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  Anita Hill for National · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 1:11 PM

What Giving Tuesday means to me

NWLC Today’s the day: Help unlock $40,000 needed to protect women’s rights.   Dear John, This Giving Tuesday comes at an urgent moment. The Trump-Pence administration is systematically attacking the reproductive rights and health care needs of women, communit…
  Anna Chu · [email protected]
December 2, 2019 at 9:47 PM

Tell Your Senators: Stop Pitlyk

NWLC The American Bar Association gave Sarah Pitlyk a ‘Not Qualified’ rating.   Dear John, We’re running out of time to keep an unqualified, unfit extremist off our federal courts. The Trump administration and its Republican allies are trying to radicalize our co…
  Anna Chu · [email protected]
December 2, 2019 at 9:47 PM

Tell Your Senators: Stop Pitlyk

NWLC Sarah Pitlyk is an extremist who is unfit for our courts.   Dear John, We’re running out of time to keep an unqualified, unfit extremist off our federal courts. The Trump administration and its Republican allies are trying to radicalize our courts at record …
  [email protected] · [email protected]
December 2, 2019 at 5:04 PM

Not ever, ever, ever giving up on women

NWLC You are the key to unlocking the match 🔑 John — We just opened the Giving Tuesday Challenge and already 50 individuals have answered the call. It’s a great start, but to unlock that $40,000 match we need to get to 500 — which means Every. Single. Donor. Counts. Your gift can unlo…
  [email protected] · [email protected]
December 2, 2019 at 5:02 PM

Not ever, ever, ever giving up on women

NWLC You are the key to unlocking the match 🔑 John — We just opened the Giving Tuesday Challenge and already 50 individuals have answered the call. It’s a great start, but to unlock that $40,000 match we need to get to 500 — which means Every. Single. Donor. Counts. Your gift can unlo…
  Mary-Frances Wain · [email protected]
December 1, 2019 at 4:33 PM

Help us unlock $40,000 in critical matching funds to fight for women and girls TODAY

NWLC John, your gift can help unlock the funds we need to FIGHT.   BIG news, John. Our fight to stop the Trump administration’s mounting attacks on women and girls just got supercharged: A generous group of donors has offered to match up to $40,000 to the Nati…
  Mary-Frances Wain · [email protected]
December 1, 2019 at 4:33 PM

Help us unlock $40,000 in critical matching funds to fight for women and girls TODAY

NWLC John, your gift can help unlock the funds we need to FIGHT.   BIG news, John. Our fight to stop the Trump administration’s mounting attacks on women and girls just got supercharged: A generous group of donors has offered to match up to $40,000 to the Nati…
  Fatima Goss Graves · [email protected]
November 29, 2019 at 4:46 PM

No Black Friday sales pitch here

NWLC Millions of women don’t need great deals today. They need a better pay every day. Dear John, Your inbox is, no doubt, stuffed with offers for things to buy today. This email is not one of them. No, this email is for all the cashiers, folks stocking and restocking shelves, restaur…
  Fatima Goss Graves · [email protected]
November 29, 2019 at 4:46 PM

No Black Friday sales pitch here

NWLC Millions of women don’t need great deals today. They need a better pay every day. Dear John, Your inbox is, no doubt, stuffed with offers for things to buy today. This email is not one of them. No, this email is for all the cashiers, folks stocking and restocking shelves, restaur…
  Hannah Finnie · [email protected]
November 20, 2019 at 6:32 PM

Pay me what you owe me.

NWLC Paguenme lo que me deben.   Hi John, Don’t act like you forgot, John: it’s Latina Equal Pay Day! Today we recognize that Latinas nationally are paid just 54 cents for every dollar paid to white men 🤔. That means Latina women have to work nearly 23 months…
  Hannah Finnie · [email protected]
November 20, 2019 at 6:32 PM

Pay me what you owe me.

NWLC Paguenme lo que me deben.   Hi John, Don’t act like you forgot, John: it’s Latina Equal Pay Day! Today we recognize that Latinas nationally are paid just 54 cents for every dollar paid to white men 🤔. That means Latina women have to work nearly 23 months…
  Mary-Frances Wain · [email protected]
November 15, 2019 at 6:17 PM

Justice for Her. Justice for All.

NWLC Inspired   Dear John, Earlier this week, supporters across the National Women’s Law Center community came together in D.C. for our annual gala. Each year, this celebration gives us the chance to reflect on the past year and recharge for the fights to com…
  Mary-Frances Wain · [email protected]
November 15, 2019 at 6:17 PM

Justice for Her. Justice for All.

