Join Monroe County NOW for our next chapter meeting on Sunday, July 28, from 3 to 5pm at the Southeast Monroe County YMCA! We will have a potluck and have our board, members, and friends present so we can socialize. If you're not currently a member, you will have the opportunity to become one.

Bring a food or beverage item to share! Let us know what you're bringing by filling out this Google sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1utbQebzt6xG26Dc00-gk_3DuuLePruovOX9sUvNhFQo/edit?usp=sharing.

We will meet at the shelter by the lower playground. This event is accessible and open to all. The Southeast Monroe County YMCA is located at 2125 S. Highland Ave.

Join Monroe County NOW for our next Dine and Donate at Hive on Thursday, July 25, anytime between 4 and 9pm! Monroe County NOW will receive 20% of your receipts on orders. Just mention the Dine and Donate or feel free to print or show the cashier this information from your mobile device.

Also join us for our Contact Your Reps Party from 5-7pm at Hive; postcards, scripts, and postage provided.

Hive is located at 2608 E. Tenth Street in Bloomington. Thank you for supporting Monroe County NOW!

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our June Justice Committee Meeting! We will discuss issues in racial justice, reproductive justice, and LGBTQ+ rights and upcoming events and actions pertaining to these issues.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our next Operations Committee Meeting! We will discuss what we are currently working on and what we can do to streamline our operations for efficiency and growth. The Democracy Lab is accessible and has off-street parking.

Join MC NOW members and friends for our July Legislative Action Committee meeting. We will continue to work on tracking bills in Congress and strategize for taking action. The Democracy Lab is accessible and has off-street parking.

Monroe County NOW is excited to join Bloomington Moms Demand Action Members for Bloomington's Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4! Want to walk with us? See below for details.

We will meet in the Yellow staging area around 9:30am to help Moms Demand decorate their truck. The map for the parade can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rtnMGwidFhHROJlTUEFIbm_mQxuDQ1cT/view?usp=sharing. It includes information on where the Yellow staging are is. We will help pass out water and candy along the parade route. Feel free to bring candy if you'd like.

If you have an MC NOW or Moms Demand Action t-shirt (specifically red), please wear it.

Let's get together, have fun, and support a wonderful community organization. If you have any questions, please email commdirector.mcnow@gmail.com.

Join Monroe County NOW members and friends for our June chapter meeting!

See what we're up to this summer and beyond. The meeting will be held Sunday, June 23, 3-5pm at the Monroe County Public Library, Room 2A.

We are thrilled to have Btown PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) lead a discussion. We will discuss the intersection of LGBTQ+ identity and racial identity.

For information about Btown PFLAG and their work, please visit https://www.facebook.com/BtownPFLAG/.

Come join us to write your representatives about the issues you care about. We'll have everything you need including scripts, postcards, and postage.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our next Operations Committee Meeting! We will discuss what we are currently working on and what we can do to streamline our operations for efficiency and growth.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our June Justice Committee Meeting! We will discuss issues in racial justice, reproductive justice, and LGBTQ+ rights and upcoming events and actions pertaining to these issues.

Join MC NOW members and friends for our June Legislative Action Committee meeting. We will continue to work on tracking bills in Congress and strategize for taking action. The Democracy Lab is accessible and has off-street parking.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW, along with Prism Youth Community (part of Bloomington PRIDE), for our next LGBTQ+ Rights Book Club on Tuesday, May 21, from 6:30 to 8pm at the Bloomington Center for Connection! We will be reading Dreadnought: Nemesis by April Daniels. The Monroe County Public Library has two copies of this book.

Join Monroe County NOW and Indivisible Bloomington & 9th District Tuesday, May 21, 12 - 2pm for the #StopTheBans Rally and Reproductive Justice Fair! This event will take place on the Monroe County Courthouse lawn.

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 v. Wade and punish people with uteruses.

We are pleased to team up with Indivisible to host this event. Come to hear how you can fight for reproductive justice rights here in Indiana, and join with other organizations in saying no to these bans.

These bans hit low-income folks, LGBTQ+ folks, and people of color especially hard. Not everyone who has a uterus and who needs access to reproductive justice is a woman.

We will also have a table for you to contact your representatives, with postcards, scripts, and stamps. The Monroe County Courthouse is located at 100 W. Kirkwood Ave. in Bloomington.

Event hashtag: #StopTheBans

RSVP on the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/453027012167111/

Please join us as Kilroy's on Kirkwood seeks to renew their alcohol permit. The Alcoholic Beverage Board of Monroe County will meet Wednesday, May 1, from 9am to noon in City Council Chambers at City Hall. The public will have an opportunity to speak.

Three issues that are considered when the board determines whether to renew the permit or not are:

1. The applicant must be of good moral character;
2. The permit premises must not be a public nuisance; and
3. Criminal offenses must not have taken place at the premises.

If you can speak to any of the above, this is your chance to share your thoughts and experiences.

Join Monroe County NOW for our April chapter meeting!

We are thrilled to have guest speaker Debra Morrow, Executive Director of Middle Way House, for an important discussion about sexual assault awareness. For information about Middle Way House and their work, please visit https://middlewayhouse.org.

A post-screening discussion will follow the film.

