Save the date! Charlotte Women’s Movement joins Queens of Charlotte Mecklenburg, National Coalition of 100 Black Women Queen City Metropolitan Chapter, and the League of Women Voters of Charlotte Mecklenburg to celebrate women elected to office in 2019. Levine Museum of the New South December 12, 2019 6:30 p.m. Details and link to RSVP coming …
Apologies to our Followers! In the process of updating the CWM website to reflect our new name (Charlotte Women’s Movement), we inadvertently triggered a setting that launched several errant posts to our website followers. We apologize for cluttering your Inbox with jibberish! Looking ahead, stay tuned for info on this year’s Celebration of Women Elected …
Join Unity in Community to speak out against hate by joining the STOP THE HATE RALLY. This peaceful non-partisan event is open to all who oppose hate and violence and want to do something positive. English and Spanish copies provided. Please share this post to your social media networks in support of STOP THE HATE …
Charlotte Women’s March (CWM) is Rebranding and We Need Your Help As we march forward into 2020, Charlotte Women’s March (CWM) is changing our name and logo to better reflect who we are. CWM was started in February 2017 when local Charlotte women gathered with energy and passion, determined to harness our anger and concern …
Volume 4 Number 2 April 2019 “There’s nothing complicated about equality.” Alice Paul, Ph.D. (1885-1977) Written by author of the Equal Rights Amendment and relentless suffragist Alice Paul in 1923, these five simple words are the essence of today’s Charlotte Women’s March. They remind us that this concept should have been embraced 96 years ago. …
Join Us and Show Your Support! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in celebrating and promoting the worth of every human being. In his pursuit of equal rights by nonviolent means, Dr. King encouraged diverse cultures to live together in a spirit of love, understanding and service to one another. As we continue to pursue …
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Press Release from The Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics Rutgers University–New Brunswick Women Voters Propel Democratic Takeover of U.S. House of Representatives; Large Gender Gaps Apparent in Most 2018 Senate and Gubernatorial Races Election Day polls suggest that the preferences of women voters fueled the Democratic takeover of the U.S. House in the …
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A message from Melba Evans, President, NOW Charlotte Tuesday November 6, 2018 was a historic day! More women ran for office in 2018 than ever before and more women won! Voters were determined more than ever to elect feminists to positions of leadership. We have ushered in the most diverse Congress in history with huge wins …
SAVE THE DATES! The League of Women Voters Charlotte Mecklenburg, in coalition with other Charlotte nonprofit, nonpartisan women and allied organizations, invites you to attend CANDIDATES’ FORUM – A WOMAN’S PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES Thursday September 20, 2018, 6 to 8 pm NC State Senate and Mecklenburg County Commissioners Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 6 to …
Everyone is talking about RemarchableWomen and we couldn’t be more thrilled. If you’d like to see if you or your sign made the news follow these links: WCNC showed up and reported on our march in this story: ‘Remarchable’ women’s march draws crowds to uptown Charlotte. Click here. WFAE did interviews and stories: 2017 Women’s …
Thousands at Women’s March in Charlotte: ‘Fired up, ready to go’ by Ann Doss Helms and Lavendrick Smith, Charlotte Observer, Jan 21, 2018 A crowd estimated at more than 5,000 people filed into uptown Saturday for the second annual Women’s March in Charlotte. They packed into First Ward Park to hear two hours of speakers, …