NWLC Inspired   Dear John, Earlier this week, supporters across the National Women’s Law Center community came together in D.C. for our annual gala. Each year, this celebration gives us the chance to reflect on the past year and recharge for the fights to com…
  Melissa Boteach · [email protected]
November 13, 2019 at 5:46 PM

Tell Congress: Tax. The. Patriarchy.

NWLC Tax justice is gender justice is racial justice.   Dear John, Until 1995, there wasn’t a single woman on the Senate committee that’s responsible for writing our tax code. That means that until 1995, our tax code was written predominantly by men — mostly …
  Melissa Boteach · [email protected]
November 13, 2019 at 5:46 PM

Tax. The. Patriarchy.

NWLC Tax justice is gender justice is racial justice.   Dear John, Until 1995, there wasn’t a single woman on the Senate committee that’s responsible for writing our tax code. That means that until 1995, our tax code was written predominantly by men — mostly …
  Leila Abolfazli · [email protected]
November 12, 2019 at 4:55 PM

Tell Congress to Put Patients First

NWLC Our care should always come before a provider’s personal beliefs.   Dear John, Last week, we shared some amazing news with you. We sued the Trump administration over its discriminatory rule that would have let personal beliefs dictate patient care, a…
  Leila Abolfazli · [email protected]
November 12, 2019 at 4:55 PM

Tell Congress to Support the Put Patients First Act

NWLC Our care should always come before a provider’s personal beliefs.   Dear John, Last week, we shared some amazing news with you. We sued the Trump administration over its discriminatory rule that would have let personal beliefs dictate patient care, a…
  Maya Raghu · [email protected]
November 11, 2019 at 7:36 PM

Demand Pay Data Collection Before It’s Too Late!

NWLC Equal pay can’t wait. Dear John, We have less than 24 hours to demand that the Trump administration continue collecting pay data from employers. Without it, it’ll be even harder to uncover pay discrimination and close the gender wage gap! That’s why we need you to submit a co…
  Maya Raghu · [email protected]
November 11, 2019 at 7:35 PM

Demand Pay Data Collection Before It’s Too Late!

NWLC Equal pay can’t wait. Dear John, We have less than 24 hours to demand that the Trump administration continue collecting pay data from employers. Without it, it’ll be even harder to uncover pay discrimination and close the gender wage gap! That’s why we need you to submit a co…
  Maya Raghu · [email protected]
November 7, 2019 at 6:14 PM

Tell the EEOC: Don’t Hide Pay Discrimination!

NWLC Can’t stop. Won’t stop. Dear John, Did you hear that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has proposed to stop collecting pay data from employers through the EE0-1 form? Without this critical equal pay initiative, employers can continue to hide wage gaps and pay…
  Gretchen Borchelt  · [email protected]
November 6, 2019 at 10:01 PM

BREAKING VICTORY: We STOPPED the Trump-Pence rule allowing personal beliefs to dictate patient care!

NWLC We went to court and demanded that the administration put patients first. We won.   Dear John, Time and again, it’s been Trump-Pence vs. Patients. But today, we won! When the Trump-Pence administration finalized its discriminatory rule that would have le…
  Gretchen Borchelt  · [email protected]
November 6, 2019 at 10:01 PM

BREAKING VICTORY: We STOPPED the Trump-Pence rule allowing personal beliefs to dictate patient care!

NWLC We went to court and demanded that the administration put patients first. We won.   Dear John, Time and again, it’s been Trump-Pence vs. Patients. But today, we won! When the Trump-Pence administration finalized its discriminatory rule that would have le…
  Hannah Finnie · [email protected]
October 31, 2019 at 3:16 PM

Ghosts, Goblins, and Gender Justice

NWLC Boo! 🎃👻   Hi John, There are a lot of spooky things about Halloween: ghosts, goblins, the sheer amount of cultural appropriation squeezed into just one night. You want to know what’s scariest of all this Halloween, John? An inundation of Trump-appointed …
  Hannah Finnie · [email protected]
October 31, 2019 at 3:16 PM

Ghosts, Goblins, and Gender Justice

NWLC Boo! 🎃👻   Hi John, There are a lot of spooky things about Halloween: ghosts, goblins, the sheer amount of cultural appropriation squeezed into just one night. You want to know what’s scariest of all this Halloween, John? An inundation of Trump-appointed …
  National Women's Law Center · [email protected]
October 29, 2019 at 9:34 PM

YOU’RE INVITED! Register for Our Gala today!

