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Education Committee
Aug 26, 2022
Vouchers to private schools
Should private schools that discriminate based on race or gender get taxpayer funded vouchers? I posit that discriminating against...



Jax NOW
Aug 3, 2022
Newsletters
Link to 2022 year end newsletter Link to 2022 2nd Quarter newsletter Link to 2022 1st Quarter newsletter Link to 2021 year in review...

Jax NOW
Jul 19, 2022
What is an intersectional feminist?
That’s our new magnet which you might see at a rally or a march. Do you wonder what it means? Join us for a meeting! Intersectional...


Jax NOW
Jul 16, 2022
Expand SCOTUS
If you think Congress should expand the Supreme Court, please write or call and tell them. Here’s a link to all the Senators’ contact...

Education Committee
Jul 13, 2022
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...


Reproductive Rights Committee
Jul 11, 2022
Five 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 Committee
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? Can we honor the women before us even though they were...

Reproductive Rights Committee
May 14, 2022
Jax Now at Reproductive Rights Rally on May 14, 2022
Video of the Reproductive Rights Rally: 5/14/2022

Reproductive Rights Committee
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...

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