The RI legislative session is underway! Come help RI NOW and support important legislation to promote women's rights in the Rhode Island! 

The legislative session is underway! Come join the RI NOW legislative committee as we work towards the promotion of state legislation that promotes women's rights in Rhode Island! 

The legislative session is underway! Come help RI NOW as we work to support the passing of legislation that promotes the rights and well-being of Rhode Island women! 

RI NOW's Annual Meeting with a theme of "Reproductive Health," which will cover abortion, contraception, and trans issues.

The legislative session is underway and we have a lot of work to do! Come join RI NOW as we work to help pass important legislation that supports women's rights. 

Come help us get organized for the 2019 Legislative session! This is all hands on deck time! Your voice, time, opinions matter-- a lot.

Join us in providing input on the draft platform statement for the 2019 legislative session, and be doing final touches for our legislative breakfast. Also discussing legislative boot camp and State House tours in early 2019!

Join RI NOW for a night of political horrors, and our final push into the 2018 elections!

We'll have games, a costume contest (categories include Best Feminist, Best Rhode Island, and Best Overall costumes), food and (themed!) drinks, and dancing.

Sure to be one of the more fun, political, and witty Halloween parties you've ever attended...

** Please note there is a ticket price. It would be a great help if you could pre-pay, for planning, or you can pay at the door with $21 cash (assume the $.82 is a donation!) or via Square. It's $20.18 to cover costs and some of our other upcoming outreach initiatives!

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ri-now-haunted-house-of-political-horrors-tickets-50576083427

Join Like Daughter, Like Mother for an impassioned evening as we celebrate the launch of acclaimed author Rebecca Traister's new book Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger. 

Proceeds will go to benefit our friends at Women's Fund of Rhode island and each ticket includes a personalized copy of the book. 

6-645PM: Registration and light bites

7-9PM: Program and book signing

**Tickets are transferrable but are non-refundable. 

Please contact Emily Homonoff for info on group discounts or with any questions at: emily@littlelioncommunications.com

Rebecca Traister is writer at large for New York magazine and a contributing editor at Elle. A National Magazine Award finalist, she has written about women in politics, media, and entertainment from a feminist perspective for The New Republic and Salon and has also contributed to The Nation, The New York Observer, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vogue, Glamour and Marie Claire. She is the author of All the Single Ladies and the award-winning Big Girls Don’t Cry. She lives in New York with her family.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/like-daughter-like-mother-presents-rebecca-traister-tickets-47123643085?aff=efbeventtix

Please join us for this special screening of the film Zero Weeks.
Immediately following will be a discussion of family leave with Senator Gayle Goldin, architect of Rhode Island's FMLI legislation (facilitated by RI NOW (RI National Organization for Women) President and Brown Professor Hilary Levey Friedman).

We will serve light refreshment before the film and guests are welcome and encouraged to bring dinner. 

Children are welcome!

Please contact us if you require special accommodation: sarah_brown@brown.edu

The Lady Project Summit brings together over 300 driven, entrepreneurial women for a day filled with inspiring speakers, professional workshops and so much more. Check out ladyprojectsummit.com for a list of our amazing workshop leaders and descriptions, panelists, partners, and full weekend schedule.

Get your ticket here before we sell out: https://ladyproject100618.eventbrite.com 

Keynote speakers include: Emma Gray from Huffington Post, Emily Belden, Blair Imani and Andrea Isabelle Lucas, founder of Barre & Soul. 

See the full speaker line up and workshops here: ladyprojectsummit.com

The Lady Project Summit is generously sponsored by HiRoad Insurance, The Friendship Foundation, BUST Magazine, Hint, Narragansett Beer and many more. Go here for a full list of sponsors. https://bit.ly/2NOEizQ

Current Lady Project members can take $50 off their ticket with the code MEMBER18. Tickets are non refundable but transfers are allowed until Septemeber 15. After September 15, no changes to tickets will be allowed.

Summit attendees will have free access to special events on Friday, October 5 and Sunday, October 7 including pre-Summit happy hour with sponsors, Lady Project Marketplace, and post-Summit brunch.

