UltraViolet
UltraViolet is an online community of over 550,000 women and men who want to take collective action to expose and fight sexism in the public sector, private sector and the media. Find out more at WeAreUltraViolet.org
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Thursday, January 25, 2018 UltraViolet on MSU President Simon’s Resignation Last night, news broke that Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon will step down as President before the end of the week. The announcement comes hours after former MSU employee and doctor for the American gymnastics team Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison on... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, October 06, 2017 Women’s Group on the Trump Administration’s Elimination of the Birth Control Mandate Moments ago, the Trump Administration issued new rules rolling back the federal requirement that employers include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans . The decision, which vastly expands exemptions for those employers who cite moral or religious objections to providing birth... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, August 18, 2017 UltraViolet Statement on the Firing of Steve Bannon Statement from Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of UltraViolet, in response to news of Bannon’s firing: "Good riddance Steve. The larger and more urgent crisis however is that a white supremacist sympathizer is the president of the United States." Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, August 15, 2017 Activists Drop “WOMEN RESIST WHITE SUPREMACY” Banner Inside Trump Tower Lobby Moments ago, activists from UltraViolet, a national women’s advocacy organization, and the Working Families Party, unveiled a massive banner inside Trump Tower’s lobby reading: “WOMEN RESIST WHITE SUPREMACY.” The banner drop comes after riots and attacks by white supremacists in Charlottesville... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, July 06, 2017 UltraViolet Targets GOP Senators With ‘Women Resist TrumpCare’ Week of Actions This week, as Senators are at home for the Fourth of July recess, UltraViolet Action, a national women’s advocacy group, is preparing to confront Republicans over the recently introduced health care repeal bill as part of the organization’s “Women Resist TrumpCare” week of action. The group warns... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, June 16, 2017 FRIDAY: Sit-Ins at In-State Senate Offices Urge GOP Senators to Vote No on Health Care Repeal On Friday, June 16th, members of the women’s group UltraViolet will be staging sit-ins at in-state Senate offices in Metairie, Portland, Reno, Cleveland, Anchorage, Little Rock, Bangor, and Denver, demanding a ‘no’ vote from Senators on the Affordable Care Act repeal. The protesters who plan to... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, April 06, 2017 Women’s Group to Senate GOP: “Women Are Watching” Moments ago, Republicans in the Senate invoked the “nuclear option,” breaking long-standing Senate rules to push through Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch without the required 60 vote threshold. Ahead of the vote, UltraViolet, a leading women’s advocacy group, warned Senate Republicans in... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, January 27, 2017 Women’s Group Launches New Campaign: “Abortion Access is More Popular Than Trump” On Friday, January 27th, as anti-abortion groups rally in the nation’s Capitol for the annual “March for Life” rally, UltraViolet, a national women’s organization, is launching a new campaign spreading the message that abortion access is more popular than Donald Trump. To launch the campaign... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, September 19, 2016 MONDAY: Billboard Circles NBC News, CPD HQ in DC Urging 2016 Presidential Debate Moderators to Ask About Women’s Issues On Monday, September 19th, just one week before the first presidential debate between Secretary Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, a mobile billboard will circle NBC News’ DC office, as well as the Commission on Presidential Debate headquarters demanding that 2016 debate moderators ask questions on... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, August 01, 2016 New Billboard in Austin Calls on the Texas Department of Health Services to Eliminate Pamphlets Providing Misleading Abortion Information This week, a new billboard in Austin will call on the Texas Department of Public Health to eliminate deceptive pamphlets that mislead women about critical reproductive healthcare information. The campaign, launched by UltraViolet, a national women’s advocacy organization, comes after the Texas... Read more |