Floridians Fight for Repro Freedom Rally in Tally
2022-01-12 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Mobilize to Tallahassee for Reproductive Freedom on Jan 12

In early January, the Florida Legislature will convene for the 2022 Legislative Session. Our need to defend reproductive freedom is a sure thing.
As some anti-abortion legislators prepare to elevate misinformation and bad policy, we are preparing a unifying story grounded in the freedom to determine what’s best for our bodies, our families, and our communities. On January 12, 2022, Floridians will converge on the Florida Capitol to defend reproductive freedom.
We will demand the ability to make the decisions to have or not have children and to raise them safely. Reproductive freedom is our fight for education, immigration, freedom from violence, the environment, affordable homes, and the full scope of reproductive care – including abortion.
TO BE RESCHEDULED: Mobilize to Tallahassee for Reproductive Freedom on Jan 12

2021 Florida NOW State Conference
2021-12-04 - 2021-12-05
Sign up for the 2021 Florida NOW State Conference here!
Our Zoom conference will be held on December 4th (Saturday, starting at 12 noon EST) and December 5th (Sunday, starting at 2:00 pm EST).
Saturday morning’s plenary session will open with a welcome by Christian Nunez, President of National NOW, followed by elections and reports on Florida NOW activities. We will have a moment of silence to honor departed members and the losses experienced by our members.
Our two Saturday workshops will include: (1) a Call To Action, Tally Version, headed by our Lobbyist, Barbara DeVane, and our Repo Rights Task Force Chair, Amy Hamric Weintraub; and (2) an informative Chapters Back In Action program headed by Membership Chair Kathy Mayo to help our members prepare for chapter actions and meetings as we emerge from the era of Zoom meetings.
There will be a 15 minute break between workshops. If resolutions are produced at the workshops, we will meet at 4:15 pm EST for a plenary session to vote workshop resolutions up or down.
Our optional traditional NOW Saturday night entertainment session, will start at 7:00 pm EST — a film on voting rights and voter protection from Brave New Films, followed by commentary and member discussion lead by a civil rights expert.
Sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm EST, we will have a joint discussion by the leaders of our task forces on the ERA / Constitutional Equality, Racial Justice, Violence Against Women, joined by our Caucuses for our At-Large, Young Feminist / College, and LGBTQ+ members. Immediately thereafter, our closing plenary will follow, with an opportunity to vote on any pending Resolutions from our workshops.
We hope to have closed captioning and the involvement not only of our National NOW President, but also of our National NOW Vice-President and our Southern District Regional Representatives.
WE ASK FOR A MODEST VOLUNTARY DONATION IF YOU ATTEND – we will not ask you to buy a gift basket nor raffle tickets nor merchandise – this conference truly is free for NOW members. You can donate on line at the registration link or send in a check.
CHAPTERS are asked to donate $100 or more, in recognition that they are not asked to send gift baskets nor pay for conference journal ads nor donate auction items. That is a really good deal for each of our chapters and some have sent checks already!
TO MAIL A CHECK TO FLORIDA NOW, make it payable to Florida NOW and mail it to Florida NOW c/o West Volusia NOW, PO BOX 1133, Deland, FL 32721.
Finally, in sisterhood and ally-ship, Florida NOW will do its best to deliver another rewarding and informative conference. Please join us!
Please send conference-related communications to our Florida NOW Conference Coordinators at NOWConferenceFlorida@gmail.com

Pasco County NOW Meeting – Favorite Historical Feminist Open Discussion
2021-03-20 10:00 - 12:00 | zoom
All are invited to bring a photo of and describe their favorite Historical Feminist for Women’s History Month.
Email pcflnow@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

FL NOW Coffee Talk Sex Workers Rights Edition
2021-03-16 12:00 - 14:00 | zoom
How feminism has gotten it wrong, and how intersectional feminism is getting it right. We will discuss a variety of issues dealing with bodily autonomy.

Access to Abortion Care: The Tampa Bay Abortion Fund
2021-03-10 19:00
Please join us for a presentation by the team at the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund, a local nonprofit that “walks the walk” by connecting people with the abortion services they need, and funding their care. The Tampa Bay Abortion Fund removes financial and logistical barriers to abortion access. It assists pregnant people with low incomes seeking abortion at abortion providers in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. A network of dedicated volunteers provides ancillary services including rides, childcare, case management, judicial bypass, condoms, emergency contraception, and other services for clients in need.
Also, we will hear from a Pinellas NOW member who is dedicated to providing client escorts at Bread and Roses Women’s Health Center.
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Florida N.O.W. State Council Meeting
2021-02-27 14:00 - 16:00
Join us for this critical State Council Meeting. We will be electing new officers, reviewing and approving the new budget, electing a conference chair, getting legislative updates, and much more.

