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September 12, 2019 by admin

America’s Game is America’s Shame

Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The day after Antonio Brown became a player for the New England Patriots, a federal lawsuit was filed accusing him of rape and sexual assault. And the day after that, the Patriots, whose owner Robert Kraft was charged with two counts of solicitation of prostitution at a Florida day spa, responded by putting Brown on the training field.   

The NFL’s message is clear–there’s too much money resting on Brown’s career to keep him from playing, or to seriously address the league’s systemic culture of violence against women.  

We’ve seen this before when former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice assaulted his then-fiancée in a hotel elevator.  At the time, NOW said that the NFL didn’t have a Ray Rice problem, it had a violence against women problem.  

It still does.   

NOW renews our demand for an independent investigation on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking within the NFL community, and for enaction of real and lasting reforms.  Today, the league’s enforcement of punishment for abuse or domestic violence is secretive, haphazard, inconsistent and inadequate.  

Why does the NFL refuse to change its shameful culture? And why is Antonio Brown still on the field? Society must stop the patriarchy’s protection of men who lash out over their imagined grievances and pain, imposing physical and mental harm on women. 

America’s game is America’s shame. The NFL’s “boys will be boys” culture of violence against women must stop, now. 

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Kimberly Hayes, Press Secretary, press@now.org, 202-570-4745

September 11, 2019 by admin

Stop Mitch McConnell’s Sneak Attack on Justice and Women’s Rights—Defeat Steven Menashi’s Nomination to the Court of Appeals

Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mitch McConnell likes to run his do-nothing Senate at a turtle’s pace, but there’s one thing that makes him run like a rabbit—confirming federal judges.  The worse the nominee, the faster he acts. 

Steven Menashi, a legal aide to Donald Trump with an appalling record of inflammatory rhetoric, and hostile views towards women, communities of color and LGBTQIA+ Americans, is the worst of the worst.  

Donald Trump nominated Menashi to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit once held by Thurgood Marshall. But instead of advancing equality and justice, Menashi is a picture of intolerance, bigotry and misogyny. He regularly engages in hate speech and is unfit to serve on the federal bench. 

While a student at Dartmouth and editor of the notoriously right-wing Dartmouth Review he defended a fraternity “ghetto party” as “harmless and unimportant.” 

He also used his platform to attack “gynocentrists” participating in Take Back the Night marches, compare race data collection in college admissions to Hitler’s Germany, and oppose the “radical abortion rights advocated by campus feminists and codified in Roe v. Wade.” 

As part of Trump’s administration, Menashi has rescinded protections for students of color, sexual assault survivors, and victims of fraudulent for-profit colleges, and advocated for Stephen Miller’s horrific immigration policy.  

In order to short-circuit opposition to this nomination, Mitch McConnell kept details of today’s Judiciary Committee hearing a secret until the last minute.   

But we will not be silenced.  NOW calls on the Senate Judiciary Committee to defeat Steven Menashi’s nomination and reject this sneak attack on justice, fairness and equity. 

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Kimberly Hayes, Press Secretary, press@now.org, 202-570-4745

September 4, 2019 by admin

Unlock the Future for Women and Girls in Immigration Prisons

Media Advisory from the National Organization for Women:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thousands of immigrant families are being inhumanely locked away in horrific and immoral detention facilities – and the women and girls among them are suffering the most. Those fleeing to the U.S. are seeking refuge from sexual violence, assault and poverty and they deserve a fair and humane immigration process. If they are to be held in these prisons, at a minimum, we have an obligation to give them access to vital human needs such as reproductive health care, feminine hygiene products and mental health care, among other provisions. 

“While the ultimate goal must be to unlock the future of women and girls by closing all of the inhumane detention prisons, while they are still in operation detained people must be afforded their human rights,” said National Organization for Women (NOW) President Toni Van Pelt. “We demand that the U.S. reform our immigration practices and end our current detention prison system, instituting instead humane, safe and secure processes for women and girls immediately.” 

In response, NOW is launching the “Unlock the Future” campaign with a series of rallies and issuing a Bill of Rights for women and girls in detention prisons that will be delivered to top level government officials. NOW also urges support of H.R. 3918/S. 2113, the Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act which would address many of the issues highlighted in our Bill of Rights. 

Details of the campaign include: 

  • Who: The National Organization for Women, along with our state and local chapters and our partner organizations.
      
  • What: “Unlock the Future” Rallies to demand humane treatment for the women and girls held in immoral immigration prisons: 
  • When/Where: 
    • Oct. 16:  San Diego, Calif. 
    • Nov. 17: Houston, Texas 
    • Dec. 8:    Phoenix, Ariz.
       
  • More information: Visit Unlock The Future or hashtag #UnlockTheFuture for updates on upcoming events. Read our Bill of Rights for Women and Girls in Immigration Detention Prisons. 
  • Media Contact: For more information or to attend these upcoming events, please contact press@now.org.  

Contact

Kimberly Hayes, Press Secretary, press@now.org, 202 695 8229

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