[News-releases] Advisory: 2007 National NOW Conference Starts July 13

For Immediate Release
Contact: Mai Shiozaki, 202-628-8669, ext. 116; cell 202-641-1906

2007 National NOW Conference in Detroit, July 13-15
"Fast Forward: Women Take Charge"

July 11, 2006

The Detroit area will host the 2007 National NOW Conference and Young Feminist Leadership Institute this weekend at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn. NOW's conference theme this year, Fast Forward: Women Take Charge, reflects the recent rise of women in political leadership, and the need to foster and inspire a new generation of women to run for office. With the presidential election only 16 months away, mobilizing feminist candidates and voters is a crucial step to ensuring a government that will put women and families first.

Throughout the weekend, chapter delegates and activists will take on hot topics like misogyny in Hollywood and the media, electing a feminist president; women and war; universal healthcare; fair treatment for Arab and Arab-American women; media reform in the wake of the Imus controversy; and the impact of the recent Supreme Court decisions on reproductive rights, pay equity and education. This year's featured speakers include powerful women in politics, pioneers in social reform, and influential media figures.

"Women represent the largest number of registered voters in this country, and we will have an impact in the next election, and any politician who ignores women will be ignored at the ballot box," said NOW President Kim Gandy, who will be speaking on Saturday afternoon. "For the last six years, the Bush administration has trampled on our rights, dragged this country into an unnecessary and deadly war, reshaped the Supreme Court, and governed by its own set of rules. This weekend, we will commit ourselves to changing the face of politics and the course of this nation."

What:	2007 National NOW Conference, Young Feminist Leadership Institute and Political Institute
When:	Friday, July 13 through Sunday, July 15
Where:	Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, Michigan
Who:	Conference speakers include (alphabetical):
	Charon Asetoyer, founder of the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center Hon. Carol Moseley Braun, formerU.S. Ambassador, U.S. Senator, and candidate for president Angie Cruz, author of two novels, Let it Rain Coffee and Soledad, and founder of Women in Literature and Letters (WILL) Kim Gandy, president, National Organization for Women Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, 47th governor of Michigan, re-elected for a second term in 2006 Hon. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and six-term member of Congress from Michigan Chenese Lewis, Miss Plus America Lifetime, actor, model, and Love Your Body Campaign activist Ava Lowery, teen peace activist and web video producer Jewell Jackson McCabe, founder of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, Olympic gold medalist and president of Women in Cable Telecommunications Jill Soloway, writer on ABC's hit TV series Grey's Anatomy and co-executive producer of HBO's Six Feet Under Sherry Stringfield, Emmy- and Golden Globe- nominated television actress, best known for her role on NBC's primetime hit ER Dr. E. Faye Williams, National Chair of the National Congress of Black Women

Media Credentialing: If you are a member of the media and would like to attend, and/or set up advance interviews, please register online.

Find the agenda and the full list of speakers and workshops on NOW's web site.

 

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