NOW honors NYC scout Sydney Ireland who, after 15 years in scouting and 9 years calling on the BSA to admit girls as official badge-earning members, became the first female Eagle Scout on October 1st, 2020.

We have made history, by electing the first Black, South Asian, and woman Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris. NOW-NYC celebrates a monumental win.

Yesterday’s news that the police officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor in her home brings more suffering and injustice to her family.

After 15 years in scouting and 9 years calling on the BSA to admit girls as official badge-earning members, on October 1, NYC scout Sydney Ireland, has reached her goal and will lead the inaugural class of women scouts poised to become the first female Eagle Scouts.

On Wednesday, July 8th, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that employers with religious or moral objections to birth control can deny coverage to their employees. “The Affordable Care Act recognized that preventing unwanted pregnancy gives women power over their lives and actually reduces the number of abortions. Stripping thousands upon thousands of women of this benefit is not only supremely counterproductive, it's a women-hating policy,” said Sonia Ossorio, President of NOW New York.