date
grows closer.
The second event where we will have a presence is the Santa Rosa
MLK/Juneteenth Community Festival on June 18th. Look for Elaine and me at a table
that will have materials on NOW and on Elaine's radio show, Women's Spaces,
on KBBF 89.1.
Please plan to attend both events to become even more informed
about what's occurring in our county!
Finally, we had a wonderful session with Carl Tennenbaum on June 2, whom we
endorsed as the best candidate for Sonoma County Sheriff. The recording link
is on our Facebook page
and on our YouTube channel,
as well as on the Events Page under
Recent Events.
Amy Nykamp
President, Sonoma County NOW
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Our proud Chapter!
Above: Our Chapter celebrating the 50th Anniversary of NOW with the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, October 2016.
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August 26, 2020, the 19th Amendment Centennial and
Women's Equality Day was celebrated in Sebastopol with the Women's Suffrage
Banners.
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The 2020 Rose Parade featured the We Heart float
commemorating the Women's Suffrage Centennial and won the Theme Trophy.
See video clip below for the passage of the float and the Women Suffragist
marchers in front of KTLA cameras January 1, 2020.
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