Mass NOW
For over 50 years the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women (Mass NOW) has been one of the leading multi-issue, multi-strategy feminist organizations in the Commonwealth. Sasha joined the Mass NOW board in 2014, was elected as Board President in 2016 and in 2019 transitioned into the role of Executive Director, leading the organization to pass leading equity legislation, convene intergenerational feminist community through innovative and engaging programming and grow and diversify our membership, leadership & coalitions.
The Movement to End Period Poverty in Massachusetts
Founded in 2019, the Massachusetts Menstrual Equity Coalition is a group of activists and organizations coming together to end period poverty statewide. Today, the MME Coalition includes 200+ activists and 70+ endorsing organizations working to pass S.1445 An Act to increase access to disposable menstrual products in prisons, homeless shelters, and public schools (I AM Bill)
Mass NOW State President Highlights
2016
An Act for Pay Equity passes, becoming the most comprehensive pay equity legislation in the country for banning salary history to be used to determine compensation. Following this win, in 2017 Mass NOW embarked on a racial justice strategic visioning project with Judy Neufeld, which led to the co-creation of a series of Dismantling White Feminism workshops for our members with the Anti Racism Collaborative.
2018
In honor of Mass NOW’s 50th anniversary in 2018 Mass NOW brought back the tradition of consciousness raisings as a grassroots feminist strategy and has been hosting them in living rooms and community spaces across the Commonwealth ever since. Join a consciousness raising at our next Mass NOW Chapter meeting on the last Wednesday of every month.
2019
Mass NOW helps introduces the I AM bill to Increase Access to Menstrual Products in schools, shelters and prisons across the state. The Massachusetts Menstrual Equity Coalition is formed, recruiting 60+ endorsing organizations and 200+ menstrual activists. $500,000 for menstrual products is secured in the FY21 Legislature!
2020
In March as the gravity of the pandemic settled in across the country, I started convening the NOW State Presidents weekly to help each other strategize. We brought hundreds of members together from across the country to learn about our priority issue areas and turn their anger into action.