Not rated | 1973 | 2K DCP
Documentary
Directed by Sandra Hochman
Free, but ticketed

Poet, activist, and journalist Sandra Hochman and an all-female crew documented and participated in the radical interventions of the Women’s Movement at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. These activists and filmmakers challenged media anchors, including Walter Cronkite, on the limited coverage of African-American Democratic Presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm. This rarely screened, recently restored film is a celebration of female filmmaking and feminist political action and includes appearances by Gloria Steinem, Liz Renay, Betty Friedan, Flo Kennedy, Coretta Scott King, Shirley MacLaine, and many others.

A post-screening discussion organized by Monroe County NOW will follow the film. Panelists include IU professor of political science Jean C. Robinson and Rudy Professor of sociology Pamela B. Walters.

This partnership is supported through IU Cinema’s Creative Collaborations program.

This program is sponsored by IU Libraries Moving Image Archive, Lilly Library, Monroe County National Organization for Women (NOW), and IU Cinema.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our next Reproductive Justice Book Club on Sunday, April 21, from 3 to 5pm! We will be reading Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing as We Age by Mary Pipher.

The Monroe County Public Library has several copies of this book. For more information, visit https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/women-rowing-north-9781632869609/.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our next Operations Committee Meeting! We will discuss what we are currently working on and what we can do to streamline our operations for efficiency and growth.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our April Justice Committee Meeting! We will discuss issues in racial justice, reproductive justice, and LGBTQ+ rights and upcoming events and actions pertaining to these issues.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for a special film screening and discussion on Monday, April 8!

We will watch Academy Award-winning documentary Period. End of Sentence. Afterward, we will have an engaging discussion with Sudha Rana who grew up in a neighboring village, Akrauli, in the town of Hapur in India.

Our Legislative Action Committee will be on hand with information on ending the feminine hygiene product tax. We will have postcards and contact information to contact our representatives about this important issue.

We will also be collecting donations of tampons and underwear (any size for both) to give to Middle Way House.

To see a trailer of the film, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KocJP8dG1OA.

The film and discussion will take place in the MCPL Auditorium.

Monroe County NOW is proud to have a team in this year's South Central Indiana AIDS Walk! Proceeds benefit Positive Link HIV Services.

If you are interested in joining our team, donating to our team, or both, please follow this link: https://www.firstgiving.com/team/386439

Join Monroe County NOW for our next Dine and Donate at BJ's Brewhouse on Thursday, March 28! This event happens all day, from 11am to 11pm. When you bring in the flyer (see link below), Monroe County NOW will receive 20% of the cost of your food and soft beverages.

And join us for our Contact Your Reps Party from 6:30-8:30pm at BJ’s Brewhouse; postcards, scripts, and postage provided.

Digital and printed flyers are accepted. You can find the flyer at https://drive.google.com/open?id=154On1T9Y1bwYP5YUw3v3RDIGUgBZOFpM

BJ's Brewhouse is located at 411 S. College Mall Road in Bloomington. Thank you for supporting Monroe County NOW!

Join us for our next general chapter meeting on Sunday, March 24, from 3 to 5pm at Noodles & Company in Eastland Plaza. We are finalizing our focus and speakers for this meeting. Stay tuned to our website (www.monroecountynow.org), Facebook, and Twitter for updated information.

Noodles & Company is located at 2650 E. Third Street in Bloomington.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our next Operations Committee Meeting! We will discuss what we are currently working on and what we can do to streamline our operations for efficiency and growth.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our next LGBTQ+ Rights Book Club on Sunday, March 17, from 4 to 6pm! We will be reading Would You Rather? by Katie Heaney. This event is at a private residence. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail lgbtq.mcnow@gmail.com.

There will be non-alcoholic drinks and some vegetarian snacks provided. Please bring a vegetarian snack to share!

Join us for our March Legislative Action Committee meeting where we will continue to work on tracking bills in the Indiana legislature and strategize for taking action. The Democracy Lab has off-street parking.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our March Justice Committee Meeting! We will discuss issues in racial justice, reproductive justice, and LGBTQ+ rights and upcoming events and actions pertaining to these issues.

Please join us this Tuesday, February 26, from 5 to 6:30pm for a panel on the hate crimes bill and reproductive health and abortion bills in the 2019 Indiana Legislature. The panel will be held in the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Moot Court Room. This is an emergency community event to energize and advocate!

Indiana is one of only five states without a Hate Crimes Law -- and recent actions of the Indiana Senate stripping the bill again threaten passage. The Indiana legislature also is considering new abortion restrictions that are unconstitutional under Roe v. Wade but would invite the newly constituted Supreme Court to reconsider constitutional protections.

Panelists include Indiana State Rep. Matt Pierce, Indiana State Sen. Mark Stoops, Bloomington City Council Member Jim Sims, Bloomington Police Chief Mike Diekhoff, Transgender Business Owner (Bikesmiths) Jeanne Smith, Dr. Robert Wrenn, IU Student Ricky Tellez, and IU Professors Jeannine Bell, Dawn Johnsen & Shruti Rana.

Sponsors include IU Maurer School of Law Organizations: American Constitution Society, Latinx Law Student Association, Black Law Students Association, Feminist Law Forum, If/When/How; Monroe County Black Democratic Caucus; Monroe County NOW; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Indiana and Kentucky; and Indivisible Bloomington & Ninth District.

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our Racial Justice Book Club! We will be reading Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School by Monique Morris. This event is at a private residence. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail president.mcnow@gmail.com. There is one copy of this book at the Monroe County Public Library (Indiana). Please bring a snack to share!

Join members and friends of Monroe County NOW for our next Operations Committee Meeting! We will discuss what we are currently doing and what we can do to streamline our operations for efficiency and growth.