[NOW News] Don't Get Weary...

Support NOW's Work |	February 8, 2006	| Tell a Friend

DON'T GET WEARY... Kim writes in her biweekly Below the Belt column, "We lost two of our own soldiers last week, Coretta Scott King and Betty Friedan, whose leadership in the civil rights and women's rights movement inspired us all to keep moving forward, every day. But I am heartened by Scott King's closing words at the 1978 NOW Conference: 'So let us continue to work together, because when we are together there is a kind of strength that we get from each other... My sisters, let us walk together, and don't get weary.'" Read more ALITO CONFIRMATION MEANS STEP BACK FOR WOMEN Despite a courageous filibuster led by Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, the full Senate voted 58 to 42 on Jan. 31 to fill Sandra Day O'Connor's Supreme Court seat with extreme conservative Judge Samuel Alito, jeopardizing decades of gains for women. Read more | Take action NOW JOINS CALL FOR EMERGENCY GULF COAST RENEWAL PLAN NOW President Kim Gandy joined several other groups to demand that the Bush administration stop stalling, stop giving out no-bid contracts, and start cooperating in the restoration of our ravaged Gulf Coast and its people. Read more NOW LEADS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY DELEGATION TO VENEZUELA Together with Global Exchange and the US Women and Cuba Collaboration, NOW will lead a delegation from the United States to Venezuela to participate in the Venezuelan Solidarity Delegation March 5-16. Read more 2005: A DRAMATIC YEAR FOR WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS Women's reproductive rights were in sharp focus in 2005, facing attacks at both the federal and state level and as a central issue in the battle around two Supreme Court vacancies. Read more MORE RECOMMENDED READING Prochoice Puritans - Katha Pollitt, The Nation A Sisterhood of Support: The Pillars of Civil Rights - Wil Haygood, The Washington Post Voice of Feminism's 'Second Wave' - Pat Sullivan, The Washington Post George Bush's Dishonest Budget - Robert L. Borosage, TomPaine.com What Really Happened - Cindy Sheehan State-by-State Analysis of the Status of Reproductive Rights - NARAL Report Congressional Influence Hits Home - Richard Morin, The Washington Post With Liberty and Justice for All : A Life Spent Protecting the Right to Choose - Kate Michelman		IN MEMORIAM: BETTY FRIEDAN Betty Friedan, one of the founders of NOW and the modern women's movement, passed away on Feb. 4. "Betty recognized a longing in the women of her generation, a longing for...a chance to live their own dreams beyond the narrow definition of 'womanhood' that had limited their lives," said NOW President Kim Gandy. Read more | Send a tribute | Read the tributes IN MEMORIAM: CORETTA SCOTT KING Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and lifelong defender of social justice, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 31. In addition to fighting for civil rights, Scott King was also an avid proponent of women's rights and was a former member of the National NOW Board. Read more REPREHENSIBLE BUDGET SLASHES HUMAN NEEDS PROGRAMS TO PAY FOR TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH The House narrowly approved the 2006 budget bill that cuts nearly $40 billion over five years from critically important programs like Medicaid, child support enforcement, disability assistance, child care, family planning, welfare funding and many others. Read more | Take action NOW AND ALLIES SUPPORT LAWSUIT CALLING FOR EC ACCESS AT WAL-MART Three Massachusetts women are suing Wal-Mart for refusing to provide emergency contraceptive pills. NOW calls on Wal-Mart to stop discriminating against women and reverse their policy blocking access to EC. Read more LIFETIME RETURNS TO DISH NETWORK After thousands of NOW members sent messages to the CEO of DISH Network, the network and Lifetime announced an agreement to return Lifetime Television and Lifetime Movie Network to the DISH Network lineup. Read more ATTEND A REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN YOUR AREA Regional NOW Conferences are coming soon! Check out our list of dates and locations. THANKS FOR MAKING OUR ONLINE CAMPAIGNS SO SUCCESSFUL In spite of the harsh political climate, your responses to our action alerts have made a difference. Just think what might have happened with twice as many of us taking action! Help us reach more people like you!
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