Upcoming events
Ignite NOW : Washington State N.O.W. 2025 Annual Conference
Join Washington State NOW, Seattle NOW and South Sound NOW for a day of community action. We will be joined by a few female legislator leaders to kick us off, then will get into break out groups to PLAN our next action steps. Our goal? To walk away with your renewed commitment to gender and racial equity, through the power of feminine rage and action.
Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion: Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise
Seattle NOW is honored to present a special screening of Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise, a powerful documentary that revisits the groundbreaking 1991 film to explore its influence on female empowerment, resistance, and social justice.
In partnership with filmmaker Jennifer Townsend, this event is an effort to drive awareness and spark critical conversations during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. By revisiting the themes of resilience and solidarity depicted in Thelma and Louise, we aim to shed light on the realities of sexual assault, its impact on survivors, and the ongoing fight for change.
After the screening, filmmaker Jennifer Townsend will be joined by a panel of speakers for a compelling discussion that dives deeper into these critical topics and their relevance today.
1:45 - Doors Open, Concessions, info booths
2:30 - Film showing
4pm - Panel
4:45 - Mingle
Seattle NOW Women’s Herstory Month Celebration
Women’s HERstory is all around us. Together we will celebrate Seattle NOW trailblazers and remember that we are all women’s history in the making. Please join the Seattle National Organization for Women for an informal Women's Herstory Month Celebration at Pacha Collective in Green Lake. Enjoy some delicious beverages and food while we share stories and some legislative advocacy updates.
Come be a part of a strong female community. This event is open to all, no registration required. We hope to see you there!
Seattle NOW Legislative Kickoff
Please join us for our RESCHEDULE at the first women’s sports pub in Seattle to kick off our lobbying and advocacy work during this Legislative Session!
We are excited to meet up in person to review current legislative bills we are following and to discuss our Lobby Day Trainings and Lobby Day in Olympia.
Seattle NOW Informal Legislative Kick Off Event!
Seattle NOW Informal Legislative Kick Off Event!
Please join us at the first women’s sports pub in Seattle to kick off our lobbying and advocacy work during this Legislative Session! We understand how challenging this time is for all of us who are committed to gender equity, and we also know we must continue to fight and we are in this together. We are excited to meet up in person to review current legislative bills we are following and to discuss our Lobby Day Trainings and Lobby Day in Olympia.
Please join us!
Rough and Tumble Pub in Ballard: https://www.roughandtumblepub.com/
6:30-8:30 PM Thursday February 6, 2025
Annual Meeting 2024
The time is now to rise up and reclaim our power.
Join Seattle NOW at our Annual Meeting to strategize, mobilize, and TAKE ACTION. Together, we'll fight for reproductive rights, gender equality, and a just future for all.
What to expect:
Postcard writing: Write to your legislators and share your priorities.
Learn essential skills: Discover how to order abortion medicine online.
Get involved: Join Seattle NOW Task Force Committees to make a difference.
Celebrate history: Honor the women who've broken barriers.
TASVEER FILM FUND WORLD PREMIERE: Yatra
Seattle NOW is proud to be a community partner for the screening of Yatra, one of the featured films in the Tasveer Film Fund World Premiere. This collection of films by South Asian filmmakers explores themes of female empowerment, youth, family, and diaspora.
Educational Webinar on Upcoming Initiatives
Join Seattle NOW for an important educational webinar on upcoming initiatives 2109, 2117, 2124, and 2066. These proposals threaten to undo a decade of progress on critical issues like education, clean energy, environmental protection, and care for seniors and people with disabilities. If passed, these initiatives will shift the financial burden onto middle- and low-income families while allowing big corporations and the wealthy to avoid paying their fair share.
Our guest speaker, Calvin Jones, Outreach Director of Defend Washington, will break down each initiative, explaining their true impacts and the motives behind them.
