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Program
Meeting Co-President's Column Clinic Defense Igive.com 18th Annual Essay
Contest
WOMEN'S
INFORMATION NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY
(WIN-NJ)
The Alice Paul
Institute (API) announces the online
premiere of the Women's Information
Network of New Jersey
(WIN-NJ).
This project was made
possible
through a grant from the Women's Agenda of New Jersey. WIN-NJ provides
an
online
database of womenn's organizations within the state that deal
with issues
of particular relevance to women's social, political,
economic, educational,
and legal advancement. This project was
developed to help promote and facilitate effective
communication within the
women's organizational community on these issues.
The database is accesible through API's website and provides links to each
organization. It is available in
three formats:
by area of subject
expertise, alphabetically as a .pdf file, and alphabetically as an
Excel spreadsheet that can be sorted
by various fields. Information provided
for each organization includes, where available, the organizations
name,
address,
phone, fax, e-mail, website, principal contact and title, and
up to
three areas of subject expertise.
For
changes to database
information or
recommendations for adding organizations, please contact her at (856)
231-1885
or at valerieb@alicepaul.org.
DIVORCE INFORMATION KITS FOR $10!
South Jersey NOW-Alice Paul Chapter's Divorce Information Kits are now
available at the reduced price of $10.00. If you, a
loved one or a
friend are facing a potential divorce and need more information about
your rights and what to expect in the process,
then this kit will be extremely helpful. To order one today,
please call 856-552-6731 or you can purchase one at the
monthly
program meeting (please see chapter calendar link at left).
HISTORIC FAMILY LEAVE INSURANCE IN
NEW JERSEY!
On May 2, 2008 Governor Corzine signed a historic family leave
insurance bill, propelling New Jersey to become only
the third state in the nation to enact a family leave insurance program
for workers caring for sick family members,
newborn and newly-adopted children.
Please make sure that your friends and family are aware of this
important new insurance provided by the State of NJ.
It gives new mothers 12 more weeks of leave in addition to what they
already get at 66 2/3% of their salary. Details at:
http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/fli/fliindex.html.
LAST
NOVEMBER, MARETTA SHORT, PRESIDENT OF NOW-NJ, spoke with the chapter about
women
in New
Jersey's correctional system. We thank Maretta for shedding
light on a critical situation: the
violation of women's rights
and civil liberties in New
Jersey's State Prison. For more, please read Maretta's
statement:
NOW-NJ Statement for NJ Women Prisoners
HOW CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH SOUTH JERSEY NOW TODAY?
BECOME A MEMBER!
See membership forms link at left, sliding scale available.
MAKE A DONATION!
To donate, please send a check made payable to:
SJ NOW-Alice Paul Chapter, P O Box 2801, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
VOLUNTEER TO ESCORT
at a local women's center!
Contact the chapter email or call the chapter phone at 856-778-8320.
CHECK OUT THE
CALENDAR OF EVENTS!
See link at left.
SHOP ONLINE WITH THE
IGIVE.COM shopping window!
Support SJ NOW by purchasing items you normally buy online.
For more details on how to become an Igive.com user, see below.
MONTHLY PROGRAM MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Wednesday, February 10,
2010
7:00 PM
Meeting location:
First Baptist
Church, 19 West Main Street, Moorestown, NJ
The church is
across from TD Bank; please use the side entrance of the church,
nearest to Carl's Shoes.
Please park in the
municipal lot behind the shoestore and the shopping center.
Program
Topic/Speaker:
"The
State of Healthcare Reform"
The guest speaker is Eve Weissman, who
has been working as Health Care Campaign
Coordinator for
New Jersey Citizen Action. Issues include health insurance coverage
and cost, the
health insurance industry in New Jersey, and reforms and actions under
both the outgoing
and new governors. This is a very fluid and fast-evolving topic, and
Eve will be able
to speak on the latest developments.
