Each year, NC Women United presents its Anne Mackie Award to recognize a lifetime contribution to advocacy on behalf of women. Jina Dhillon presented this year's award to Paige Johnson, Vice-President of Public Affairs and Communications at Planned Parenthood of Central NC. Paige served as the President of NC Women United during its formative years from 2001-2005.
In the NC Women United program cycle, even years are the time when we focus on our signature project, the Women's Agenda Assemblies.
Our member organizations submit papers for the Draft Women's Agenda and communities across the state start planning their Women's Agenda Assemblies, meetings to engage women and help them practice their skills at discussing public policy issues (using the Draft Women's Agenda as a starting point).
If you're an advocate, check out the 2010 Draft Agenda to get an idea of the format. Papers need to be submitted by a member organization, but if you are not a member, perhaps one of your allies is on our member list.
If you're a community leader, consider hosting a Women's Agenda Assembly in your county. Contact info@ncwu.org for more information on the support the state-wide organization can provide, and view this video for an overview of the program:
a coalition of progressive organizations committed to achieving full
equality and empowerment for women.
Our activities include sponsoring Women's Agenda Assemblies, Women's Advocacy
Day, producing a Legislative Report Card, and presenting an annual Anne Mackie Award. See information on the
To learn more and connect to "the feminist movement in North Carolina",
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North Carolina Women United share information about public policy issues on
their "alerts" e-mail list. We welcome all interested in our goals
to join the list.
NCWU sponsors occasional meetings to facilitate networking among our member
organizations and other interested folks. Contact
info@ncwu.org for details. (Starting September 2010, we are also using a Facebook based calendar to highlight major events.)
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