Elected School Boards Have NO Control Over Charter Schools
Duval county school board member Lori Hershey gives an excellent explanation and I encourage you to listen. She explains that the...
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Reproductive Rights Commitee
- Jul 11, 2022
Four Reproductive Rights Stories
This category on our blog will be an opportunity for NOW members to tell their reproductive rights story. Please send us your story to...
Education Committee
- Jul 4, 2022
Have you been pondering Amendments 4, 5, 9, and 14?
Our education chair posits that the legislators and the courts should NOT be allowed to take away someone's liberty unless the liberty of...
Jax NOW
- Jun 25, 2022
Photos from June 24, 2022 rally
June 24, 2022 we rallied in protest of the six extremist justices' ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (19-1392)
Education Committee
- Jun 15, 2022
Sales Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee
The chair of the education committee attended the sales surtax Citizen Oversight Committee meeting on June 15, 2022. This is her report:...
Education Committee
- Jun 12, 2022
Support for a dedicated revenue source for the public schools
The leadership team of the local chapter of the National Organization for Women encourages voters to vote YES on the school board's...
Education Committee
- Jun 10, 2022
Trans girls are girls. The word "trans" is an adjective.
Just because YOU don't know what it feels like, it doesn’t mean it’s not a real phenomenon. Just because Ladapo doesn't know what it...
Education Committee
- May 27, 2022
Please join the June 7th rally beginning at 5 pm!
To RSVP and more details: https://www.mobilize.us/equalityflorida/event/463399/ This started out as a rally to encourage the school board...
Reproductive Rights Commitee
- May 22, 2022
Reproductive health care is being discussed by the city council!
The Jacksonville City Council is poised to consider this emergency legislation: Beginning on July 1, 2022, each City employee shall be...
Education Committee
- May 18, 2022
Send a clear message that human trafficking/slavery is not OK!
This is from the city of Jacksonville website: Human Trafficking is a form of modern day slavery that occurs in every state, including...
Education Committee
- May 15, 2022
Waves of feminism
Have you wondered what people mean when they mention the waves of feminism? I encourage you to read this article and offer us feedback as...
Reproductive Rights Commitee
- May 14, 2022
Jax Now at Reproductive Rights Rally on May 14, 2022
Video of the Reproductive Rights Rally: 5/14/2022
Reproductive Rights Commitee
- May 14, 2022
Bills that would have harmed women's access to health care but luckily failed in 2022
HB 747/SB 1820--one of the bad bills in 2022 that luckily failed Protections of Medical Conscience by Representative Snyder and Senator...
Education Committee
- May 10, 2022
Are we getting our money's worth with vouchers?
The customer of publicly funded education in Florida is the taxpayer, not just the parent and student. Public education is the...
Reproductive Rights Commitee
- May 9, 2022
Bills that would have helped women's access to health care but unfortunately failed in 2022
HB 709/SB 1036 Reproductive Health Care Rights by Representative Diamond and Senator Berman CoSponsors: Arrington, Eskamani, Rayner,...
Education Committee
- Apr 22, 2022
2022 legislation pertaining to K-12 public schools that we supported or opposed
We supported: SB 532 Stewart HB 429 Goff-Marcil: It would have increased oversight for the vouchers to private schools. It failed to...
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