by Central Phoenix NOW | Jan 28, 2019 | Meeting
Jalakoi Solomon, NextGen State Director, spoke at our January meeting. NextGen’s focus is on college students, voting, 13-35 age group, and climate change. They have five main issues that the youth themselves have chosen as their top priority and they are...
by Central Phoenix NOW | Jan 28, 2019 | Meeting
Our guest speaker in February will be Meghan Hiryak, Outreach Advocate at Bloom365, regarding her findings on hysterectomies and the intersection of race and reproductive rights. I work as an Outreach Advocate for Bloom365, a nonprofit organization that works with...
by Central Phoenix NOW | Jan 23, 2019 | Actions & Events
On Jan. 21 the Arizona Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee celebrated its 33rd year of promoting cultural diversity, awareness and unity as it seeks to involve all Arizonans in recognizing the legacy or Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the...
by Central Phoenix NOW | Jan 20, 2019 | Actions & Events
Our Central Phoenix • Inez Casiano NOW chapter tabled at the Women’s March for a day of solidarity with women and addressing key issues that are important to women like the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Many women stopped by our table and signed a petition asking...
by Central Phoenix NOW | Jan 20, 2019 | Announcements
A group of girls from the Amazon region of Peru, the region with the highest teen pregnancy rate, including girls under 14. Latin America is the second region in the world in terms of teen pregnancy, only behind sub-Saharan Africa. Credit: Mariela Jara/IPS “Child...