Our next monthly chapter meeting: August 25
NEW LOCATION – AND COME EARLY FOR BREAKFAST This month we are offering a Slack workshop. Slack brings all your communication together Teamwork in Slack happens in channels — a single place for messaging, tools and files — helping everyone save time and...
Helping seniors though the maze of Medicare and Medicaid
In the United States, we have a healthcare epidemic. Across our country, millions of people struggle with daily challenges of healthcare; oftentimes finding themselves with limited or no coverage. We know that healthy minds and bodies improve the quality...
Our next monthly chapter meeting: July 28
NEW LOCATION – THE USUAL TIMEGuest speaker: Abigail Brammer, J.D., Director of Outreach ServicesAbigail Brammer coordinates scheduling and delivery of AccessMed workshops and counseling outreach services. She develops and maintains community partnerships and...
Back to Health Workshop
On Saturday, July 20, Zoe Ebling and Patricia Sahertian tabled at the Back to School, Back to Health workshop hosted by Desert Star Institute for Family Planning at Changing Hands book store in Phoenix.Ms. Wanda of Branching Out AZ talked about the power...
NOW National Conference
Dianne Post reported back from the NOW National conference held in Minnesota this past weekend. The theme was Feminist Agenda Rising: Our Time is NOW. Resolutions and by laws were discussed and Dianne paneled on a workshop Pushing Forward: Advancing the...
Call to artists
Women, submit your work!The Herberger Theater Art Gallery is calling for women to submit art about and by women. Work will be selected using a blind jurying process; jury will consist of artists from various disciplines. Submitted art will be judged by its...
Abortion is Healthcare
DeShawna Taylor, MD, FACOG, from Desert Star Family Planning was the guest speaker at our June 23 meeting. These are some of the statistics she shared with us: 50% of women under 45 will have an unintended pregnancy; 40% of those will result in abortion....
AZ Celebrates the 19th Amendment Event
Monday, August, 26, 20195 – 8 pmArizona State University, West4701 W. Thunderbird Rd.Glendale, AZ 85306 Central Phoenix • Inez Casiano NOW will be tabling at this event. Won't you join us there? AZ Celebrates the 19th Amendment honors the history of...
Our next monthly chapter meeting: June 23
NEW LOCATION – THE USUAL TIME “Reproductive freedom for women is theoretical without providers. It is imperative that we create sustainable programs to train the next generations of providers of family planning.” ~ DeShawn Taylor DeShawn Taylor, MD, MSc is...
Our next monthly chapter meeting: May 26
THIS MONTH: NEW LOCATION, NEW TIME This month’s speaker is Clover Johnson, who researches education technology as a doctoral student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). She will discuss her use of technology to facilitate the...
Recap: Balance for Better Women’s Forum 2019
Equity: Balance for Better Women’s Forum 2019 was well attended. The presenters did a great job and there were a lot of women who worked for the city of Phoenix in attendance. Our new mayor, Kate Gallego, also made an appearance.
No Refugee Left Behind
A small group gathered at GenuWine, in Downtown Phoenix for our Activism Hour, to write postcards to our representatives. The focus was “No Refugee Left Behind” a campaign sponsored by the Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest. The organization helps...
