Welcome everyone the Home of The Oakland County Chapter of NOW, the National Organization for Women! Thanks for visiting!

Please check out our events, photo albums, and blog!

We welcome your interest and your support!

History
The National Organization for Women is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been "to take action" to bring about equality for all women. Both the actions NOW takes and its position on the issues are often unorthodox, uncompromising and ahead of their time.

NOW activists use both traditional and non-traditional means to push for social change. NOW activists do extensive electoral and lobbying work and bring lawsuits. They also organize mass marches, rallies, pickets, non-violent civil disobedience and immediate, responsive "zap" actions. NOW re-instituted mass marches for women's rights in the face of conventional wisdom that marches were a technique that went out with the 1960s.

NOW's priority issues include: women's equality in the workplace and related issues; the Equal Rights Amendment; electing feminist leaders; ending sexual harassment and violence against women; promoting diversity and ending racism; abortion rights and reproductive freedom; lesbian rights and more.

We have a budget a recall petition drive going on for our Rep. Marie Donigan.  She voted her conscience and helped give our school hospitals and roads the money they need.  Please do not sign this petition and discourage friends and neighbors from doing the same thing!