Happy Herstory Month!

We've hit the ground running in 2023 with our legislative agenda, coalition building and events! We'd love to see you in person or online at the upcoming 25th Annual Boston Area International Women's Day at Simmons University, Wednesday, March 8th at 9:00AM and at the Museum of Fine Arts the following day, March 9th at 7:00PM, for a Birth Matters panel discussion with Mass NOW Board President Naitasia Hensey. 

We're excited to share big news! The Mass NOW Foundation seeks a talented and independent feminist to fill the position of Part-Time Community Organizer. Read the full position description and apply!

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Fighting for Constitutional Equity on Capitol Hill

https://youtu.be/uDX_EN13GaQ

Mass NOW Executive Director, Sasha Goodfriend, joined Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley at a press conference in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Congress and the introduction of a bicameral resolution to remove the arbitrary deadline to ratifying the ERA.

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Read our Executive Director, Sasha Goodfriend's OpEd in Ms. Magazine!

There’s a Way to Add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution—And We Did It

The constitutional rights of women and queer people in this country are no joke. Can someone tell Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby? In his opinion piece earlier this month declaring the death of the Equal Rights Amendment, Jacoby made several mistakes both in fact and law. Read more here.

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Watch the Menstrual Equity Summit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SXC7LTn5tg&list=PLemc7XEEKHZiLrpNrzR-GMVdHECYfbyTa&index=1

Check out experts from the Menstrual Equity Summit that took place on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at Northeastern University, including a keynote by Dr. Chris Bobel, a panel on Mobilizing to End Period Poverty moderated by State Senator Liz Miranda and a workshop by Bria Gadsen, co-founder of Love Your Menses, on managing period pain.