Join Special Guests Senator Gillibrand, Representative Jayapal, and Representative Pressley  to celebrate Justice for Her. Justice for All. November 12 | Washington, DC For more information, please visit nwlc.org/2019Gala or contact AJ Jacob at [email protected] or 202-261-2386. Than…
  Sarah David Heydemann · [email protected]
October 22, 2019 at 9:01 PM

Tell Congress to Support the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act NOW!

NWLC Demand stronger protections against pregnancy discrimination!   Dear John, Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act more than 40 years ago, yet for far too many people, being pregnant at work still leads to being fired, pushed on to unpaid leave …
  Sarah David Heydemann · [email protected]
October 22, 2019 at 9:01 PM

Urge Congress to Protect Pregnant Workers!!

NWLC Demand stronger protections against pregnancy discrimination!   Dear John, Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act more than 40 years ago, yet for far too many people, being pregnant at work still leads to being fired, pushed on to unpaid leave …
  Melissa Boteach · [email protected]
October 18, 2019 at 2:31 PM

Time’s Running Out to Stop Trump’s Attack on Housing.

NWLC One. More. Day.   Hi John, Today is the LAST day to do everything we can to stop the Trump administration’s latest attempt to roll back our civil rights — this time on a key tool for fighting housing discrimination called disparate impact theory. …
  Melissa Boteach · [email protected]
October 18, 2019 at 2:31 PM

Time’s Running Out to Stop Trump’s Attack on Housing.

NWLC One. More. Day.   Hi John, Today is the LAST day to do everything we can to stop the Trump administration’s latest attempt to roll back our civil rights — this time on a key tool for fighting housing discrimination called disparate impact theory. …
  Maya Raghu · [email protected]
October 15, 2019 at 8:36 PM

Tell Congress to Pass the BE HEARD in the Workplace Act!

NWLC On this #MeToo Anniversary, demand stronger protections against workplace harassment and discrimination! Dear John, Today marks two years since #MeToo went viral, when survivors all over the country put a spotlight on the prevalent and insidious nature of sexual violence and hara…
  Maya Raghu · [email protected]
October 15, 2019 at 8:36 PM

Tell Congress to protect all working people from harassment and discrimination

NWLC On this #MeToo Anniversary, demand stronger protections against workplace harassment and discrimination! Dear John, Today marks two years since #MeToo went viral, when survivors all over the country put a spotlight on the prevalent and insidious nature of sexual violence and hara…
  Hannah Finnie · [email protected]
October 7, 2019 at 3:31 PM

On the Basis of Sex

NWLC Yup, still a thing.   Hi John, Sabrina here — wait no, that’s not right. I guess I’ve gotten just as used to hearing from Sabrina and relying on her #hottakes on all things gender justice as you have, John! Well, the bad news is I’m not Sabrina. The good…
  Hannah Finnie · [email protected]
October 7, 2019 at 3:31 PM

On the Basis of Sex

NWLC Yup, still a thing.   Hi John, Sabrina here — wait no, that’s not right. I guess I’ve gotten just as used to hearing from Sabrina and relying on her #hottakes on all things gender justice as you have, John! Well, the bad news is I’m not Sabrina. The good…
  Gretchen Borchelt · [email protected]
October 4, 2019 at 5:01 PM

BREAKING: Supreme Court Takes Up Abortion Case

NWLC Precedent is on our side — but we must be vigilant.   Dear John, Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to review an erroneous lower court decision on abortion. In the case — called June Medical Services v. Gee — Louisiana is defending an anti-abortion la…
  Gretchen Borchelt · [email protected]
October 4, 2019 at 5:01 PM

BREAKING: Supreme Court Takes Up Abortion Case

NWLC Precedent is on our side — but we must be vigilant.   Dear John, Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to review an erroneous lower court decision on abortion. In the case — called June Medical Services v. Gee — Louisiana is defending an anti-abortion la…
  Emily Martin · [email protected]
September 30, 2019 at 2:31 PM

Tell the EEOC: Don’t Hide the Wage Gap

NWLC It has been a RIDE.   Dear John, Despite Ivanka Trump’s claims to the contrary, the Trump administration must REALLY hate equal pay. Back in 2017, the administration violated the law by abruptly abandoning the EEO-1 pay data collection initiative begun u…
  Emily Martin · [email protected]
September 30, 2019 at 2:31 PM

Tell the EEOC: Don’t Hide the Wage Gap

NWLC It has been a RIDE.   Dear John, Despite Ivanka Trump’s claims to the contrary, the Trump administration must REALLY hate equal pay. Back in 2017, the administration violated the law by abruptly abandoning the EEO-1 pay data collection initiative begun u…
  Melissa Boteach · [email protected]
September 26, 2019 at 2:56 PM

FW: Tell Trump: Housing Discrimination Has No Home Here

NWLC Who you are shouldn’t determine where you can live.   Hi John, Here are the numbers on “disparate impact theory” — a key civil rights protection safeguarding people from discrimination in housing: 45: How many years disparate impact theory has been a cr…
  Melissa Boteach · [email protected]
September 26, 2019 at 2:56 PM

Help Stop Covert Discrimination In Housing.

