Indiana National Organization for Women

10/29/2026

Today, we mourn the loss of Dolores Huerta, a fearless organizer, labor leader, civil rights activist, and unapologetic feminist icon who passed away today at age 96.

For decades, Dolores stood on the front lines for farmworkers, working families, women, and marginalized communities. She co-founded the United Farm Workers union, negotiated historic contracts, and gave us the eternal rally cry that continues to power social movements across the globe: "¡Sí, se puede!"

Dolores's legacy is a masterclass in intersectional activism:
- In spaces often dominated by men, she proved that mothers, Latinas, and women belong at the head of the bargaining table, leading strikes, and shaping national policy.
- She understood that gender equality cannot be separated from economic justice, racial equality, reproductive rights, and bodily autonomy.
- She showed us that feminist resistance isn't just theory, it's collective action, community care, and standing up for workers everywhere.

Rest in power, Dolores. 💜💜💜

08/31/2026

HIP 2.0 was Indiana's way of removing Pres Obama from the ACA. HIP 3.0 is Indiana's way of removing those in need of health care from the ACA.

Indiana is requesting permission to change HIP in two major ways:
1. Limiting the number of people who can receive health insurance if they feel they do not have enough money
2. Adding copayments of $5-35 for certain health needs

They are calling this new version “HIP 3.0"

➡️ The full draft of HIP 3.0 can be viewed here: https://buff.ly/l2AstIT

Written comments on the proposal may be submitted through September 4, 2026.

📨 Email: [email protected]
Attn: Secretary Mitch Roob

📫️ Mail:
Family and Social Services Administration
Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning
Attn: Secretary E. Mitchell (Mitch) Roob
402 West Washington Street, Room W374
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

08/30/2026

Dubbed the Crisis Conference and the Miracle Conference (it's a miracle we pulled it off in the middle of a natural disaster), our 2026 State Conference was a SMASHING success. We smashed the patriarchy pinata, round tabled with Representative Earl L. Harris Jr. and Representative Maureen Bauer and rounded it out with a lively discussion with State Senator Rodney Pol Jr. .

We practiced our breathwork with Subbayamma Nagubadi, played PAC games, elected a new State "Big RJ" Racial Justice Coordinator Dineen Johnson who taught us something about whose shoulders we stand on.

TammyJo Eckhart shared some of NOW's history with the LGBTQIA community and presented a comprehensive resolution in full support of protecting transwomen athletes. Which we passed unanimously with 0 debate!

Hannah Villani shared info about Possibility Fest, an affirming, life changing, 2-day experience and encouraged us to bring the Fest to our own communities.

And our own legacy member Barbara Coulter shared a piece of her story and how she came to National Organization for Women (NOW) in its earliest of early days.

Breakfast was Mediterranean fare (with American style b'fast ham 🤷‍♀️) with lunch a buffet from las Mamacitas tacos and Namaste India.

In this time of deep stress and burnout, of so much loss and grief, we found joy in each other and celebrated the resilience in us all.

Show us your pictures!!!

08/29/2026

Breakfast is served! At the Indiana NOW 2026 State Conference: Welcome to the Lakeshore!

08/27/2026

Have you ever thought "there oughta be a law?" Or wondered what Indiana NOW is doing about the constant attacks on our rights and freedoms??
Then have we got a conference event for you!

Join us this Sat, Aug 29 at the USW union hall for an interactive conference you'll never forget. You will walk out with the tools you need to work on legislation and advocate with boots on the ground, AND to stay motivated and energized in the face of all the stress and nonsense out there.

Grab your tickets on Eventbrite today!
Breakfast and lunch included

Indiana NOW heads to Northwest Indiana for an unapologetic, hybrid accessible State Conference celebrating diversity, sisterhood & action.

08/21/2026

Indiana has been through the wringer and it's not done yet. We get it. We're experiencing it too. This year's conference is going to be a wonderful day of healing, networking, laughter, and building friendships across communities that you won't want to miss.

Conference location is accessible. Breakfast and lunch are provided. If you are a member facing financial troubles, just email us at [email protected] and we'll get you a ticket no problem. Economics should never prevent anyone from fully participating in NOW. If you are not a member but want to join, we'll have membership specials before and after the conference.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indiana-now-2026-state-conference-tickets-1990750137250

07/28/2026

"Women and girls with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, including increased risks of violence and abuse, barriers to employment, inferior quality education and health services, and limitations on their participation in decision-making spaces." (UN Women)

The National Organization for Women (NOW) has recognized a Disability/Accessibility Caucus that will be working to make National NOW and our local chapters fully accessible, and to give our members the tools they need to advocate for accessibility. This caucus was born here in Indiana with members from Indiana, Illinois and West Virginia NOW chapters all making it a reality.

Stay tuned for more on this as we explore the intersections of disability and the LGBTQIA community, disability and race, disability and gender based violence, and each and every one of our pillars -- plus disability and environmental protections. Then, get involved! Join the caucus and help us advance disability and feminism.

02/20/2026

We are struggling to even find the words, as more and more from the Epstein Files is revealed. But silence is not an option.

The latest release of the Epstein Files is not justice. It is not transparency. It is a brutal reminder of how deeply this system is built to protect powerful men while sacrificing girls, still and again.

The identities of abusers and traffickers are carefully shielded while the names and addresses of the predators’ victims are released to the public. Wealthy and powerful men are protected while the children they abused are put in real danger. Explicit images are released to the public without redaction and without consent, for the sick and perverted entertainment of a whole new generation of predators.

At every turn, survivors are treated like spectacle, to be used and traumatized yet again for others’ purpose and agenda. Not recognized as human beings deserving of privacy and dignity but as objects. Justice still does not apply.

This is retraumatization masquerading as disclosure.

This is a display of limitless power orchestrated by the representatives of a system that was designed for the benefit of powerful men. By representatives who sacrifice children to this system, to feed the sick and twisted demands of an all powerful elite.

Let us be absolutely clear:
These men are not done.
They are not reformed.
They are not the vestiges of a dark period in our past.
They are still buying, selling, drugging, and abusing girls.

And every day that investigations are denied, names are hidden, and accountability is avoided, the harm continues. The risk to every girl in every city across the country continues to grow.

Indiana National Organization for Women refuses to accept a system where survivors are exposed and abusers are protected.
We will not tolerate the secrecy, delay, and performative outrage that enables children to be sacrificed instead of nurtured and protected from the horrors of human trafficking.

We demand full investigations into every allegation.
We demand public accountability.
We demand prosecution to the fullest extent of the law.
And we call on our members of Congress to pass new laws that will eliminate the statute of limitations where current law fails these survivors and those who did not survive.

And we demand answers.
How was the Epstein trafficking ring allowed to operate just barely in the shadows?
Who turned away and pretended not to see?
Who replaced Epstein and Maxwell, and where did the operation move to?

Anything less is complicity.

01/11/2026

We'll be there! Come find us!

Every minute of every day women and girls are purchased and sold like chattel. It's far past time to demand it STOP.
Rally on the 14th for better legal protections for girls from sexual predators, accountability for the predators' crimes, and help for the survivors. Indiana has one of the highest rates of child SA and trafficking. Are you okay with that? We sure as hell aren't! Join us on Wednesday, Jan 14th.