International Human Rights Activists Meet with NOW Members

Saturday, May 18, 2013 — The Council on International Relations in Santa Fe arranged a meeting between Santa Fe NOW and a group of nine visiting Human Rights workers from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Dana, Janet and I (Janiece) only had one hour with these remarkable young people, but what an experience. Some, if [...]

May 21st, 2013 | Category: War on Women | Leave a comment

“A Conversation with Jessica Valenti”

  The Santa Fe NOW / Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice fundraiser for the Pro-Choice Safety Network Fund featuring feminist author Jessica Valenti was a huge success!  Thanks to everyone who volunteered, donated, and attended our events.  The afternoon Meet the Author buffet at Jambo Café was completely sold out and the evening event, “A [...]

October 3rd, 2012 | Category: Choice, Equal Rights, Events, Feminism, NOW-Out and About, Reproductive Freedom, Roe v Wade, War on Women | Leave a comment

Year of the (Young) Woman

Reposted from The Nation

by Jessica Valenti on May 15, 2012

Komen. Sandra Fluke. Transvaginal. The reason these words are instantly recognizable—the reason the “war on women” is now part of the national conversation—is largely thanks to younger women and online organizing. Behind every recent battle against the onslaught of sexism has [...]

May 17th, 2012 | Category: Feminism, Reproductive Freedom, War on Women | 3 comments