Funded by millionaire hedge fund manager Brian Heywood, who recently moved to Washington from California, these initiatives are intentionally misleading. They aim to cut programs that reduce pollution, invest in affordable transportation, lower energy costs for families, pay care providers, and fund essential education programs for our children. Don’t let out-of-state interests dictate Washington’s future. Get informed, protect our communities, and vote NO on these deceptive measures.
Together, we can defend Washington’s future!
Volunteer Orientation
Thinking about increasing your activism but aren’t sure where to start? Consider volunteering with the Seattle Chapter for the National Organization for Women!
Annual Meeting 2023
Please join us for our 2023 Annual Meeting, where we come together to celebrate another year of achievements in our ongoing mission to empower women in our community and beyond.
July Community Meeting - American Hospitals: Healing a Broken System
Today hospital care is too often about money and power than serving the health needs of patients and the community. “American Hospitals” examines the pernicious incentives driving health care’s astronomical pricing, its monopolistic practices and the pervasive inequities in access and treatment. The film identifies innovative solutions that deserve national attention to restore hospitals to their historic focus on community health at affordable cost.
July Volunteer Orientation
Thinking about increasing your activism but aren’t sure where to start? Consider volunteering with the Seattle Chapter for the National Organization for Women!
PAC Training for Interviews
Interested in learning how NOW chooses which candidates to endorse? Join this training to meet other volunteers, team up, and conduct interviews.
June Community Meeting - Cybersecurity: Protect Your Data and Yourself
Please join Seattle NOW on June 21st at 7:00 pm for a panel discussion on cybersecurity.
Many of us have concerns about the security of our information, possible violations of our privacy and loss due to identity theft. Cybersecurity awareness is especially important for women as they are often targeted disproportionately in online harassment, stalking and identity theft incidents.
This presentation will cover a broad range of topics and work to improve your awareness, suggest preventative measures you can take and what to do if you are subject to an attack.
Guest Speakers: Meryll Larkin, Ken Nichols and Dennis Barnes
June Volunteer Orientation
Thinking about increasing your activism but aren’t sure where to start? Consider volunteering with the Seattle Chapter for the National Organization for Women!
Volunteer Orientation
Thinking about increasing your activism but aren’t sure where to start? Consider volunteering with the Seattle Chapter for the National Organization for Women!
WA State NOW Virtual Conference
Our Bodies, Our Lives: Fast Forward with NOW
Join Washington State National Organization for Women (NOW) for a day long virtual conference on reproductive rights through the generations. Hear from keynote speaker, Erin Jones, author of "Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing" along with a panel - "Reproductive Rights Across the Generations"
Volunteer Orientation
Thinking about increasing your activism but aren’t sure where to start? Consider volunteering with the Seattle Chapter for the National Organization for Women!
March Community Meeting - Woman Life Freedom Movement
Join us for our March meeting. We will have a collection of women speaking on the Woman Life Freedom Movement and the Iranian women & girls who are courageously demonstrating peacefully for their fundamental human rights.
February Community Meeting - Black History Month
Please join Seattle NOW this February in recognition of Black History Month for a panel discussion covering a variety of topics including sex trafficking, reparations and the Seattle Women’s Commission.
NOW Lobby Week – Meet with your State Legislators
Meet virtually or in person with your State Legislators from Monday, February 6 – Friday, February 10 - at a time that works for you!
There is no registration cost for NOW Lobby Day and no lobbying experience is required to participate. Just come and be yourself. You make the difference.
Register for Lobby Day training: Sunday, February 5, 2023 1:00-2:30 PM
Lobby Day Training
Please Join the Washington State National Organization for Women for Lobby Day Training on Feb. 5th!
Meet virtually or in person with your State Legislators from Monday, February 6 – Friday, February 10 - at a time that works for you!
There is no registration cost for NOW Lobby Day Week and no lobbying experience is required to participate. Just come and be yourself. You make the difference.
Volunteer Orientation
Thinking about increasing your activism but aren’t sure where to start? Consider volunteering with the Seattle Chapter for the National Organization for Women!
