Online Meetings

Special ERA Program

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Thanks to Janette Dean and all who joined us for our Special ERA Program! Nevada helped to reenergize the ERA movement when we ratified in 2017, and Nevada activists continue to be involved in the actions to make sure 2021 is the year the Equal Rights Amendment is added to the Constitution.

The 28th Amendment NOW ERA Committee has projects to let the new President, Vice President and Congressmembers know that We Support Constitutional Equality.

A recording of this meeting, along with all other past online meetings, can be found here.

A SUMMARY OF ACTIONS TO TAKE FOLLOWING THE 1/17/21 MEETING

Advocating for The Equal Rights Amendment

  • Sign our petition asking President Biden, Vice President Harris and National Archivist, David Ferriero, to certify the full 38 states required for adoption of the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution.

  • Fill out our postcards. We are asking the new administration to direct the National Archivist to certify Virginia’s ratification, thus reaching the required 38 states for passage of the 28th Amendment. Click here to learn how to participate in our postcard campaign.

  • Buy a mask from our ERA YES Mask project. ERA facemasks designed and sewn by life-long NOW Member Zoe Nicholson were inspired by the national impact of the ERA buttons and white outfits worn by the women Democrats at the 2020 State of the Union Address during the Suffrage Centennial of the ERA.

  • Donate to our 28th Amendment NOW ERA Campaign to help fund the ERA YES Mask project. We will be delivering our ERA masks to the Executive and Democrat Legislative Branch members, Cabinet Members and Media. The mask project will distribute ERA masks while encouraging them to wear them in public to remind everyone that Equal Rights is Unfinished Business.

January 10, 2021 Virtual Program: 2021 Legislative Session Prep

This week we were were joined by Senator Nicole Cannizzaro, Assemblywoman Claire Thomas, Assemblywoman Venicia Considine, and Dr. Sondra Cosgrove to strategize and hear about bills for the upcoming legislative session. Nevada NOW is forming a Legislative Committee to review BDRs and bills so that we can support either the passage or the defeat of each. Please let us know if you are interested in joining the committee. Our first meeting is Wednesday, January 13 at 1pm. Email info@nevadanow.org for the link to join us.

A recording of this meeting, along with all other past online meetings, can be found here.

2020 Holiday Party

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Thank you so much to everyone who joined us virtually for our annual Nevada NOW Holiday Party!

This year’s holiday fundraiser is supporting Mass Liberation’s Adopt a Family program. To donate, please click here and note that it is a “holiday donation.” Thank you, as always, for supporting our community.

A special thank you to Kandi Betts, Sabra McWhirter, and Sandy Reed, who were named our Volunteers of the Year, and to everyone else who has volunteered, donated, and attended meetings this year. Here’s to 2021!

December 6, 2020 Virtual Program: Nevada's Eviction and Housing Crisis

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This week we were joined by Meredith A. Levine, Director of Economic Policy at the Guinn Center, and Venicia Considine, Director of Development and Community Relations at the Legal Aid Center. We will continue our discussion of the eviction and housing crisis already affecting Nevadans.

Click here to learn more about the Guinn Center, and click here to learn more about the Legal Aid Center.

Join other NOW volunteers in the fight to win back the Senate by participating in NOW phone bank events for Jon Ossoff and Rafael Warnock. Find more information here.

A recording of this meeting, along with all other past online meetings, can be found here.

November 22, 2020 Virtual Program: Grassroots Activists Helping Our Community

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Thank you to everyone who attended our important panel discussion about Nevada’s economic crisis in COVID times, led by amazing grassroots activists, Leslie Turner of PLAN Mass Liberation Project, Bliss Requa-Trautz of Arriba Las Vegas Workers Center, and A’Esha Goins of Make it Work Nevada. Nevada faces a crisis with Covid-19 numbers climbing, job losses, skyrocketing eviction numbers, and an affordable housing shortage.

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We are also very thankful to all of our volunteers that donated and gave their time to help elect NOW PAC and Nevada NOW PAC endorsed candidates! 2020 was the first year for our Nevada NOW PAC and we are proud of our 73% success rate! We held fundraisers, phone banked, sent texts, dropped literature at doors, and wrote many postcards. And, thanks to all of you, we raised over $8,000 for local candidates!