We will be accepting new or used business clothing to donate to Year Up - Providence at the Summit.

See you there! 

Press or media? Email us to apply for a press code: hello@ladyprjoect.org.

Come help us get organized for the 2019 Legislative session! We'll be working on our agenda and working on committee roles/structure. This is all hands on deck time! Your voice, time, opinions matter-- a lot.

Join us for a casual Meet & Greet with new members, long-term members, and ANYONE interested in talking with like-minded people or getting involved with RI NOW.

Come meet the candidates endorsed by the RI NOW PAC in a casual setting. Each candidate in attendance will get 2-3 minutes to speak to the group and make a pitch for volunteers/donations.

Please note though that this is NOT a fundraiser!

Apps and wine provided.

Come help us get organized for the 2019 Legislative session! We'll be working on our agenda and working on committee roles/structure. This is all hands on deck time! Your voice, time, opinions matter-- a lot.

The purpose of this event is to support our 2018 endorsed candidates, help anyone working on any campaigns, and provide an opportunity for anyone to learn. The "VAN" is the Voter Activation Network. Candidates use this to build lists-- to canvas, fundraise, and get out the vote. 

We are lucky that Gus Bickford will be joining us to lead the training. Currently serving as Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, Gus Bickford has a long history of working in Democratic politics. Specializing in Survey Research and Database Targeting, he is the Principal of Factotum Productions, Inc. He has administered voter contact programs for the Democratic Parties of Connecticut, Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and for the Presidential Campaigns of John Kerry ’04, Barack Obama ’08 and ‘12 and Hillary Clinton in ’08. With 22 years of expertise with large databases and refining the information they provide, Gus worked on the team that created the National Voter File (VoteBuilder) for the Democratic National Committee. Prior to founding Factotum Productions, Gus served as a Vice President and Director of Systems Integration for Predictive Networks and for 5 years as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. Gus is a graduate of Brown University with a degree in Organizational Behavior.

We will provide a pizza dinner. Participants will need to bring their own device on which to use VAN. If you don't have the VAN you can share with someone who does or watch Gus' presentation onscreen.

$25 to anyone else who attends, and $20 to RI NOW members who attend. (This will be free for our newly endorsed candidates).

To purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/van-training-with-ri-now-tickets-47168038874

Join us for a casual Meet & Greet with new members, long-term members, and ANYONE interested in talking with like-minded people or getting involved with RI NOW.

Join us for a phone bank in support of RI NOW-endorsed candidate for Lt. Gov. Aaron Regunberg.

Rep. Regunberg will be joining us for part of the evening, so you don't want to miss it!

Please be sure to bring a phone with you.

Please join us on Monday, May 14th for food, drink, and great conversation as we raise money to support all endorsed candidates in 2018! 

Purchase tickets here.

The RI NOW PAC endorses candidates who agree with our goal to bring women into full participation in all aspects of public and private life without experiencing barriers based on gender. It is our core belief that, in order for women to do this, there must be:
1) both the right and the access to a full range of reproductive health care options, 
2) equal opportunity on the road to economic prosperity, 
3) equal civil rights regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, 
4) freedom from violence in all forms, and
5) a commitment to equality, including racial, economic and gender justice and equality.

We are very lucky to have Jennifer Lawless join us from Washington, DC as our keynote speaker. Professor Lawless is the Director of the Women & Politics Institute. She is an expert on women running for office, and political ambition more generally-- with ties to Rhode Island as well.

At the event we will also hold a silent auction, featuring lunches with previously endorsed electeds and products from women-owned businesses.

Finally, we will announce the five RI NOW PAC-endorsed candidates for statewide office (Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, General Treasurer, and Secretary of State), and they will share some words with those in attendance as well.

Those who give at the Governor and Lt. Governor levels will be publicly recognized (including PAC to PAC donations), and receive other benefits to be announced soon.

You don't want to miss what will be one of the most exciting, fun, and meaningful events in the spring Rhode Island political scene!