Black History Month Symposium
2021-02-23 19:30 - 21:30
Join FAU NOW and Florida NOW for this conference style event featuring panels, speakers, and discussion on black history, culture and leadership. Use the zoom link below to log in for the session.

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Orange County NOW meeting
2021-02-22 19:00 - 20:00 | zoom
These monthly meetings are scheduled on the fourth Monday of each month. Please email OrangeCountyNOW@gmail.com for the link.

Social Media Workshop
2021-02-21 17:00 - 19:00
Florida Collegiate N.O.W. will be hosting a Statewide Social Media Workshop for Florida N.O.W. This workshop is for chapter leaders only. We encourage each chapter to send at least one representative. This can be a Communications Director, Social Media leader, etc. Whoever has access to your chapter social media accounts. Please use the link below to RSVP and you will receive a zoom link the week of the event. Reach out to flcollegiatenow@gmail.com with any questions.

Women's March Fort Myers and Peaceful Protest Fort Myers are sponsoring BLACK HISTORY/BLACK PRESENT/BLACK FUTURE: Making Black History 24/7/365
2021-02-21 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom
A day to hear from a variety of activists representing the Black American experience in Lee County.
Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-historyblack-presentblack-future-making-black-history-247365-tickets-140673178263?fbclid=IwAR31mQZaFhbW-HqjLxNdVEiD3kxFBcUx398xaIe8R21UE3myVeDDtzYNcA4

PBC NOW Racial Wealth Gap Learning Simulation
2021-02-20 13:00 - 15:00 | zoom
Why does poverty impact people of color disproportionately in our nation? As awareness of the realities of racism in our nation grows, Bread for the World offers this 2-hour experience, designed to introduce participants not just to the current racial wealth gap, but how for centuries, it has been and continues to be embedded in the fabric of the U.S. economy.
Learn more about the systems that create many of the challenges we face, as well as sustainable approaches to changing them. Participation is limited to 150 persons.
This program is free to participants.

Pasco County NOW Meeting
2021-02-20 10:00 - 12:00 | zoom
Stopping Intimate Partner Violence, Speaker: Holly Tucker, Sunrise of Pasco DV Shelter
Email pcflnow@gmail.com for the Zoom link

Pay attention to the FL Legislature and Congress
2021-02-17 19:00 - 21:00 | zoom
If you’re opposed to the horrible anti-protest bill pushed by the governor, sign up for this call to learn how we can work in solidarity with March for Our Lives and Peaceful Protest Lee County.
This is a FL all call about DeSantis Censorship and Repression Bill HB1 and SB 484.
Register here:
bit.ly/DDXMFOL

League of Women Voters Florida - Lunch & Learn series
2021-02-12 13:00 - 15:00 | zoom
The webinar will be focused on Florida’s SB 48. This piece of legislation threatens an unprecedented expansion of private school vouchers in Florida. The proposal would dramatically increase Florida’s public funds diverted to private schools This would follow a harsh decade in which the state reduced its public education funding effort by 30 percent from 2008 to 2018. Open to all.
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsdeGvpjwjHNbRiu2i3Eer7rojs-dtWe2B

PBC Municipal Candidate Forum: West Palm Beach and Delray Beach
2021-02-11 18:00 - 19:00 | zoom

PBC NOW Shifting the Paradigm: The Importance of Black Newspapers
2021-02-04 17:00 - 18:00 | zoom
Our usual Thursday Zoom Happy Hour will not meet because we will attend this free, important event from FAU. Register here: https://fau-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtdeGurD8oGdH4C-gNFOzrNlj1Ogb8ZvRP

PBC NOW February Zoom Board Meeting
2021-02-02 14:00 - 15:00
PBC NOW Board Meeting By Zoom–contact us for link. Please join us! All members welcome.

Outstanding Feminist of the Year Award of 2020 + 2021: PBC Commissioners Melissa McKinlay and Maria Sachs
2021-02-02 09:30 - 10:00 | zoom
The awards will be presented at the County Commissioners. It can be viewed on the county site at https://discover.pbcgov.org/Pages/CH20Live.aspx PBC NOW board member Michelle Damone will present the awards for Outstanding Feminist of the Year, 2020 and 2021.

