On Friday, April 25, the National Organization for Women in Pennsylvania honored six Pittsburgh area leaders with their Fearless Feminists Awards at a reception at the Shadyside home of Scott Cavanaugh and Ron Graham. Pennsylvania NOW President Caryn Hunt gave awards to Pennsylvania NOW activists Joanne Tosti-Vasey, Pamela Macklin, and Phyllis Wetherby; State Reps. Dan…
Today is Equal Pay Day. April 8th marks the day each year – 98 days in – that women catch up to what their male counterparts earned the year before. On average, women in the US earn 77 cents for each dollar earned by a man. Women of color earn less, on average – 65…
On April 7-9, Harrisburg Area NOW President Shamaine Daniels will join National NOW President Terry O’Neill in a 48-hour Women’s Fast for Families, taking place on the National Mall in Washington, DC. 100 women leaders from across the country will gather for the event to demand fair immigration reform. This event is the culmination of…
Pennsylvania NOW’s letter to PA Attorney General Kathleen Kane: Dear Attorney General Kane, The Pennsylvania National Organization for Women (PA NOW) supports the Justice for Nizah Morris Committee (letter attached) and urges you to “review the facts and the Police Department’s investigation in the Nizah Morris homicide,” as requested by the Police Advisory Commission in…
