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On June 3, NWL organizer, Jenny Brown spoke on a panel on the fight for health care in as a human right, its role in the broader social justice movement, and the current fight for an improved, expanded Medicare for All. Brown joined health care activists Mark Dudzic, Walter Tsou and Adam Gaffney on a panel moderated by Martha Livingston from PNHP.
Audio here (recording starts after the moderator began the panel).
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NWL-WOCC hosts discussion on moving forward as activists and as a woman of color think tank
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Women of Color Caucus (WOCC) advisory board member Zoharah Simmons presented on her experience at the Words of Fire Conference: Sex, Power and the Black Feminist Call for Social Justice- and how it can connect us with other feminists of color.
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Photo above: NWL organizers at protest, April 23 2017. Photo by Andrea Cornejo with The Gainesville Sun.
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NWL-Gainesville works with community groups to bring down Confederate statute
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In late April, NWL organizers joined community leaders to protest a confederate statue housed in the center of downtown Gainesville, FL. With continued activist pressure, the City Commission
voted to remove the statue on May 23rd.
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NWL-New York joins push for state-wide Universal Healthcare
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The New York chapter of NWL has prioritized pushing forward the fight for Universal Healthcare. In May, the chapter joined with Healthcare NOW and the feminist working group of the Democratic Socialists of America (NYC chapter) to mobilize people to support a state-wide bill that would provide affordable health care for all New Yorkers, regardless of marital, income, immigration, or job status.
The bill passed in the NY assembly for the the third year, and thirty-one state senators, a historic high and near majority, co-sponsored the bill. Ultimately, the NY senate did not vote on the bill at the close of the legislative session in June. NWL-NY is planning neighborhood consciousness raising (CR) groups on the issue of health care to increase momentum for the NY health bill and the
Medicare for All legislation
at the federal level. See below to volunteer to host a CR group in your neighborhood!
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Photo above: NWL organizers join Democratic Socialists of America Feminist Working Group, South Brooklyn Progressive Resistance, and Fight Back Bay Ridge to rally for the New York Health Act Wednesday, May 31.
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Florida NWL chapters support Felon Voter Rights Restoration
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Solidarity Highlight
Black and people of color-led groups are continuing the fight against white supremacy in our country. In May, they created a campaign, Mama's Bail Out Day, to spotlight how this racist and anti-worker system traps people in jail who can't afford to bond out and ruins lives.
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Tell us if you want to host a Consciousness Raising
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Our chapters are hosting community Consciousness Raising (CR) groups. If you're interested in hosting a CR,
let us know.
You can read more about NWL's use of CR
here.
Photo at right: Redstockings meet for a "consciousness-raising session. Photo from Life, 12/12/69 (c) 1969 by Time, Inc
(Photo: Mary Ellen Mark)
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About NWL
National Women's Liberation
is a feminist group for women who want to fight back against male supremacy and win more freedom for women.
Our priorities
are abortion/birth control, overthrowing the double day, and feminist consciousness raising. Our
Women of Color Caucus (WOCC)
meets separately from white women to better understand how racism intersects with sexism to oppress women of color.
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