Advocacy Day: April 1
Women's Advocacy Day sponsored by NC Women United member
organizations was a great success. [Listen to the sound
bites from the press conference.]
You can still join us with virtual advocacy or a phone call to your legislator
in support of any of our issues:
This annual event brings together individuals
who support NCWU member organizations and others who share our goals to visit
the legislature. Member organizations provide specific bill numbers and talking
points which the individuals can use in their discussions with their representatives.
NCWU also provides training for those who may want some guidelines on how to
talk to a legislator. Those who attended our Agenda Assemblies (see below)
are especially encouraged to discuss the local priorities with their legislators.
Each legislator, whether or not one of their constituents attends the day,
will get a packet of information, and a press conference will highlight the
agenda for the media. The specifics will be posted here the week before the
event.
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2008 NCWU Agenda Assemblies complete an historic year!
2008 marked the 20th anniversary of the local Women's Agenda Assemblies across the state of North Carolina. Since 1988, members of the public have been meeting once every other year to discuss and prioritize social and political issues of importance to women and their families. Last year, between August and December, eight agenda assemblies took place across the state, comprised of a total of 388 women, in the following counties: Buncombe, Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Mecklenburg, Cumberland, Wake, and Pitt. Although every category received significant support, the total of the counties' assembly votes prioritized the four general categories of importance in the Draft Agenda for 2008-2009 as follows:
1st - Access to Health Care
2nd - Economic Self-sufficiency
3rd - Civic Participation and Equality
4th - Violence Against Women
Many thanks go to the women and men who donated their time and effort to see that the 2008 assemblies were a success:
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NCWU Agenda Assembly Committee members (Anne Mackie, Polly Williams, Becky Mock and June Kimmel)
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Authors of the 2008-2009 Draft Agenda, and Anne Mackie for her special introductory section
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Authors of the assembly handouts from Planned Parenthood, Democracy Now, and the NC Justice Center
NC Council for Women Regional Representatives
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Local Women's Agenda Assembly Leadership, Organizers, and Donors
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Elena Everett and Independent Voices for the DVD production of the Agenda Assemblies
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AND MOST OF ALL - a special thank you to all of the 388 assembly participants from across North Carolina!!!
NC Women United is ...
a consensus-based coalition of organizations committed to achieving full
equality and empowerment for women
Our activities include sponsoring Women's Agenda Assemblies, Women's Advocacy
Day, and producing a Legislative Report Card.
To learn more and connect to "the feminist movement in North Carolina",
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Attend our meetings!
NCWU sponsors monthly meetings to facilitate networking among our member
organizations and other interested folks. New this year is a plan to have different
organizations host the meetings -- getting at least some of them out of the
Triangle and more accessible to our friends around the state. See our
calendar or
contact
info@ncwu.org for details.
Join us
Do you want to support NCWU's coalition of progressive organizations and individuals
and its work to build women's power through grassroots activism, community organizing,
legislative advocacy, and engagement in the political process?
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