On March 18, our chapter hosted Kirstyne Lange, president of the Sonoma
County NAACP branch, who gave us a presentation of a number of women who
changed history for us, including Ida B. Wells, the Reverend Dr. Pauli
Murray, Angela Davis, Ruby Bridges, and others. This history then segued
into today's world and what the branch is actively working on in Sonoma
County to combat racism wherever it is found. The recording of this is on
our YouTube channel and I encourage you all to watch it as it is quite
inspiring. To learn more about the NAACP and the Sonoma County branch in
particular, go to their website here.
Our NOW state conference is August 10th—save the date! The theme is "Moving
Forward and Igniting Change." This year the conference will be held in Santa
Rosa, at the Presbyterian Church of the Roses. Many thanks to our treasurer,
Elaine B. Holtz, for finding the venue! We expect people from all over the
state to attend and we can use volunteers to help in the days leading up to
and including the conference. The conference will be a hybrid one, though
attending in-person is preferable. More details to come as well as a call
for volunteers..
Proposals are in the process of being submitted. If you wish to submit a
proposal (due April 8), here are the instructions from CA
NOW:
The workshops should focus on the topics
selected by the 2024 Conference Committee, which include Ending Violence
Against Women, Election 2024, Equal Rights Amendment, Racial Justice, or
Self-care for Activists.
Each workshop should have at least two
presenters, and at least one be a NOW member.
Additionally, we encourage diverse
presenters and panelists to submit a proposal summary.
There's still time for your voice to be heard!
Click here to submit your idea and the state conference committee
will make decisions as to presenters in a few weeks.
The 54th Annual Juneteenth Celebration will be held in the MLK Park in Santa
Rosa on June 15th. To find out how to become a sponsor, please
click here. This website will also give many more details about the
celebration, including being a vendor or a volunteer. We hope you will
attend this important festival.
Calling all members! We'd love to get to know you
better. We are looking for submissions to appear in the newsletter, such as
a short bio, an event you wish NOW members to attend, an article you find
important and think our readers would appreciate, a poem you've created,
even a photo of you. Up to two submissions per member allowed at a time and
these will be published at the discretion of the editor. Please send
submissions to info@nowsonoma.org. Our newsletter deadline is the 25th of
each month. We hope to hear from you!
To start this concept off, we have included two
poems by Elaine B. Holtz. See below.
This month is a general membership meeting; while there is no presenter, if
you attend, you will learn more about the inner workings of our chapter. You
can help by sending in a contribution to our chapter so that we can expand
our presence in Sonoma County. See below for how to contribute.
This month is a general membership meeting; while there is no presenter, if
you attend, you will learn more about the inner workings of our chapter. You
can help by sending in a contribution to our chapter so that we can expand
our presence in Sonoma County. See below for how to contribute.
If you are interested in joining our board, please write to
info@nowsonoma.org. We'd love to be able to do more in the county and need
your skills for many different types of special projects, including planning
upcoming events, particularly as we consider how we might further partner
with the NAACP and other organizations.
—Amy Nykamp, President
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If you are not yet a NOW member or need to renew
your membership, please join our growing organization! Our chapter's ID is
CA0660 and you can select it when you sign up here. If you prefer to write a
check, here is a form you can clip and mail.
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Visit our Sonoma County NOW site for news, links,
and
information:
www.nowsonoma.org
Above: Our Chapter celebrating the 50th Anniversary of NOW with the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, October 2016.
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August 26, 2020, the 19th Amendment Centennial and
Women's Equality Day was celebrated in Sebastopol with the Women's Suffrage
Banners.
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The 2020 Rose Parade featured the We Heart float
commemorating the Women's Suffrage Centennial and won the Theme Trophy.
See video clip below for the passage of the float and the Women Suffragist
marchers in front of KTLA cameras January 1, 2020.
NOW Sonoma
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