NOW


Monthly Meetings
Our chapter meets at 6:30pm on the third Tuesday of each month at (See directions):

Selby Library
1331 First Street
Sarasota, Florida 34236


Affiliate with Our Chapter (click here)

For At-Large members, no additional cost and includes Chapter monthly newsletter.


NOW Membership Application (click here)
Call us or come to our next meeting. We need women and men of feminist mind to join us. Now is the time to get active and stand up for women's rights! We need your energy, your help, and your membership.

Have an old Cell Phone?

SPARCC, (Sarasota Co.) Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, can put your old cell phone to good use. They refurbish them and give them to clients that need them to call 911 in an emergency.  Contact SPARCC or 941-365-1976 for more information.

Get on Rep. Vern Bucanan's email list.
Let the congressman know how we feel. Send him emails. When he sends out a poll, try to click on it and send it back. Often the answers to the poll are often poor and there are no good ones, but we have to try. If all he gets is correspondence from his "base" he'll never have any reason to doubt his votes in Congress.


Sarasota and Manatee County, Florida
Sarasota/Manatee NOW's Mission Statement
P. O. Box 2972
Sarasota, FL 34230
Phone: (800) 301-8604
Email: sara_mana_now@yahoo.com

Next NOW meeting:

Wednesday Feb 17 6 PM Selby Public Library, Second Floor Conference Room

WHY:  To celebrate Susan B. Anthony's Birthday, Listen to a presentation by Ann Corcoran on Early Suffragettes: The Way It Was and As It Is Today. Following the presentatation, we will have a brief business meeting and cake in honor of Susan. Come and support our chapter and Ann's presentation.

Note:  Parking on Selby Library lots is limited to 2 hours. Strictly enforced. We are allowed to bring in food and Sonia Fuentes will bring sandwiches. Please bring your own drink. We need to leave the room looking orderly and be on our way at 7:45. These are library expectations.

Save these dates for future NOW meeting: March17, April 21, May 19, and June 9


NOW's Mission Statement:

NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society. NOW takes action to bring women as a class into the mainstream of society rather than offering aid to individual women in achieving personal solutions or temporary relief from oppression.

NOW seeks a diverse membership. No one is denied full participation in this organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or class.


Florida State NOW Initiates Pledge Regarding "Personhood."

The Florida State NOW Council, on 7 November, 2009, has issued the following pledge regarding the "Personhood Amendment" proposal that is circulating. The pledge reads:

I pledge to oppose the Personhood ballot initiative, which, if passed, would ultimately ban birth control, outlaw fertilization clinics, criminalize abortion, and allow fertilized eggs to inherit and litigate.

For dialog and comments, go to the local NOW Facebook page and participate.

Are you on FaceBook?
Join our cause on the Sarasota Manatee NOW FaceBook page.

WOMEN'S NEWS
Missed the most recent broadcast of Women's News on WSLR's Women Matters? Read a transcript of the news on the Women's News site. Of course you can always listen to the show archives as well.


Sarasota-Manatee NOW Blog site
We now have a Blog for those that would like to join us. To use the blog, a MySpace membership is required. It is free and when you go to the above link, if you are not a member, it will offer an you opportunity to join.


Yahoo-Group Page:
We've created a Yahoo-Group page for local members. To join, merely click the link and sign on. A Group is like a bulletin board where members can post messages, photos and files. signup is free and easy.
Click here to join Sarasota-Manatee-NOW
Click to join the Sarasota-Manatee-NOW Yahoo Group

Chapter FL0345 Monthly Calendar (click here)

NOW calendar

See what's happening. There are a number of upcoming activities, do check the calendar for specific information! Sometimes the calendar link can be a bit slow to respond. Clicking on it a second time does no harm and sometimes will cause it to hurry up.  January-March is a very busy period, so check back often.  

If you have an event to add, please send it to:

 Chapter email address or Webmaster.



Directions to NOW Monthly Meeting:

Take the Fruitville Rd exit (Exit 210) and go West towards the beaches for about 5 miles, cross Route 301, and then take a left on Central Ave. The second right is First St. and the large white building is the Selby Library. There is a two-hour parking limit in the parking lot, most attendees prefer to find a parking spot on the street, or at the city parking garage (free) nearby.



Officers:
NOW Chapter FL0345 Officers and contact info:

Click here to go to the officer listing page.

Email: sara_mana_now@yahoo.com

Phone: (800) 301-8604



By-Laws:
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NOW Chapter FL0345 By-Laws (click here)