PROGRAM

Sunday, October 4 - Washington Court Hotel

9:00am – 5:00pm Registration - Lower Lobby Level

10:00am – 11:00am Continental Breakfast - Outside the Atrium Level

11:00am – 1:00pm Opening General Assembly on Women, Money, & Power USA - Atrium Ballroom

Peg Yorkin, Chair of the Board, Feminist Majority
Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority
Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN)

Women & Violence
Lorraine Cole, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, YWCA USA
Video Presentation, Lorraine Sheinberg and Susan Rubin
Terry O’Neill, President, National Organization for Women

Women & Money
Congresswoman Donna Edwards (MD-4)
Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Association of Social Workers
Alma Morales Riojas, National President and CEO, MANA, A National Latina Organization

Women & Power
Susan Scanlan, Chair, National Council of Women’s Organizations
Cristina Lopez, President, National Hispana Leadership Institute
Nancy Keenan, President, NARAL Pro Choice America
E. Faye Williams, Esq, National Chair, National Congress of Black Women
Kathy Spillar, Executive Vice President, Feminist Majority

1:00pm – 2:30pm Lunch

2:45pm – 4:15pm Interactive Workshops

Federal Funding for Women’s Programs - Madison Room
(Case Study: Reproductive Health)
Stephanie Bell, Policy Analyst, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Dvora Lovinger, Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative John Sarbanes (MD-3)
Dee Martin, Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani
Loretta Ross, National Coordinator, SisterSong

Impact of Health Insurance Reform on Women - Montpelier Room
Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, President and CEO, National Black Women’s Health Imperative
Cynthia Pearson, Executive Director, National Women’s Health Network
Judy Waxman, Vice President of Health and Reproductive Rights,
National Women’s Law Center
Susan Wood, Ph.D., Director, Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, The George
Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

New Strategies to Reduce Violence Against Women - Hermitage Room
Moderator: Lorraine Cole, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, YWCA USA
Pat Reuss, Policy Advisor, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Tralonne Shorter, Public Policy Director, National Network to End Domestic Violence
Kiersten Stewart, Director of Public Policy, Family Violence Prevention Fund
Carol Tracy, Executive Director, Women’s Law Project

Funding of Women’s and Abortion Rights Opposition - Sagamore Hill Room II
Moderator: Kathy Spillar, Executive Vice President, Feminist Majority
Jennifer Boulanger, Director, Allentown Women’s Center
David Nolan, Communications Director, Catholics for Choice
Maria Vullo, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Increasing Women Power: Redistricting & Reapportionment - Ashlawn Room
Moderator: Marcia Johnson-Blanco, Senior Counsel Voting Rights Project of the Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights
Barbara Arnwine, Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
Melanie Campbell, Executive Director/CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority
Gloria Totten, President, Progressive Majority

Gaining Equal Pay and Benefits - Sagamore Hill Room I
Alicia Daly, Development Director, American Rights at Work
Kim Gandy, Past President, NOW; Institute of Politics Fellow, Harvard
Heidi Hartmann, President, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Avis Jones DeWeever, Ph.D., Director of the Research, Public Policy, and
Information Center, National Council of Negro Women

4:30pm – 6:00pm General Assembly on Women and Power Globally - Atrium Ballroom
M oderator: Amy Brenneman, Actor, “Private Practice”
Mavis Leno, Chair, Feminist Majority Foundation Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls
Marina Omar, Afghan Scholar
Zareen Taj, Afghan Scholar
Feroza Yari, Afghan Scholar
Ellie Smeal, President, Feminist Majority
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, (CA-47)

 

Monday, October 5 – Washington Court Hotel

8:30am – 4:00pm Registration - Lower Lobby Level

9:30am – 10:30am Town Hall - Grand Ballroom
Tina Tchen, Executive Director, White House Council on Women and Girls; White House
Director of Public Liaison
Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women

10:45am – 12:15pm Interactive Workshops

Impact of the International Violence Against Women Act - Madison Room
Moderator: Kiersten Stewart, Director of Public Policy, Family Violence Prevention Fund
Seema Jalan, Director of Global Development Policy, Women Thrive Worldwide
Crystal Lander, Senior Advocacy Advisor, The Centre for Development and Population
Activities
Shyama Venkateswar, Director of Research & Programs, National Council for Research on
Women

