NOW condemns the racism that inflicts a double burden of race and sex
discrimination on women of color. Seeing human rights as indivisible, we are committed to identifying and fighting against those barriers to equality and justice that are imposed by racism. A leader in the struggle for civil rights since its inception in 1966, NOW is committed to diversifying our movement, and we continue to fight for equal opportunities for women of color in all areas including employment, education and reproductive rights. NOW’s Combatting Racism Committee is working to encourage growth at all levels within NOW of multiracial task forces to combat racism.

The role of the Racial Justice Committee is to gather and catalog any information relevant to this topic. This information will be used by the legislative team to help in meetings with our legislators, in preparing testimony for legislative hearings, and in the writing of proposed legislation. As a member of this committee, you can help by doing that research to gather the information, by helping to organize the information into a form that's clear and easy to convey, or by helping with communication to help keep your own committee in the loop and also keeping the chapter as a whole in the loop as well. Other tasks may be needed as well, and your committee chair may call for additional help as it is needed.