2006 Events
December, 2006
Holiday Party! Great Food, Friends and Feminist Christmas Carols
November, 2006
NOW-NYC Fall Film Series presents Antonia's Line
Thursday, November 16th, 6;30pm A Belgian matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive. Pizza and refreshments!
October, 2006
Crack the Code of Career Success: Real World Advice
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, 6:30pmNavigating Networking with Lynn Berger. Come to our informative workshop and take home invaluable information that will help you jumpstart your career.
Love Your Body Day Film Screening & Panel
Thursday, October 19th, 6 p.m. Come celebrate Love Your Body Day! Featuring: "Real Women Have Curves" and eat pizza! Join us for pizza, refreshments and an eye-opening panel discussion on body image today amd how advertising, movies and pop culture make us feel about our bodies.
NOW-NYC Fall Film Series presents: "If These Walls Could Talk"
September, 2006 Changing times, intimate decisions and the four walls that hold three women's secrets. This drama goes inside the home of these women to peel back the wallpaper for an intimate glimpse of the lives they led and the choices they made in dealing with unplanned pregnancies in three very different social climates. (www.hbo.com) Changing times, intimate decisions and the four walls that hold three women's secrets. This drama goes inside the home of these women to peel back the wallpaper for an intimate glimpse of the lives they led and the choices they made in dealing with unplanned pregnancies in three very different social climates. (www.hbo.com)
August, 2006
Women's Equality Day
August 26th, 2006 12-4 pm In Honor of Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug, Coretta Scott King, Women Who Changed the World...and those who continue their Legacy. Saturday, August 26th 2006
New York University Law School Auditorium
July, 2006
Speak Out: I Had An Abortion, Film and Q&A with Director, by Gillian Aldrich and Jennifer Baumga
Thursday, July 21st, 7pm. Tribeca Film CenterWith the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the constitutional right to abortion is in extreme danger. There's no better time to take a stand and demand our leaders ensure American women continued access to abortion and birth control. "Speak Out: I Had an Abortion!" is an oral history of women, ages 20-86, telling their personal stories of their abortions. Gloria Steinem, one of the women interviewed in the film, sums it up pretty well, "The counter to the anti-abortion movement is exactly what we're doing. It's women telling the truth and speaking out about their experiences." See the film and then learn how you can ensure that the newest addition to the Supreme Court will uphold women's fundamental rights.
June, 2006
Women of Power & Influence Awards
June 20th
Rapists Being Let Out of Jail!
June 18th 332 sex offenders identified by DNA evidence will NOT be prosecuted because of New York State's outrageous five-year statute of limitations on rape. Join us for a panel discussion on how to improve New York State rape laws. Find out what you can do to bring New York women deserved justice and make New York a safer place for all women. We have to act before June 22nd when the legislative session ends!Panelists:
Karen Carroll-Coleman, Forensic Examiner and Survivor
Jeffrey Klein, New York State Senator and sponsor of legislation eliminating the statute of limitations on rape
Jane Manning, former Sex Crimes Prosecutor
Heritage of Pride Parade
June 25th, NOW-NYC members and activists march in the gay pride parade calling for Equal Marriage Rights. Several weeks later New York's highest court rejected a broad attempt by gay and lesbian couples across the state to win the right to marry under state law, saying that denying marriage to same-sex couples does not violate the state Constutition.
May, 2006
Access to Abortion and Contraception: The Moral and Political Issues
Thursday, May 18, 6:30 p.m. Learn why and how our rights are being bargained away in New York State and across the nation. Panelists: Christina Page,Author of How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America and Direcor of the Institute for Reproductive Health Access, NARAL NY; Maggie Peyton - Chair, NOW-NYC Political Action Committee; Pat DiLieto - NOW-NYC Legislative Vice President; Acola McKnight - Chair, NOW-NYC Reproductive Rights Committee.
April, 2006
March for Peace, Justice and Democracy
April 29th March for Peace, Justice and Democracy. We're calling for an end to the war and a change in direction of our country. More than 350,000 people joined for this historic march down Broadway in New York City.
Human Trafficking: "In Our Backyard" Viewing & Membership Meeting
Join NOW-NYC and Brooklyn Law School for a special event featuring a documentary film portraying the personal tragedies of sexual trafficking. Hear leading legal experts and advocates for trafficking victims discuss sexual exploitation and forced labor of immigrant women and children. Learn about NOW-NYC's work in proposing New York legislation designed to protect and aid trafficking victims.
Panelists: Taina Bien-Aimé, Executive Director of Equality NOW; Amanda Noreijko, Sanctuary for Families
March, 2006
LIVING IN A RAPE CULTURE: IMPROVING RAPE LAWS AND CREATING A RAPE FREE WORLD Membership Meeting
March 16th, 2006Join NOW-NYC and NYU Law Women for an exciting panel discussion that explores the history of rape in America and exposes the images of violence against women that abound in popular culture today. Hear directly from experts in the fields of prevention, survival and prosecution of rape. Together we can change outdated rape laws, such as New York's 5-year statute of limitations on rape prosecution.
Panelists:
Karen Carroll-Coleman, Forensic Examiner and Survivor
Lisa Friel, Chief of Sex Crimes Unit, New York County DA's Office
Jeffrey Klein, New York State Senator and sponsor of legislation eliminating the statute of limitations on rape
Harriet Lessel, Executive Director of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault
6:30pm NYU School of Law - Vanderbilt Hall Room 210, 40 Washington Square South
February, 2006
Susan B. Anthony Awards
Thursday, February 16th NOW-NYC will hold the 26th Annual Susan B. Anthony Awards at New York City Hall.
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