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About Me

Our Mission: To recruit, coordinate, and promote a diverse legion of young feminists across the State of Michigan. The task force will also serve as an advisory committee to MI NOW Board."The participation of women and girls of all ages is critical to the future of the NOW and the women’s movement and the fight for equality. NOW is committed to empowering and involving young feminists, and encouraging an intergenerational dialogue and collaboration to strengthen ties between activists of all ages" (www.now.org)

My Interests

Equality, Opportunity, Justice, Respect, Empowerment, Freedom.....We want it all NOW!

I'd like to meet:

Young feminists of all genders and expressions
But also... ANYONE who is interested in making the world a better place for ALL through feminism! There is no age, race, sex, religion, sexuality, body type, socioeconomic status requirement for that!

Heroes:

Barbara Smith, Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards, Urvashi Vaid, Susan B. Anthony, Jackson Katz, Gloria Steinem, Alice Paul, Bell Hooks, Malalai Joya, Audre Geraldine Lorde, Dr. Marilyn Frye

My Blog

This website is temporarly inactive....

I have recently resigned my state board position in order to put more time into my local macomb county NOW board as well as the national YFTF board I was recently elected to. I will no longer be the m...
Posted by NOW on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:08:00 PST

October Meeting!

Out last meeting was on August 28th and we had some new members show up - which was great!  We had a great discussion about HPV and the new vaccine as well as talking about stuff happening on cam...
Posted by NOW on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:08:00 PST

YOUNG FEMINISTS - meet us in Detroit !

Hello Feminist Friends!  The summer is drawing to an end and what an amazing summer this has been! The NOW conference was a HUGE success and we were thrilled to meet so many new young feminists -...
Posted by NOW on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:45:00 PST

the supreme court decision that's rocking my world (in a bad way)

Some of you may not be plugged into the feminist media pipeline, so you might not have heard that: The Supreme Court upheld the ban on "partial-birth" abortion. Are you familiar with the Partial-Bir...
Posted by NOW on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:31:00 PST

COME ON DOWN!

(to Detroit, that is) We're hosting a meet-and-greet for two of our organizers from National NOW. They're here to chat it up with YOU and give us all some info about the national conference coming t...
Posted by NOW on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:49:00 PST

Why I try to read the local newspapers.....

Two articles in the Ann Arbor News about stuff that makes you say "WTF?"...    Transgender professor fights dismissal at Christian school (IN MICHIGAN) http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/regiona...
Posted by NOW on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:17:00 PST

NOW National Conference HERE!!

Young Feminist Leadership Institute Equality -- Enrichment -- Empowerment NOW & Young FeminismThe participation of women and girls of all ages is critical to the future of the NOW and the women's...
Posted by NOW on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:18:00 PST

Michigan NOW State Conference

Michigan National Organization for Women Annual State Conference and Elections "Vision Summit"   March 31, 2007 Oakland Community College Orchard Ridge Campus Women's Center Conference Registrati...
Posted by NOW on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:11:00 PST