Carroll County Maryland National Organization for Women - NOW

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Welcome to the Carroll County Chapter of NOW. We are a grassroots organization focused on achieving and protecting the rights of all women and girls.

10/22/2026

Today's the start of Early Voting in Maryland. If a veteran you know needs a ride to the polls, there is help available.

10/20/2026

Early Voting in Carroll County starts soon. Make your plan and VOTE!

10/18/2026

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10/17/2026

The weather was perfect for a Vote Early rally in Westminster today.

10/15/2026

No Kings Vote Early: This Saturday, 10/17 in Carroll County!

Early voting is here, and we're showing up! Join us at one of three events this Saturday:

Finksburg: 12 noon-2pm
Cedarhurst United Universalists
2912 Club House Road, Finksburg, MD 21048
RSVP:
https://mobilize.us/s/96w01z

Sykesville: 12:30-3:30pm
Peaceful, Safe South Carroll No Kings Protest
Sykesville Townhouse and Skate Park, Main St., Sykesville, MD 21784
RSVP:
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1048356/

Westminster: 2pm-4pm
Carroll County Office Building
225 North Center Street, Westminster, MD 21157
RSVP:
https://mobilize.us/s/7AVTPf

Bring your friends, your family, and your neighbors. Make a plan, cast your vote, and let's show Carroll County what democracy looks like!

10/14/2026

Silence is a choice, and someone else pays for it.

When one woman comes forward, the cost to her is already enormous. When other women, especially those with influence, help discredit her to protect their own standing, the cost grows.

At Carroll County NOW, we believe:

Survivors deserve to be heard, not dismissed

Power should never be a shield from accountability

Solidarity among women isn't optional.

Doing the right thing can be costly. A career is not worth another person's credibility, safety, or dignity.

If you or someone you know needs support, CARE Healing Center - formerly RCIS of Carroll County is here to help.

10/09/2026

Please join us at this event. If you are interested in volunteering, please comment below or send us a dm.

10/01/2026

This event couldn't be more relevant in light of recent headlines. Please join CARE Healing Center - formerly RCIS of Carroll County in their annual event honoring SA survivors.

Wed. 10/7/26
6 pm - 8 pm
Wakefield Valley Park
1007-1001 Fenby Farm Rd
Westminster, MD

09/27/2026

This is why so many women say they'd choose the bear.

Most sexual assault isn't committed by a stranger lurking in the woods. It's committed by someone the victim already knows and trusts: a coworker, a classmate, a family friend, a partner. A bear's threat is obvious and consistent. A predator's isn't.

And when the predator is affiliated with a powerful institution, the math gets worse. An Ivy League school has enormous incentives to protect itself first. There is its reputation, its legacy, its donor pipeline, its alumni network. Reporting an assault doesn't just mean facing the person who hurt you; it can mean facing an institution built to close ranks around itself.

Our hope is the voices of everyone outraged by this will contact the college, the police, and the DA to demand justice for Jane Doe.

Cornell University President (he was interim President at the time of this incident).
Michael I. Kotlikoff
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The Board of Trustees is the power behind the university. They make human resources decisions in regards to hiring and firing.
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Sheriff's Office Tompkins County, NY
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District Attorney's Office Tompkins County, NY
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A link to a summary of this story is in comments.

National Organization for Women (NOW)

09/03/2026

Today, the world honors the extraordinary life, legacy, and enduring impact of Gloria Steinem. For over half a century, Steinem served as the most visible face and potent voice of the modern U.S. women's movement, dedicating her life to the revolutionary idea that women deserve complete equality at work, at home, and in society.

Central to her decades of advocacy was her powerful connection to the National Organization for Women (NOW). Steinam marched shoulder-to-shoulder with NOW throughout the 1960s and 1970s to champion legislative victories. She worked in tandem with NOW leadership to fight fiercely for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and cross-mobilized activists by co-founding the National Women’s Political Caucus. Together, their combined strategies of institutional pressure and public consciousness-raising forever shifted the landscape of American democracy..

"Being a feminist means that you see the world as whole instead of half." Rest in power, Gloria. Let's keep moving forward.

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Westminster, MD

Website

https://marylandnow.org/join/

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