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Dear John,
Before I became the Vice President of NOW, I spent my life organizing and fighting for civil rights in some of the most politically challenging areas of the country. People told us time and time again the basic human rights we were demanding – like access to quality health care, LGBTQIA+ equality, and voting – were too hard to accomplish.
Well, I knew we could do hard things.
I have been a NOW member for decades. The community we have built together is amazing and it has given me strength in some of the most difficult times when rights were systematically be rolled back, particularly by the last administration.
2021 began a new era - an era energized by a diverse coalition that came together to protect American democracy and fight back against bigotry and hate. The work that grassroots movement leaders have been doing on the ground for years set the infrastructure for our historic presidential win in 2020 and set the course to usher in transformational change on women’s rights.
Register for our town hall discussion
NOW must live its values as an organization by supporting an intersectional feminist agenda and committing to diversity and equality.
We are excited to be hosting town hall discussions in the coming weeks, alongside longtime and new activist leaders. We will take some time to talk about our year so far, address the challenges we have tackled, celebrate our grassroots leaders’ victories, and talk about what we need to do to build an intersectional movement.
We hope to see you there.
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