Come testify in support of passing a Net Neutrality law in Rhode Island. The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled the hearings for S 2008 on Thursday 4/26/18 starting at 3:30pm. Make your voice heard, and help us show how overwhelmingly popular restoring Net Neutrality is to all Rhode Islanders.

We know the telecoms lobby has been pushing hard to make sure we don't pass a law. We need your help to make sure they aren't able to get their way, and price gouge consumers while controlling what information users can and cannot access.

Come prepared with one or two minutes of testimony (speak to what you know and make it relatable) or bring copies of written testimony to be given to the committee members. 

Contact NetNeutralityRI@gmail.com with questions, to receive talking points, or get more information about the campaign to pass Net Neutrality RI.

Who: Families interested in advocacy at the State House with children aged 3-11

What: Free childcare so parents can lobby and testify on H7427 and H7636 (both part of the Fight for Fair Pay & $15), or any other legislative matters they like that day! Kids will have art materials and games, along with allergy safe snacks and water.

Where: The State House Library

When: Tuesday, April 10th from 4:30-7:30 pm

Please RSVP here on this page, or email president@rinow.org, to let us know how many children you have who plan to attend.

**Special thanks to the Rhode Island Department of State Nellie M. Gorbea and her staff (especially Melissa Husband) for supporting this effort!**

Equal Pay Day is symbolic to the day that a woman must work up to to make the same amount of money that a man did the previous calendar year. This year, the date is April 10, 2018.

Join RI NOW (RI National Organization for Women) for (Un)Happy Hour at Hot Club on Tuesday, April 10 from 5:30-10pm to support equitable pay in this fun event!

Cash bar, $1 off drinks for the ladies from 6PM-8PM

Questions or concerns? Email: president@rinow.org

Who: Families interested in advocacy at the State House with children aged 3-11

What: Free childcare so parents can lobby and testify on H7340, the Reproductive Health Care Act), or any other legislative matters they like that day! Kids will have art materials and games, along with allergy safe snacks and water.

Where: The State House Library

When: Tuesday, April 10th from 4:30-7:30 pm

Please RSVP here on this page, or email president@rinow.org, to let us know how many children you have who plan to attend.

**Special thanks to the Rhode Island Department of State Nellie M. Gorbea and her staff (especially Melissa Husband) for supporting this effort!**

***ACT NOW*** http://bit.ly/RHCA2018_Hearing

The Reproductive Health Care Act of 2018 will be heard before the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 10, 2018! 

Please join the Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom! We will show that the people of Rhode Island demand our elected officials protect access to safe, legal abortion.

The hearing is expected to start at 4:30pm (until late). Let us know if you can make it! Learn more and RSVP here: http://bit.ly/RHCA2018_Hearing

Parking near the State House can be difficult on busy days, so please plan ahead and share rides if possible.

We will follow up with more details as they emerge.

More information: www.RICRF.org

Come lobby legislators in support of passing a Net Neutrality law in Rhode Island. We will be meeting at the Rhode Island State House on Thursday 4/5/18 at 3:30pm.

Rhode Islanders deserve a open and fair internet. We need your help to stop the telecoms lobby from charging exploitive prices and picking and choosing what you can see on the web.

No prior lobbying experience necessary! Contact NetNeutralityRI@gmail.com with questions, to receive talking points, or get more information about the campaign to pass Net Neutrality RI.

Join us in the RI State House library (2nd floor) on March 29 at 3pm as we introduce legislation that will improve one of Rhode Island's most successful programs: the Temporary Caregiver Insurance Program (TCI).

Rhode Island was a leader in creating one of the nation’s first paid leave programs for its workers in TCI. We can continue to lead the nation by making it even better!

Legislation introduced by Representative Blazejewski (H-7544) & Senator Goldin (S-2470) would improve the program by:
• Increasing the number of weeks a worker can use from four to six weeks in 2019 (and up to eight weeks in 2020)
• Expanding the category of qualifying family members to include grandchildren and siblings
• Increasing the amount workers can receive when they claim TCI

Join us and advocate for hard-working Rhode Islanders! To learn more about our campaign to improve paid family leave in Rhode Island visitwww.economicprogressri.org/paidleave