A recording of this meeting, along with all other past online meetings, can be found here.

Special Georgia Volunteer Meeting

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On November 11, Nevada NOW hosted a special meeting with some amazing grassroots activists who are organizing in Georgia for the Senate runoff elections, which will decide who will control the Senate. Thank you so much to Kati Hornung of Vote Equality, Triana Arnold James, President of Georgia NOW, and Sharon J. Hill of The People’s Agenda.

We have until December 7 to register voters. Learn more about the Georgia U.S. Senate candidates at their websites (Reverend Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff).

We’ll need a majority in the U.S. Senate in order to pass progressive legislation and add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. Let’s help make this happen!

A recording of this meeting, along with all other past online meetings, can be found here.

A SUMMARY OF ACTIONS TO TAKE FOLLOWING THE 11/11/20 MEETING

GEORGIA ELECTIONS

  • We are fundraising to send $500 to Vote Equality in order to sponsor a fish fry, an event where volunteers will register voters in Georgia for the runoff election. We are so proud of the money we were able to raise for our local Nevada elections, and we hope to do the same for Georgia. To donate, click here. Any amount helps, and all donations are incredibly appreciated.

  • Visit Vote Equality’s website, sign up to make phone calls or write postcards, and receive their weekly newsletter about work in Georgia

  • Keep up with Georgia NOW’s work and volunteer opportunities via their website and Facebook

October 25, 2020: Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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We would like to thank Tu Casa Latina’s Sandra Quiroz, Executive Director, and Itzayana Montoya, Outreach Coordinator, for their wonderful and informative presentation at our October 25th meeting to recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To learn more about the work they do to assist undocumented immigrant victims of violence you can go visit their website. Please consider making a donation, as 100% of donations go to providing services, resources, and assistance to better the lives of immigrant families.

A recording of this meeting, along with all other past online meetings, can be found here.

September 27, 2020: Make a Voting Plan

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Thank you to all Assembly candidates who took the time to join us on our September 27th program: Brittney Miller, Susan Martinez, Claire Thomas, Lesley Cohen, and Michelle Gorelow. A special thank you to Sondra Cosgrove for providing an overview of this year’s unique voting process and answering all of our questions.

Remember that you can sign up with Nevada NOW to volunteer and assist endorsed candidates or donate to the Nevada NOW PAC fund. Thank you for helping us elect all of our endorsed feminist candidates!

A recording of this meeting, along with all other past online meetings, can be found here.

September 13, 2020: PAC Candidates

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Thank you to Patricia Ackerman, a National NOW PAC endorsed congressional candidate, and to Radhika Kunnel, Cecelia González, Elaine Marzola, Shea Backus, and Sena Loyd, all Nevada NOW PAC endorsed assembly candidates, for attending our September 13th meeting.

Remember that you can sign up with Nevada NOW to volunteer and assist endorsed candidates or donate to the Nevada NOW PAC fund. Thank you for helping us elect all of our endorsed feminist candidates!

A recording of this meeting, along with all other past online meetings, can be found here.

September 6, 2020: Congresswoman Susie Lee and Prison: the Hidden Sentence

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We were grateful to have Congresswoman Susie Lee join us for a legislative update and overview of her work for Nevadans.

In addition, Julia Lazareck, joined us to talk about her new book “Prison: the Hidden Sentence,” as well as her work with Friends and Family of Incarcerated People (FFIP). We also heard from Angee Majors of Success Starts Here inc. and learned about her new organization that helps people get on their feet after being incarcerated.

A recording of this meeting, along with all other past online meetings, can be found here.

August 30, 2020: State Senate Candidates

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Thank you to all State Senate candidates who took the time to join us on our August 30th program: Pat Spearman, Kristee Watson, Nicole Cannizzaro, and Liz Becker.

Remember that you can sign up with Nevada NOW to volunteer and assist endorsed candidates or donate to the Nevada NOW PAC fund. Thank you for helping us elect all of our endorsed feminist candidates!

A recording of this meeting, along with all other past online meetings, can be found here.