Legislative Talks
2021-01-31 17:00 - 18:00
Join Florida N.O.W. lobbyist Barbara Devane to discuss this weeks legislative events. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and learn more about current bills in the Florida House. Join us on Facebook Live every Sunday at 5:00!

PBC Municipal Candidate Forum: Riviera Beach, Belle Glade, Pahokee, South Bay
2021-01-31 08:00 - 17:00 | zoom

Florida NOW 2020 Virtual Conference
2020-12-12 09:00 - 21:00 | Online
Build a Better NOW.
Empower Grassroots Feminism.
Through interactive workshops, sessions, panels and plenaries, attendees have the opportunity to access information, resources, plan, strategize and engage on issues that impact communities of color, LGBTQIA+ people, and women. To BUILD a BETTER NOW in Florida and across the nation!

Florida NOW Pre-Conference Legislative Panel
2020-12-11 18:00 - 19:00
Join Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, Rep. Anna Eskamani, Senator Loranne Ausley, Rep. Angie Nixon and Rep. Dottie Joseph for a dynamic legislative panel and help prepare for the 2021 legislative session ahead.

Join FL NOW for an ONLINE Women's Equality Day Press Conference & Speak Out
2020-08-26 10:30 - 11:30 | Online
JOIN US Wed. August 26th at 10:30 am on Zoom or FB Live
Florida NOW endorsed candidates, especially women of color, had a landslide victory in the primary this year. Support seven of our FL NOW endorsed candidates as they speak out on equality!!
Join us Wednesday, August 26th, 2020 at 10:30 am, Florida National Organization for Women in conjunction with Florida NOW endorsed candidates across the state will hold an online press conference and speak out to celebrate Women’s Equality Day and urge women, people oppressed and marginalized because of their gender, gender identity, and/or gender expression, and our allies to get celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the 19th Amendment this year by registering to vote by mail and voting for equality this November.
Although women achieved the right to vote in 1920, Women’s Equality Day wasn’t celebrated until 1971 after Congress passed a resolution to mark the occasion annually. In 2020, a 100 years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, women, gender non-conforming people, and non-binary people in the United States still do not have equal rights under the law and lag significantly behind in representation. In 2020, 127 women (26 in the Senate and 101 in the House of Representatives) hold seats in the US Congress. In 2020, women comprise only 23.7% of the 535 members of Congress and transgender, gender non-conforming or non-binary people have zero representation.
The Florida Legislature is also a bastion of male patriarchy and representation. In 2020, 48 of Florida’s 160 legislators are women and transgender, gender non-conforming or non-binary people have zero representation in the Florida Legislature.
Florida NOW is fighting to change that this year.
Join us online as Florida NOW endorsed candidates across the state speak out about equality and policy measures they are ready to fight for to end discrimination against women and other oppressed genders and increase women’s and oppressed gender representation in government. Women and people oppressed on the basis of gender and gender identity deserve equality and together we will continue to speak up and VOTE until equality is achieved.
WHO: Florida National Organization for Women and Florida NOW Endorsed Candidates:
Rep Loranne Ausley (FL Senate District 3)
Rep. Fentrice Driskell (FL House District 63)
Tracey Kagan (FL House District 29)
Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava (Mayor Miami-Dade)
Rep. Dotie Joseph (FL House District 108)
Patricia Signman (FL Senate District 9)
Rep. Javier Fernández (FL House District 114)
WHAT: Women’s Equality Day Press Conference and Speak Out
WHEN: Wednesday, August 26th, 2020 – 10:30 AM EST
WHERE: Register in advance to obtain the Zoom link for the meeting by clicking the link below.
After registering a confirmation email containing information about joining the email will be sent to you.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsfuuvqz4iE9C8G0R3SVhpY2emMqI25scQ
FB EVENT(S): https://www.facebook.com/events/599245684289020

Florida NOW Council Meeting
2020-08-23 13:00 - 14:00
Join Florida NOW President Kim Porteous online for a statewide FL NOW Council MeetingTime: Aug 23, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time This will be a ZOOM meeting. Please contact us for link information to the online meeting.
Email your requests to join to communications@flnow.org
Bear Atwood will serve as Parliamentarian for this Council meeting. She will be sending out an agenda in advance.