New Jersey Citizen
Action (NJCA) is the State's largest, independent citizen watchdog
coalition
representing over 60,000 families and over 100 affiliated
organizations. Eve
Weissman began
working for NJCA in 2006 as South Jersey Regional Organizer, and
participated on a
variety of campaigns including efforts to end the Iraq War, ensure fair
auto insurance
rates for New Jersey drivers, enact Paid Family Leave Insurance, and
fix the Medicare
Part D “disaster” drug prescription program. Eve coordinates an
alliance called NJ
For Health Care which works to bring guaranteed access to high
quality,
affordable health care to all NJ residents. Eve also coordinates the NJ
Horizon
Watch Coalition
and runs the NJ field operation of the Health Care For America Now
(HCAN), a national
grassroots campaign organizing millions of Americans to win
national health
care reform in 2009. From February 2007 – July 2008 Eve served as
Co-President of
South Jersey NOW–Alice Paul Chapter.
Meetings include speaker, refreshments,
announcments and letter-writing
activity.
Meetings open to members and nonmembers.
IGIVE.COM
Do you love to shop on the internet?
Here's how you can help the chapter every time you buy
online:
Use our chapter joinlink to sign up
for Igive.com SJ NOW Join Link
Then download the Igive.com
shopping window Shopping Window Download and
percentages
of your
purchases will automatically go to the chapter every time you shop
online! No need to login to a website or
fuss around with passwords. The
shopping window will automatically pop up when you enter an
online store
and your purchases will be recorded! Barnes & Noble,
LandsEnd and 1800Flowers, are just a few examples
of the
participating online stores. See a list of the many online
participating
stores here: Merchant List
Note, you must register with Igive.com
first for the shopping window link above to work. To access the shopping
window download through the IGive website, first
register, then click on
the "shopping" link in the left-hand column,
and then click on
"shop through the Igive.com shopping window" and you'll be
directed to the download. Igive.com
is compatible with most browsers and
operating systems. If you have technical problems with signing up or
downloading the "shopping window," please email for assistance or
leave a message on the chapter
phone
856-778-8320.
CO-PRESIDENTS'
COLUMN
"Volunteerism—A Path to Wicked Skills"
By Lorraine Petrie
Several years ago, the manager of my IT group decided the team members
should
take turns hosting the weekly half-hour tech meeting. It was a simple
enough task –
solicit agenda items, make the agenda, chair the meeting. He said he
wanted us all to
develop some of the skills necessary to enable us to move up to Team
Lead or further
in our careers. At first I thought, aren’t these pretty basic skills?
Don’t we all
already have them? But as I looked around the room, I realized that out
of
about fifteen people, there were only two of us who had done anything
like
this. The other person had cut his teeth on PTA activities. And I, of
course, had
developed these and many other skills through my work with our NOW
chapter.
Need a rally organized? We’ve been there. Put together a budget? We’ve
done that. Edit a newsletter? Judge an essay contest? Update databases,
send
press releases, edit websites, take minutes, organize a fundraiser? All
of
these skills are available to you for the asking! And all in the name
of women’s
rights! Does it get any better?
This is the time of year when we ask our members what work they would
like to
do with our chapter. Look at the Contact Box on page 4 for the current
positions.
Elsewhere in this newsletter is an article on which positions are still
open.
However, don’t let that limit you – we’ve had many task forces and
committees that were started because someone wanted to, not because they
already existed. And don’t let your lack of experience in a particular
area stop
you either. We’re a patient, generous group of people. We have wads of
info
and experience we are willing to share.
Just ask.
18th
ANNUAL
FEMINIST ESSAY CONTEST
In 300 words or less, talk to a woman 50 or over about career choices
available to her inside and
outside the home. What did
you learn from her
story? How will this affect
your career choices?
Students age 18 or under are
eligible. Include your age,
grade and contact
information with your typed
entry.
Deadline: Dec.15
(deadline passed)
Send entries to:
South Jersey NOW-Alice Paul Chapter
Feminist Essay
Contest
PO Box 2801
Cherry Hill, NJ
08034
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