The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women is a feminist organization working to achieve gender equality. #MassNOW
Boston, MA
Joined April 2009
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I was proud to join my Senate colleagues in passing an act to increase access to disposable menstrual products. (1/2) @MassNOW
ALT A graphic with a menstrual pad and tampons and the text, “Menstrual Products are not luxuries. They are necessities. S.2481: An Act to increase access to disposable menstrual products. MassSenate.”
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Thank you to the @MA_Senate for unanimously passing one of our legislative priorities today! We have prioritized @senjehlen's bill to ensure access to menstrual products for 2 sessions. TY to our Senate Chair @SenJoanLovely & our ED @nora_bent for speaking in support today!
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Last year, the Senate voted unanimously in favor of passing the I AM bill. Thank you Chairs @MarjorieDecker and @JulianCyr for a favorable report. And thank you to house lead sponsors, @jaylivingstone and @Barber4StateRep. I look forward to be able to vote yes once again!
🩸BREAKING NEWS 🩸
The I AM Bill has been reported favorably out of the Public Health Commmittee!
Now, we need it passed in the Senate Ways & Means.
All the more reason to SHOW UP this Thursday at the State House for our Rally to End Period Poverty!
tinyurl.com/PeriodPovertyRal…
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Join us Thursday for a day of advocacy at the MA State House to tell lawmakers that we must expand access to midwives!
Expanding access to out-of-hospital birthing options & midwifery care is a critical part of addressing the maternal health crisis.
RSVP secure.everyaction.com/5skFe…
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Our state’s health education guidelines, which inform the sex and relationship education taught in our schools, haven’t been updated since 1999 🫣
But TODAY you can help change that. Submit public comments in support of the new Health & Physical Education Framework.
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Please help our friends @MassNOW ensure that #menstruation receives adequate attention and inclusion in proposed MA sexual health education guidelines #sexed
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Looking for a community to inspire you to write and submit those public comments before the August 28th deadline? Sign up to join us for a ✨collective power hour✨on August 26th or 27th: bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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The cost of child care should never be the reason someone can’t be a parent. Stories like Katie’s remind us how critical affordable and accessible high-quality early education and care is. Read the rest of Katie’s story at commonstartma.org/our-storie…. #mapoli #CommonStart
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The deadline to submit public comment on MA's proposed new health education guidelines is AUGUST 28! If you haven't done it yet, make sure your voice is heard — and check out @healthyyouthma for a handy toolkit to help you out!
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Did you know that MA's sex ed curriculum framework hasn't been updated since 1999?
That's right, the year of teen classic 10 Things I Hate about You.
So in honor of the public comment period for the new proposed framework, we give you: a poem about the 1999 framework #mapoli
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💗Today kicks off World Breastfeeding Week!
Public breastfeeding & chestfeeding shouldn’t be controversial. Even though it is legal in many places (including all 50 states in the US), many people still experience shame and stigma when trying to breastfeed or chestfeed publicly.
ALT Digital illustration of a Black mother breastfeeding an infant. She appears as a goddess, and is shirtless aside from a sheer cape with constellations. The text reads, ‘normalize public breastfeeding.
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BIG NEWS: Several major investments in repro health care passed in the FY24 state budget approved by the MA House and Senate! Thank you to @RepMichlewitz and @SenRodrigues for your commitment to keeping MA at the forefront of repro rights.
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TODAY!
Join us during the social media storm for #BlackWomensEqualPay Day!
Why?
Because among other things, #BlackWomenCantWait
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You know what today is, right? Here are 5 quick, easy ways to support Black women today. Raise awareness and demand change with us! #BlackWomensEqualPayDay #BlackWomenCantWait
equalrights.org/viewpoints/5…
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Bringing our state’s standards for sex and relationship education into the 21st century requires all of us.
Submit public comments in support of the new state health and physical education framework using our handy Toolkit: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
You only have until Aug. 28!
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Friends - Just a reminder to please join Equal Pay Today, July 26 at 3pm ET in a virtual conversation with EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows and the incredible leaders of the Black Women’s Equal Pay Day organizational hosts to discuss the pay gaps for Black women, the contributors to this ongoing problem, the devastating impact on Black women and families, and the solutions for closing the pay gaps once and for all.
Please register here: bit.ly/3Dl2gLu (bit.ly/3Dl2gLu) #blackwomen #blackgirls #equalpayday #equalpay
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Wondering why we’re continuing to advocate for the #HealthyYouthAct despite @MassGovernor’s recent and welcomed announcement? Carrie Richgels of @fenwayhealth and Jaclyn Friedman of @educateusaction share more in this letter to the editor: bostonglobe.com/2023/07/17/o…
#mapoli
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‼️ Breaking news‼️ We just made history: in a GROUNDBREAKING advancement for #repro health, the @US_FDA just approved Opill, the FIRST-EVER over-the-counter birth control pill. #FreeThePill
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Stop by the State House TODAY to join Common Start’s Family-Friendly Rally for Child Care! We’ll have face painting (starting at 10:30), food, music, and more, so feel free to bring children of all ages. See you all soon! #MApoli #childcarecrisis #MARunsOnChildcare #CommonStart