Women in Criminal Justice with FL NOW & Miami NOW
2020-07-17 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Topic: Women in Criminal Justice with FL NOW & Miami NOW
Time: Jul 17, 2020 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87822069970?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 878 2206 9970

Consciousness Raising: Dismantling White Feminism within NOW
2020-06-30 18:00 - 19:30
Hosted by our friends of Mass NOW.
Join us on Tuesday, June 30th 6:00 – 8:00PM for a consciousness raising on dismantling white feminism, starting in the National Organization for Women!
In honor of Mass NOW’s 50th anniversary we are going back to our roots by hosting intimate consciousness raising discussions in living rooms across the Commonwealth – and now on Zoom! Over snacks and wine, we strengthen our personal narratives and educate our communities about our priority issue areas. No expertise necessary!
This upcoming consciousness raising event is about dismantling white feminism. “White feminism is the label given to feminist efforts and actions that uplift white women but that exclude or otherwise fail to address issues faced by minority groups, especially women of color and LGBTQ women.” According to Dictionary.com.
Just like we ask our members to hold their elected officials, workplaces and institutions accountable, we have to model what that looks like in our own organization too. Read our recent statement on what this look likes for Mass NOW on our website and reading these resources from SURJ to inspire our conversations.
Visit the Mass NOW Facebook event page for additional information: https://www.facebook.com/events/303356514041212/

NOW Meetup: LQBTQ_ Awareness Recognizing PRIDE Month
2020-06-29 18:00 - 19:00
Join us for this online event!
Hosted by:

Mass NOW

California National Organization for Women

Florida National Organization for Women

NOW Georgia
Visit the Facebook event page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/2614074335477643/

Women's March 2020 - Orlando
2020-01-19 12:00 - 15:30 | Downtown Orlando, 400 S. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL, 32801, United States
Bring your Best Signs and your Best Friends!
The National Organization of Women+ Orange County Chapter invites you march with us on Sunday January 19th, 2020 in support of Impeachment, The Equal Rights Amendment, the LGBTQ community, Racial Equality, Immigrants Rights, The Fight for $15, the Disability Community, and Abortion Rights.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/rising-2020-women-allies-march-orlando/
https://www.facebook.com/NOWplusOrangeCountyFlorida/
If you’re ready to join millions of women and allies on the streets, sign up to join our sister action on January 19, 2020 in Orlando.
While thousands march and put their bodies on the line in D.C., we need millions of people to rise up together in cities and towns across the country on January 18th and 19th to show that our resistance against Trump is strong in every corner of the country.
Speakers scheduled to attend include, Taylor Aguilera, President, Polk County Young Dems, Tamika Lyles for State Representative, District 43, Brandon Wolf, Pulse Survivor, and many more!

Unveiling of Mabel Norris Reese Bust
2020-01-12 15:00 - 17:00
Unveiling of Mabel Norris Reese Bust
Sculpted by Jim McNalis
Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 3 pm
Mount Dora Community Bldg.
520 N Baker St, Mt Dora, FL 32757

Mabel Norris Reese was a local Lake County/ Mount Dora journalist in the 1950’s who exposed the horrible behavior of the former Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall and associated deputies in the the cases of the Groveland Four and other Lake County citizens. This behavior included false charges, beatings, and the death of persons in Lake County primarily focused on the poor and persons of color.
Two books about this era and a perspective of the challenges faced by Mabel Norris Reese are ‘Devil in the Grove’ and ‘Under the Ruthless Sun’ written by Gilbert King. King received the Pulitzer Prize for ‘Devil in the Grove’.
Kim Porteous, President of FL NOW, will be in attendance.

Florida NOW Lobby House in Tallahassee!
2020-01-12 08:00 - 2020-02-13 17:00
We are making lobbying a priority in 2020! The Florida National Organization for Women has rented a house in Tallahassee from January 12 to February 13 to help support and educate our folks at the state capital on bills that threaten or are aligned with our NOW core issues!

This effort will help us empower our members to attend critical Legislative Committee meetings, and provide support in talking to lawmakers. We will also be able to support our collaborative partners and attend important press conferences.
Are you interested in being part of the FL NOW Legislative House? We’re taking reservations now for individuals and groups to come and be part of this exciting opportunity! Please contact Kim Porteous directly to reserve your space now at president@flnow.org. Space is limited and spots are reserved on a first come, first served basis. As part of this initiative, FL NOW will help make legislative appointments, schedule attendance at critical committee meetings and press conferences, and provide talking points so you can advocate for NOW issues. This is your chance to engage in direct, meaningful action at our state capital.
Stay tuned for information about live-stream conversations and trainings to coordinate grassroots action in Tallahassee!
Contact Kim at president@flnow.org or Melina at legislative@flnow.org for more information.
