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Above: The 2020 Rose Parade float commemorating the Women's Suffrage Centennial |
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Welcome to NOW SonomaOur President's Message May 2022 News
NOW Sonoma members raising their voices
Women Unite Now!Dear NOW friends, The horrifying news of the leaked Supreme Court brief to overturn Roe v. Wade is upon us and nationwide protests are occurring as you are reading this newsletter. We all need to take immediate action or we will lose the right to choose what happens to our bodies. This will affect all future generations, too! At our next meeting, on May 16th, we will plan our chapter's own action to fight this. Bring your ideas! Join us on Zoom, Monday, May 16 We held one protest in Sebastopol on May 3rd and there will be more! However, since we are such a small group, the best way may be to partner with other organizations, such as the NAACP, the Democratic Club, etc. In the meantime, see below for actions you can take from your own homes. We must not let the Supreme Court remove our right to choose! Women's March organization has proclaimed May 14 as
the day they have arranged a nationwide march. According to their website,
"In partnership with Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Ultraviolet,
and MoveOn, we will mobilize on May 14, 2022 and let the world know we will
not take this attack on our rights silently. "
Click this link to pledge to participate. THE WAR ON WOMEN:
WHAT’S AT STAKE:
WHAT CAN BE DONE:
WHAT YOU MUST DO:
Other news: We have a YouTube channel! Thanks to our Webmaster, Ken Norton, we have a new channel and on it are videos of the recent forum we held with the candidates for Superintendent of Schools as well as the panel we hosted last August of well-known leaders in the county. The link to our channel is: https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCIgTr7_29T8COX2MNul_Q8g . We will be uploading other videos soon, so be sure to subscribe to the NOW Sonoma County Chapter. ---- Don't forget to vote! Mail-in ballots are in the process of being sent to each registered voter. To register, go to RegistertoVote.ca.gov and for information on the measures/candidates, go to the Registrar of Voters website for the June election. ---- Special announcement: Our treasurer and former president, Elaine B. Holtz, who is also the co-producer and host of Women’s Spaces radio show, has been nominated for the 12th Poet Laureate of Sonoma County. Nominations for Poet Laureate require that the poet be a resident of Sonoma County whose poetry manifests a high degree of excellence and who has produced a critically acclaimed body of work. The nominee must also have demonstrated an active commitment to the literary arts in Sonoma County, must propose and perform a project of their own creation, and must agree to participate in official ceremonies and poetry events.The selection of the Poet Laureate for our county will be announced on July 1st. For additional information on the process for selection and timelines, go to https://www.sebarts.org/poet-laureate/ “This is truly an honor to be nominated," said Elaine. She has read many of her poems on Women’s Spaces. You can listen to Elaine live on Mondays at 11 PM and replayed at 11:00 AM on KBBF 89.1 FM, or stream them on www.kbbf.org. All shows are archived on www.womensspaces.com. For additional information, email Elaine at elainebholtz@gmail.com. --Amy Nykamp
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Above: Our Chapter celebrating the 50th Anniversary of NOW with the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, October 2016. ---- August 26, 2020, the 19th Amendment Centennial and Women's Equality Day was celebrated in Sebastopol with the Women's Suffrage Banners.
---- 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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Let's Meet! Monthly Meetings are on the 3rd Monday of every month, 7:00 - 8:30pm. See Events page for details.
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