[NOW News and Action Summary] April 6 - 19

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READ THE NATIONAL NOW TIMES ONLINE A Proud History of Women Advocating for Peace Meet the Presidential Candidates at the NOW National Conference! Saving the Courts Crucial to Women's Rights Read more of the National NOW Times online TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE SENATE WELFARE BILL Talk to your senators while they're home this week and insist on additional time and improved programs for education and training in the welfare bill. Take action! MEET THE CANDIDATES! Join NOW, the National Council of Women's Organizations and the Coalition of Labor Union Women for the first in a series of off-the-record breakfasts with the 2004 presidential candidates: WHO: Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun WHEN: Monday, April 28, 9 - 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Washington, D.C. For more information and to RSVP, contact Jama Adams at presidentsoffice@now.org. OPPOSE THE UNFAIR CLASS ACTION "FAIRNESS" ACT Class action litigation is one of the most important tools that women and people of color can use to help level the playing field. Urge your senators to oppose the Class Action "Fairness" Act, S. 274, when it hits the Senate floor. Read more		SENATE PASSES SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH RESOLUTION Thanks to your calls and emails, the Senate passed its version of the resolution to officially declare April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month last week. Now we need to convince House members to follow the Senate's lead. Take action! SENATE BUDGET SIDE-SHOW JEOPARDIZES OUR FAMILIES The U.S. Senate recently practiced the old shell game of now you see it, now you don't. While on paper they passed a cut resembling the House's $550 billion giveaway to millionaires, Senators promised that they didn't mean it. Read more SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR SEN. OLYMPIA SNOWE?A TRUE COMPASSIONATE REPUBLICAN Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) stood up for women and children by working to reduce a budget-busting $726 billion tax cut, and now supporters of the tax cut for millionaires are mounting a name-calling PR campaign against her. Read more and take action! PAY EQUITY: A LONG OVERDUE STEP IN THE ROAD TO EQUALITY "Members of Congress must unite across party lines to eliminate the wage gap by passing the legislation to ensure pay equity," said NOW President Kim Gandy. Read more 2003 NOW CONFERENCE The National NOW Conference will take place on July 11-13 in Washington, D.C. Register today!
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