Join Us at a Women's Equality Rally

Saturday, April 12, 2003 at 11 a.m. in Augusta, Ga.

"The controversy surrounding the Masters and Augusta National Golf Club is NOT about golf, any more than Title IX is only about sports."
—Kim Gandy, NOW President

Buses will leave from the Atlanta area at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 12 - Avondale MARTA Station, 915 Ponce de Leon, Decatur, GA. Nearby overnight accommodations can be secured by calling the Holiday Inn Select in Decatur, 130 Claremont , (404) 371-0204 and transportation will be provided to the MARTA station to get on the Augusta bus.

For more information about the rally and how to reserve a spot on the Atlanta bus, contact Tonja Holder at tholder@earthlink.net or 678.725.0069.

Print the rally flyer (PDF format)

For more information about Augusta National Golf Club and the exact site of the Augusta rally, contact:

National Council of Women's Organizations
Phone: 202.393.7122 | Fax: 202.387.7915
Email: ncworg@aol.com
www.womensorganizations.org

Proponents for equality will gather at the Augusta National Golf Club during the Masters golf tournament to not only oppose the club’s exclusionary policy toward women, but to address CBS, the PGA, the golfers, tournament attendees, and corporate hosts that subsidize this discrimination.

Background:

• It's About Discrimination (4/03)
• www.augustadiscriminates.org
• It's Not About Golf: Feminists Blast Discrimination at Home of Masters Tournament (4/03)
• Augusta National's Refusal to Admit Women Matters (4/03)
• Augusta National Golf Club Announces Plans to Continue Discrimination Against Women (11/02)
• Asked to Admit Women, Golf Club Goes 'Ballistic' (7/02)
• Citing Role of Women in Iraq, Burk Raises Pressure on Augusta (New York Times, 3/27/03, requires registration)