NWLC Who you are shouldn’t determine where you can live.   Hi John, Here are the numbers on “disparate impact theory” — a key civil rights protection safeguarding people from discrimination in housing: 45: How many years disparate impact theory has been a cr…
  Sabrina Joy Stevens · [email protected]
September 20, 2019 at 6:26 PM

Justicia para ella

NWLC Justicia para todxs!   What a day, John! Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking action with the youth-led Climate Strike movement (and it’s not too late to join them if you can). And whether you can afford to strike today or not, we all can…
  Melissa Boteach · [email protected]
September 18, 2019 at 5:02 PM

Tell Trump: Housing Discrimination Has No Home Here

NWLC Who you are shouldn’t determine where you can live.   Hi John, Donald Trump is no stranger to housing discrimination. In the 1970s, the Department of Justice sued Trump and his father for denying housing to people of color in the apartments they owned in…
  Emily Martin · [email protected]
September 16, 2019 at 2:16 PM

DEADLINE: Comments Due to the DOL TODAY!

NWLC Fight back against discrimination. Dear John, Today is the deadline to submit a comment to the Trump administration about its outrageous and harmful proposed rule that would allow employers who are federal contractors to discriminate against their employees under the guise of “re…
  Melissa Boteach · [email protected]
September 11, 2019 at 2:53 PM

Tell Trump: Don’t take away access to free school meals for half a million children.

NWLC This is a harmful attack against women, children, and families.   Hi John, In just under two weeks, the Trump-Pence administration will start reviewing comments from the public on its proposed rule to severely curtail SNAP benefits for three million peop…
  Emily Martin · [email protected]
September 10, 2019 at 2:16 PM

Tell Congress to Pass the BE HEARD in the Workplace Act NOW!!

NWLC Demand strengthened protections against workplace harassment and discrimination!   Dear John, How do we actually put a stop to workplace harassment once and for all? We have to fundamentally change the systems and laws that so often work against those wh…
  Emily Martin · [email protected]
September 10, 2019 at 2:16 PM

Tell Congress to Pass the BE HEARD in the Workplace Act NOW!!

NWLC Demand strengthened protections against workplace harassment and discrimination!   Dear John, How do we actually put a stop to workplace harassment once and for all? We have to fundamentally change the systems and laws that so often work against those wh…
  Emily Martin · [email protected]
September 9, 2019 at 6:32 PM

Tell the DOL: Don’t Use Religion to Discriminate Against Working People

NWLC Go on the record opposing the Trump administration’s blatant attempts to discriminate.   Dear John, Since President Trump took office, his administration has proposed numerous regulations that would allow employers and businesses to use their personal be…
  Emily Martin · [email protected]
September 9, 2019 at 6:32 PM

Tell the DOL: Don’t Use Religion to Discriminate Against Working People

NWLC Go on the record opposing the Trump administration’s blatant attempts to discriminate.   Dear John, Since President Trump took office, his administration has proposed numerous regulations that would allow employers and businesses to use their personal be…
  Sabrina Joy Stevens · [email protected]
August 29, 2019 at 7:16 PM

Justice for pregnant workers

NWLC Employers need to respect this labor, too.   With Labor Day approaching, people keep talking about how summer is coming to an end. But I’m just not here for people disrespecting the seasons like this, John. It is still summer until the autumnal equinox n…
  Melissa Boteach · [email protected]
August 28, 2019 at 3:16 PM

Take Action: Save SNAP from Trump!

NWLC Tell the USDA that the proposed rule to restrict eligibility for SNAP is a harmful attack against women, children, and families.   Dear John, Last month, the Trump administration published a new proposed rule targeting women, girls, and working families …
  Melissa Boteach · [email protected]
August 28, 2019 at 3:16 PM

Take Action: Save SNAP from Trump!

NWLC Tell the USDA that the proposed rule to restrict eligibility for SNAP is a harmful attack against women, children, and families.   Dear John, Last month, the Trump administration published a new proposed rule targeting women, girls, and working families …