2004 National NOW Conference: Agenda

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Conference Agenda

Friday, July 16
Saturday, July 17
Sunday, July 18

Friday July 16, 2004
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM	Registration & Credentialing	Convention Center
8:30 AM - 6:45 PM	Childcare (pre-registration required)
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM	Exhibit Hall	Grande Ballroom G/H
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Plenary I	Grande Ballroom E/F Welcome and Adoption of Agenda and Conference Rules; Report from Registration/Credentials Committee; Tribute to Great Women of the Blues: Ony Antonucci, Junior Brantley, Kim Russell
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Breakout Session I: Workshops, Political Institute
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM	Lunch Break and Shopping	Take some time and visit the exhibits, or pick up lunch and join the Political Brown Bag at noon
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Political Institute Brown Bag Lunch	Grande Ballroom E/F Bring your lunch and join NOW President Kim Gandy, Action Vice President Olga Vives and Political Director Linda Berg for a discussion of NOW's get-out-the-vote campaigns
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Breakout Session II: Workshops, Political Institute, Issue Hearings
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Breakout Session III: Workshops, Political Institute, Issue Hearings
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Plenary II: Bush's War on Women	Grande Ballroom E/F Woman of Courage Award: Former Democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun; Speakers: Author/radio host Laura Flanders; Medea Benjamin, founding director of Global Exchange and co-founder of Code Pink Followed by book signing in Grande Ballroom
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Special Constituency Caucuses
7:30 PM	Regional Caucuses and Dinner
Saturday July 17, 2004
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM	Registration & Credentialing	Convention Center
8:30 AM - 6:45 PM	Childcare (pre-registration required)
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM	Exhibit Hall	Grande Ballroom G/H
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Coffee with NOW Officers for First-Time Conference Participants	Location to be announced in Plenary II
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary III: Take Action NOW	Grande Ballroom E/F Performance: Kim Russell as Sojourner Truth Welcome: U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, Nevada Speakers: Wal-Mart workers tell their stories; Carolyn Sapp, founder of WalMartVersusWomen.com
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Off-Site Action	Gather outside convention center entrance; buses will take attendees to and from the action site
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Break and Shopping	Take some time and visit the exhibits, or pick up lunch and join the Political Brown Bag at 12:30 p.m.
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Political Institute Brown Bag Lunch	Grande Ballroom E/F Bring your lunch and enjoy a lively roundtable of feminist candidates and elected officials
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Breakout Session IV: Workshops, Political Institute, Issue Hearings
3:30 PM - 5:15 PM	Plenary IV: Outrageous Actions and Everyday Rebellions	Special Presentations: Alice Cohan, Geraldine Miller Speakers: Wendy Shanker, author & comedian; Susan Polis Schutz, founder of Blue Mountain Arts Woman of Courage Award: Dr. Donna J. Nelson, associate professor of chemistry, Oklahoma University Woman of Action Award: Stephanie Alves, co-founder of Radio LOG President's Keynote: Kim Gandy, NOW President
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM	Breakout Session VI: Workshops, Political Institute, Issue Hearings
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Authors Reception	Grande Ballroom E/F Book signing by speakers and authors Hosted by Susan Polis Schutz
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Live in Concert	Grande Ballroom E/F Cris Williamson and SONiA
10:00 PM	Late Dinner and Networking
Sunday July 18, 2004
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Registration and Credentialing	Convention Center
8:30 AM - 3:45 PM	Childcare (pre-registration required)
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Exhibit Hall	Grande Ballroom G/H
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Plenary V: Consideration of Resolutions	Grande Ballroom E/F
12:00 - 12:15 PM	Remarks by U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis, Calif.	Grande Ballroom E/F
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch Break
1:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Plenary VI: Consideration of Resolutions	Grande Ballroom E/F
3:45 - 4:00 PM	Adjournment

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