Minnesota NOW Legislative Information

Legislative Information

Ways to stay informed and up-to-date:

Sign-up to receive Minnesota NOW Email Activist Alerts
Check our Legislative Action Alerts page periodically.
Check out what Public Policy Advocacy Groups are doing regarding a specific issue or issue area of particular concern to you. Organizations who also do public policy advocacy/legislative lobbying and/or who educate the community on issues of concern to us are listed on our legislative links page.
Check out our web Calendar for Lobby Days at the State Capitol. These are sponsored by Public Policy Advocacy Groups that focus on a particular issue area.

Minnesota NOW is a multi-issue, grassroots advocate working for women's rights in Minnesota. Unlike single-user groups, Minnesota NOW works on the whole range of women's issues, which allows us to shift focus when the need or desire arises for the maximum benefit of women.

Our primary emphases are:

ratification of an unamended Equal Rights Amendment
repeal of all laws restricting safe, legal abortion
protection of lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender civil rights
eliminating racism
freedom from violence
opposition to punitive welfare reform; promotion of economic equity

One manner in which Minnesota NOW carries out its mission is through promotion of grassroots political activism. This includes engagement in the legislative process. Under the direction of the Legislative Coordinator, this work takes many forms. Primarily during each MN legislative session, we lobby legislators and government officials, and engage our members and community activists in our grassroots lobbying efforts. We:

monitor legislation that affects women and families;
provide legislative information to members and other women's organizations through mailings such as the Minnesota NOW Times and Legislative Updates and Action Alerts.
promote grassroots legislative action via our Legislative Yahoo Group, Email Activist Alert System and web site;
testify at public hearings;
hold legislative issue forums;
research and prepare Issue Briefs and Position Papers, and we
endorse and support political candidates who will work to advance MN NOW's issues.