PWC NOW Upcoming Events!

NEWS:

• CONGRATS to the new VANOW endorsed Candidates! If you interested in endorsement, please send an email to Hala Alaya HALAAYALA@comcast.net no later than August 29th! Endorsements close September 1st
• Membership- Can now be processed on line at www.pwcnow.org!
• PWC’s next meeting is on September 12, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the McCoart Building; The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial will be Presenting! 

AUGUST EVENTS

Wednesday, August 26:

• 8am—The Herstoric March on Women’s Equality Day will start at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington D.C. following the 8 a.m. blessing of the walkers. Many will accompany Helene de Boissiere Swanson for the final four miles of this 7,000 mile spiritual pilgrimage to the U.S. Capitol to promote the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. The four-mile route passing the White House and on to the Upper Senate Park at National Mall where top feminists and human rights activists will hold a press conference, and then rally for the ERA.  FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1564990420427752/

•  6:30pm—August 26th is the 95th anniversary of the signing of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. With more work still do be done to achieve women’s equality, celebrate the day with Emerge Virginia FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE:  https://www.facebook.com/events/883204701770932/ 

• 6:30pm—PRINCE WILLIAM, YOU ARE INVITED!!!!: Join the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association on August 26 for a FREE viewing of Iron Jawed Angels at the beautiful and historic Gunston Hall Visitor’s Center in Lorton, Virginia. FACEBOOK PAGE:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1487396401580624/
  

Thursday, August 27: 

• Sara Townsend, the candidate for House District 31, is kicking the event off! Begins at 5pm, but feel free to drop in through out the evening. Join PWC NOW for the beginning of the Trust Women Thursday Phone Banks! Hosted By:  Hala Ayala and Mike Shafer, Meet Keisy Chavez and Brian Devine of NARAL!  FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/events/1460810474223302/

 

SEPTEMBER EVENTS

Friday, September 11: 

• PWC NOW is proud to be partnered with GSA to supply three schools with all the supplies that they may need for the year. This includes office supplies, furniture, computers, laptops, and basic school supplies. We would like to thank  PWC NOW member Sherry Feggins, who helped this become a successful school drive for those schools in need! Those schools are: Minnieville Elementary, Dale City Elementary, and Dean Kilby Schools. On Sept. 11, volunteers are needed to help load 3 large U-HAUL trucks!  We also have three more schools we will have chosen for April (those details will be released as we get closer to April 2016!) If you are able to help volunteer to load trucks, please email Hala at halayaala@comcast.net

Saturday, September 12: 

• PWC NOW Meeting @ 1pm, McCoart Building, Palace Creek Room- Turning Point Suffragist Memorial will be presenting.

OCTOBER EVENTS 

Stand For Women NOW Rally!!

 

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO AT WWW.PWCNOW.ORG!