Entries Tagged as 'Blog'

Indigo Girls to perform at The Morton Arboretum

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog

The Indigo Girls are to perform with special guest Coyote Grace on Saturday, July 24 at 7 pm. on The Morton Arboretum concert lawn as part of the “In Tune with Trees” Summer concert series. Tickets are on sale now!
For more information on the concert and purchasing tickets go here.

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Northalsted Market Days

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog

Want to volunteer with Chicago NOW and Equality IL during Chicago’s Market Days on Aug. 7 & 8? We need people to help with voter registration! Interested?
Contact Melissa at melissasatterlee@hotmail.com for further details!
To learn more about the Northalsted Market Days check out details here.

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Senate Judiciary Committee approves Kagan nomination

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog

On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, setting up a final confirmation vote by the Senate. Kagan would become the nation’s fourth female Supreme Court justice. The final confirmation vote is expected to take place before the Senate departs for its August recess. If approved, Kagan will fill [...]

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What Do You Think? - The Debate to Classify Honor Killings as a Federal Offense in Canada

July 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog

Canada is currently debating whether or not to add Honor Killings to the Federal Criminal Code. Some say this is a milestone, others say that murder is already illegal and a special classification would unfairly target Muslims and immigrants.
Take a look at the articles below and tell us what you think.
The Truth About Honor [...]

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Illinois Law Mandates DNA Testing For All Sex Crimes

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog

Yesterday, under a new law signed by Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois has become the first state to require the testing of all DNA evidence gathered from sex crimes. The law comes about after the Chicago Tribune exposed that many rape kits were being placed into police storage untested. Starting October 1, all state police departments [...]

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Sister Singers Network 10th National Women’s Choral Festival

July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Blog

The Sister Singers Network will be hosting their 10th National Choral Festival in Chicago at Loyola University Chicago’s Lake Shore campus beginning Thursday, July 1 and continuing through Sunday, July 4. The Sister Singers Network is, “a cooperative web of feminist choruses and ensembles, composers, arrangers, and individual singers working together to support and enrich [...]

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Join Chicago NOW in the PRIDE Parade!

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Blog, Events, News

Wanna come out and be IN the PRIDE parade? Join Chicago NOW at 11am on Sunday, June 27. Contact Melissa at melissasatterlee@hotmail.com for further details about where to meet.

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House Vote Soon on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

May 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog

Take Action With NOW!!
The end is in sight for the unjust and discriminating Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. To date, more than 10,000 lesbian and gay service members have been discharged from the military because of this policy. To end this policy, we need your help.
This week a key vote is taking place in the [...]

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Obama to Pick Elena Kagan for Supreme Court

May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog, Homepage, News

President Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to take over Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court. Once confirmed, Kagan will become the third woman currently sitting on the Supreme Court along with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor.
For more information, click the links below:
Kagan’s Bio.
Article in Chicago Sun-Times.

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Overhaul Will Lower the Costs of Being a Woman

April 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Blog

Peggy Robertson and her sons, Sam, 9, and Luke, at their home in Centennial, Colo. An insurance company rejected Ms. Robertson because of her Caesarean, explaining in a letter that she would have been eligible if she had been sterilized.

By DENISE GRADY
Published: March 29, 2025 in NY TIMES

Being a woman is no longer a [...]

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