Recruiting Feminists for Leadership - Montpelier Room
Moderator: Alice Cohan, Political Director, Feminist Majority
Sam Bennett, President and CEO, Women’s Campaign Forum
Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers; Founder of the Dolores Huerta
Foundation
Jennifer Lawless, Director, American University Women and Politics Institute;
Associate Professor, American University
Debbie Walsh, Director, Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University

Strategies for Pay & Education Equity and Need for ERA - Hermitage Room
Moderator: Justine Andronici, Associate, Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP
Martha Burk, Money Editor, Ms. Magazine
Nancy Chi Cantalupo, Assistant Dean for Clinical Programs and Adjunct Professor of Law,
Georgetown Law
Deborah Katz, Partner, Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP

Winning Dollars for Women & Girls Worldwide - Sagamore Hill Room I & II
Moderator: Anushay Hossain, Director, FMF’s Global Programs
Susan Cohen, Director of Government Affairs,Guttmacher Institute
Norma Gattsek, Government Relations Director, Feminist Majority
Jamila K. Taylor, Senior Public Policy Associate, Center for Health and Gender Equity
Gaining Power through New Media - Ashlawn Room
Moderator: Suzanne Turner, President, Turner Strategies
Joanne Bamberger, Blogger, PunditMom, BlogHer
Shireen Mitchell, Executive Director, Digital Sisters/Sistas, Inc.
Donna Norton, Blogger, MomsRising
Gloria Pan, Vice President, Internet Communications, Turner Strategies
Miriam Perez, Editor, Feministing

12:30pm – 2:00pm Power Luncheon Celebrating Gloria Steinem - Grand Ballroom
Kathy Spillar, Executive Vice President, Feminist Majority; Executive Editor, Ms. magazine
Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers; Founder & President of the
Dolores Huerta Foundation

Letters to Gloria

Lana Moresky
Jeanne Clark
Danielle Smith
Sylvia da la Sancha
Ina Coleman
Bryce Delaney

Gloria Steinem

Presentation to Gloria
Peg Yorkin, Chair of the Board, Feminist Majority
Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority; Publisher, Ms. magazine

2:15pm – 3:45pm Interactive Workshops

Protecting Women’s Health Clinics - Hermitage Room
Moderator: Margie Moore, Director, FMF’s National Center for Women and Policing
Jennifer Boulanger, Director, Allentown Women’s Center
Ellen Gertzog, Director, Affiliate Security, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Vicki Saporta, President and CEO, National Abortion Federation
Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority

Gaining Power through Women’s Media - Montpelier Room
Moderator: Colleen Dermody, Marketing & Media Consultant
Kathy Bonk, President, Communications Consortium Media Center
Jeanne Clark, Director of Communications, Citizens for
Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture)
Carol Jenkins, President, Women’s Media Center
Kathy Spillar, Executive Editor, Ms. Magazine
Denice Zeck, Executive Director, American Forum

Strategies to Ratify CEDAW - Ashlawn Room
Alex Arriaga, Co-Chair, Working Group on CEDAW
Geeta Rao Gupta, President, International Center for Research on Women
Sarah Albert, Public Policy and Advocacy Director, YWCA USA
Luisa López, Division Director for Human Rights & International Affairs,
National Association of Social Workers

Fundraising for Non-Profits in Challenging Times - Sagamore Hill Room I & II
April Carson, Legislative Advisor & Counsel, Alliance for Justice
Jatrice Martel Gaiter, Executive Vice President of External Affairs, Volunteers for America
Tim Mynett, Fundraising Consultant

4:00pm – 5:30pm Closing General Assembly – Strategies to Take Home - Grand Ballroom
Jane Hamsher, Founder & Publisher, FireDogLake Blog
Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers; Founder & President of the
Dolores Huerta Foundation
Eleanor Smeal, President Feminist Majority
Gloria Steinem, Founding Editor, Ms. magazine
Kathy Spillar, Executive Vice President, Feminist Majority
Alex Arriaga, Co-Chair, Working Group on CEDAW
Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4)