Oakland NOW Activists Win Seats on National NOW Board

Renee Beeker, an Oakland Member, now sits on the National NOW Board from our Great Lakes Region. She was elected NOW President at our last state conference in Farmington Hills last May. Beeker has been very active in the coming elections in support of our Governor and other candidates who support our agenda of equal rights for all. She will lead a discussion on the issues of Mothers and Custody at our October 16 Oakland County NOW meeting, and currently serves as chair of the National NOW Family Law Advisory AdHoc Committee.

Linda Varonich, another Oakland County NOW member, and a past Michigan NOW President also represents the Great Lakes Region on the National NOW Board. Both won these seats in elections in April at the Great Lakes Regional Conference in Kalamazoo. Linda joined her first NOW chapter while a student at Western Michigan University in the 1970’s and had leadership positions in North Dallas as wel

Let's Get Out the Vote in Pontiac!

The Oakland County Chapter of NOW is pleased to announce the opening of an office to help GET OUT THE VOTE. Rebecca Malotke serves as the supervisor and she has gotten great help from Elaine Franklin who has worked tirelessly to engage us in a getting out the vote in Pontiac. Elaine and Linda Varonich spoke about NOW's goal and wishes at the Welcome Church in Pontiac on October 1, 2006. This election is vital to county, the state and the U.S. If Proposal 2 passes it will hurt women and people of color. It will also damage Michigan's image in the country. Others could easily see it as bigotry, hurting our effort to bring in many new businesses and diversify our economy just as it hurts our efforts to diversify our community.

We are committed to defeating Proposal 2 known as the Michigan Civil Rights (wrong) Amendment Please join us and volunteer!  You can find us at:
30 North Saginaw, Suite 404 Pontiac, Michigan
(248) 451-9650. 
The e-mail address is:oaknowgotv@sbcglobal.net