California 2022 Endorsements
CNA is committed to building a broad movement for transformative social change and confronting the powerful interests that dominate our economic and political system. We are proud to support congressional, state, and local candidates that share nurses’ values of caring, compassion, and community.
NNU 2022 Endorsements
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Celebrating the pioneering National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses
As nurses committed to fighting against the public health crisis of racism, we must endeavor to reveal and share our history so we can build toward a different future – one of inclusion, peace, and justice.
National Nurses United
CNA/NNOC nurses are growing our power – overcoming unprecedented challenges and fierce employer opposition
As California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee nurses, we are constantly pushing against the treacherous headwinds of a health care industry that is relentlessly focused on profits. When I look at everything we have accomplished during this unprecedented pandemic for our patients and our communities I’m in awe.
Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director of National Nurses United
The CNA/NNOC board responses to prompt “What are you most proud of accomplishing over the past three years through your leadership on the board?”
Hear from the CNA/NNOC board on what they are most proud of.
ACT UP’s Fearless Activism and Organizing Is a Model for Fighting for Justice
Nurses who cared for patients during the AIDS epidemic know Covid-19 is not the first disease to expose the extreme injustices of our health care system and society. Without our advocacy in coalition with patients and marginalized communities, the U.S. corporate health care industry and government will continue to fail people.
National Nurses United
The Labor of Labor: Forced Birth Is Forced Work
Nurses know firsthand just how much work goes into giving birth for our patients, especially if we’re labor and delivery nurses or parents ourselves. I’m an emergency room nurse, but I’m also a mom, so I know that the miracle of birth isn’t always so miraculous in the moment. Yes, there’s joy and celebration, but there’s also a lot of pain and hard work.
Mawata Kamara, RN
Nursing is in the Heart
In honor of Filipino American History Month, the California Museum, located in Sacramento, is presenting an exhibit entitled ‘California is in the Heart’, which explores the vital role that Filipinx Americans have played in the state’s history.
National Nurses United
More than 100 years of RN power
Throughout the last 120 years, California Nurses Association has been on the historical and clinical cutting edge of confronting a political economy that values profits over people. Our advocacy expanded nationally with the creation of National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC). The delivery of health care in the United States has undergone dramatic changes in the span of the past 120 years.