ABC News: Future of Feminism an Issue in NOW Leadership Vote

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2009-06-14 23:54

Story here. Excerpt:

'Kim Gandy, a savvy former prosecutor, is stepping down as NOW president after eight years leading the battle against many Bush-era policies.

The election to succeed her, set for NOW's three-day national conference starting Friday in Indianapolis, is both an unusual clash of generations and an opportunity for activists to confront some of the challenges facing the feminist movement.

Delegates will be choosing between Latifa Lyles, a 33-year-old African-American who has been one of Gandy's three vice presidents, and Terry O'Neill, 56, a white activist who taught law at Tulane University, who was NOW's vice president for membership from 2001-05, and who most recently has been chief of staff for a county council member in Maryland's Montgomery County.
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Overall, NOW says it has more than 500,000 "contributing members" — who are either paying membership dues at present or did so recently enough to stay on the mailing list. Gandy said there's been a recent dip in membership revenues, but it's modest enough so far that NOW has been able to avoid the staff layoffs occurring at many other nonprofits.'

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NOW can elect me as its next president. I am running on a reform platform. =)

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Submitted by mcc99 on Mon, 2009-06-15 15:43

Am I the only one who thinks their membership total is complete bullshit?

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Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2009-06-15 20:12

Really needs to be the younger person, who is at least close to being more on track, unfortunately she may be bullied anyway into a conservatist/feminist standpoint no matter what. The you go girls, go with the flow they don't stand up for personal beliefs of equality from any sort of objective standpoint it seems. Where's this empathy women are suppose to be so good at anyway?

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Submitted by Michael on Tue, 2009-06-16 02:34

MICHAEL,
it really doesn't matter which man-hating tyrant NOW chooses. The only difference will be her method of attacking men.

ANTHONY,
4 or 5 years ago NOW, etal., amassed 500 thousand strong on a march on Wash,DC for a non-issue like continued abortion rights. If MRAs got 500 men together in one place, they'd call the revolution a success. The fems are extremely powerful, almost unstoppable, and if the MRM doesn't massively recruit among ALL men in the next few years, we're toast.

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Submitted by Hunchback on Tue, 2009-06-16 12:11

...and no matter who they elect she's going to be kicking us in the teeth, just like her predecessors.

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Submitted by MichaelClaymore on Tue, 2009-06-16 12:57