Today is Equal Pay Day. It represents how far into 2011 women have to work to make the same salary as men in 2010. This year it’s nearly 100 days into the year. It’s more than a third of the way through the year and women are just now catching up to men in the…
Don’t forget about the hearing on AB314, the statewide Comprehensive Sex Education bill! When: Friday, April 8 Time: 12:30 pm Where: In Las Vegas: Grant Sawyer State Office Building Room 4406 555 E. Washington Ave. In Carson City: State Legislative Building 401 S. Carson Street
From the Nevada Women’s Lobby: Alert: Stop the budget massacre! Join the Lobby in supporting new tax bills to save valuable Nevada programs! What: Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce has four revenue bills heading to hearings. AB333: Increases taxes on tobacco and alcohol. AB335: Modeled after similar effective laws in other states, this bill would create a…
The comprehensive sex ed bill is headed to hearing at 1pm on Friday, April 8! (Here’s the FB page with more details on that.) Turn out and show your support! Here’s some info: AB314 is a bill that would create a comprehensive, sexual education curriculum. The curriculum would be standardized for use state-wide. We need…
A couple of good bills are making their way through the Legislature. Both align with progressive values and we should all do what we can — contact legislators, attend hearings, etc. — to show our support. SB331 would revise the public accommodations law to include gender expression. Like AB211, which would amend Employment Non-Discrimination Act…
If you’ve been waiting for me to inter the fray on the ridiculous budget crisis facing Nevada’s schools and the even more ludicrous budget cuts proposed — your wait is over. I admit, I’ve hung back a little because I was so busy being pissed at the all-out War on Women being waged on the…
For Women’s History Month, I knew just who I wanted to talk about: The Westside Mothers of Las Vegas. To me, they embody the power of women and grassroots organizing. Even as Rat Pack names twinkled in the lights of the 1960s Las Vegas Strip, blacks were segregated into a section of town called the…
Nevada Women’s Lobby’s Grassroots Lobby Days is coming up, March 14-16! During GLD there are a host of great workshops to better understand how bills become law and how to lobby your representatives. Another great part of GLD is the great speakers lined up! One of those speakers is acclaimed, feminist, prochoice, activist Shelby Knox!…
The Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth has sent out a call for an immediate need for gift cards (Target, Kmart, etc) and prepaid calling cards. The gift cards are used by the youth to purchase clothing, food and other necessities while the calling cards are used so that clients can keep in touch with potential…
SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE EXPIRES THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 4 AT 5PM. REGISTER EARLY. REGISTRATION FEE INCREASES MARCH 14. Stand OUT For Equality Campaign is organizing the 2011 Equality Days in Carson City, Nevada on March 28-29 with our member organizations of the Nevada LGBTQ Leadership Coalition. Equality Days events will include lobby training and issue orientation at…
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