Friday July 16, 2004 |
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
Registration & Credentialing |
Convention Center |
8:30 AM - 6:45 PM |
Childcare (pre-registration required) |
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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 |
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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 |
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3:00 PM - 4:15 PM |
Breakout Session III: Workshops, Political Institute, Issue Hearings |
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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 |
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7:30 PM |
Regional Caucuses and Dinner |
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| Saturday July 17, 2004 |
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
Registration & Credentialing |
Convention Center |
8:30 AM - 6:45 PM |
Childcare (pre-registration required) |
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9:00 AM - 9:00 PM |
Exhibit Hall |
Grande Ballroom G/H |
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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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 |
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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
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5:30 PM - 6:45 PM |
Breakout Session VI: Workshops, Political Institute, Issue Hearings |
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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
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Late Dinner and Networking |
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| 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) |
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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
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12:00 - 12:15 PM |
Remarks by U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis, Calif. |
Grande Ballroom E/F
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12:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch Break |
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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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