[News-releases] National NOW Conference Back Inside the Beltway onJuly 11

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Save the Date: National NOW Conference Back Inside the Beltway on July 11

July 3, 2003

"With two branches of government aligned against women's rights, and the
Supreme Court precariously balanced, feminist activists are hard at work to
change the faces of our opponents in the White House and Congress," said
National Organization for Women (NOW) President Kim Gandy. "The 2003
National NOW Conference will bring NOW leaders and activists from across
the country face to face with presidential candidates and members of
Congress to discuss the future of women rights at this crucial political
juncture. The conference will also launch NOW's newest campaign to preserve
women's rights through a grassroots mobilization of feminist voters." 

What: 2003 National NOW Conference: The Drive for Equality 

When: July 11 and July 12 

Where: DoubleTree Crystal City
300 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, Virginia 

"NOW is bringing its annual conference back to the nation's capital for the
first time in 20 years--and will host some of the country's leading
political figures as we discuss women's involvement in the 2004 elections,"
Gandy said. The Conference will host a Meet the Presidential Candidates
forum, featuring political comedian Elayne Boosler, and other speakers will
include author/activist Rebecca Walker, U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif)
and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif)
will be presented with NOW's Woman of Courage Award. 

"The Conference will also feature workshops on hard-hitting issues, action
planning and a five-session Political Institute on recruiting, campaigning
for and electing feminists to public office," Gandy said. "Activists will
go home with skills and determination to change the face of politics in
2004." 

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