Tuesday, May 21, Noon-1PM Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center Tuesday, May 21st, at noon local time at statehouses, town squares, and courthouses across the nation, we will show up to speak out and fight back against this unconstitutional attempt to gut Roe and punish women. Across the country, we are seeing a new wave of …
Charlotte Women’s March joins other community groups in asking Governor Cooper to veto House Bill 370. HB 370 Require Sheriff Cooperation with ICE The ACLU of North Carolina opposes HB 370, an anti-immigrant bill that circumvents the local authority of sheriffs by requiring them to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and assist in …
CWM joins other organizations in a letter to our NC Representatives and Senators, urging them to expand Medicaid eligibility to all NC residents with incomes at or below the 138% poverty level. April 26, 2019 Representative Grier Martin North Carolina House of Representatives Re: Ensuring Access to Care in North Carolina Dear Representative Martin, Thank …
CWM’s Spring Workshop: A Poverty Simulation with co-sponsors Habitat for Humanity and Crisis Assistance Ministry WHAT: POVERTY SIMULATION WORKSHOP WHEN: 6-8 p.m., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019 WHERE: Habitat ReStore 1133 North Wendover Road WHY & HOW: Over 100,000 of our neighbors live in poverty. Conducted by Crisis Assistance Ministry, this workshop is designed to illuminate …
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. …
Hitting Close to Home: A Community Conversation About Immigration in Charlotte Charlotte Women’s March is proud to be a co-sponsor and participant in YWCA Central Carolinas, Stand Against Racism event April 25 and 26, 2019. CWM members are invited to attend an evening of conversation on April 25 from 6-8 pm around immigration and how …
Join us at Reel Out Charlotte Queen City’s LGBTQ Film Festival April 28-May 5 at Camp North End A full week of LGBTQ cinema! A message to CWM members from Charlotte Pride: This year our film festival will take place April 28 – May 5 at Camp North End. We will be showing 10 films …
We at Charlotte Women’s March have found ourselves both pleased and a little overwhelmed by our new role. CWM was – as were many other women-focused grassroots organizations – born two years ago in response to the 2016 election. We marched to protest gender inequalities that had either never surfaced, or if they had, never …
All Women, Awareness, and Action…A Message from Laura and Gina-CWM Co-Presidents Read More »
A Message from Democratic Women of North Carolina (DWNC) and Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSA) Greetings, The NC Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act on Friday afternoon, and the full Senate will vote on this bill Monday afternoon. The House bill will be voted on in Rules Committee next, and likely the …
Charlotte Women’s March joins local voices calling for transparency North Carolina Voices Calling for Transparency – A Letter to Sean Gallagher April 1st, 2019 Sean Gallagher, Director Immigration & Customs Enforcement Atlanta Field Office 180 Ted Turner Dr. SW #522 Atlanta, GA 30303 Subject: “North Carolina Voices Calling for Transparency” Dear Director …
One of the issues the Executive Board of The Charlotte Women’s March is focusing on this year is Gerrymandering. Gerrymandering occurs when legislators draw boundaries of legislative districts to create an unfair advantage for political parties and incumbents. In so doing, they pick their voters – instead of the voters picking them. Gerrymandering impedes progress for nearly every …
Charlotte Women’s March and Habitat for Humanity Team up for a Women Build Day: May 18, 2019 CWM has 15 slots to fill for women who are interested in helping build a Habitat home. Come out and support the cause of Affordable Housing and have fun all at the same time. Below are details to …
One more state. Not one more generation. North Carolina has historic chance to secure equal rights for all with ERA Legislators will file bills in the North Carolina General Assembly House and Senate on March 5 to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. North Carolina has the historic opportunity to become the …
The League of Women Voters Charlotte Mecklenburg presents Civics 101 beginning February 25, 2019 Civics 101 is a 5-week, one-evening-per-week program led by current and former government officials in a face-to-face format. This program is especially useful to the citizens of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, to people living in the Charlotte Metropolitan area, and to persons wanting …
Health Care Justice: Improved Medicare for All Sunday, February 10, 2019 • 3 PM to 5 PM Queens University Belk Chapel on Radcliffe Ave Join our “Teach In” to learn about Improved Medicare for All and how to take constituent action. This event is part of the National Medicare for All Week of Action (February …
Women United March 2019 Speeches ******We can’t wait for Women United March 2020! For updated information and volunteer links please visit womenunitedmarch.org **** WUM kicked off Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in First Ward Park with a Speaker’s Forum. In addition to our co-keynotes Justice Anita Earls and Rabbi Judy Schindler, speakers included national …