Welcoming Remarks by Susan Scanlan, Chair, National Council of Women’s Organizations and President, Women’s Research and Education Institute

On the occasion of the 160^th Anniversary of the Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, the 35^th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Title IX, and the 25^th Anniversary of NCWO’s founding, this panel will discuss the past, present and future of the women’s movement with emphasis on strengthening the leadership of younger women today and tomorrow.

Dolores Huerta, President, Dolores Huerta Foundation (invited)

Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation

Alison Stein, Founder, Younger Women’s Task Force

Moderator: Amy Conroy, Sewall-Belmont House (invited)

 

 

Morning Workshops: healthcare/ HPV; black women’s health challenges; reproductive choice issues including access to Plan B and combating abstinence-only programs; women in the military; impact of Iraq war on budget for women’s programs; Family Leave Act; glass ceiling for women in academia; international women’s issues, violence against women. 

 

Honorees:

·        Lily Ledbetter, Ledbetter v. Goodyear, presented by Marcia Greenberger of the National Women’s Law Center (invited)

·        Haleh Esfandiari, Woodrow Wilson Center and human rights activist, presented by Susan Shaer of Women’s Action for New Directions

·        Carol Jenkins, Women’s Media Center and former NBC News Anchor (invited), presented by Shireen Mitchell of Digital Sisters and NCWO Vice Chair

Facilitator: Kimberly Otis, NCWO Executive Director

 

Throughout the 2008 primary season, women voters have determined the outcome in key races. Changing the face of Congress and the Administration is only the first step. Work must begin now to change national policies so that all women can live in dignity, fully able to care and provide for their families and respected as equal participants in our society. 

 

Rene Redwood, CEO of Redwood Enterprise, LLC

Martha Burk, author and director, NCWO’s Corporate Accountability Task Force

Laura Flanders, author and radio host

Moderator: Susan Scanlan, NCWO Chair

 

 

Afternoon Workshops: How to get involved in politics and elected to office; developing and advancing public policy; women in the news media, ERA workshop; How Congress really works and how to lobby; Title IX and STEM careers; the Fair Pay Act and Paycheck Fairness

 

Riane Eisler, author, The Real Wealth of Nations and the Chalice and the Blade

 

Reception and Book signings, sponsored by American Rights at Work