WHAT : Will attend President Clinton's policy statement on affirmative action, Wednesday, July 19, at 11 a.m.
Will be available for interviews immediately following the President's statement, as well as later Wednesday afternoon.
WHY : NOW activists are intensifying efforts to protect affirmative action because these programs are integral to women's progress in education, the workplace, and politics.
Delegates representing NOW's 600 local chapters at the 1995 National NOW Conference this weekend in Columbus, Ohio, will vote on a resolution to create a national action campaign that will combat attempts to dismantle affirmative action programs.
California NOW's 40,000 members are organizing aggressive opposition to the California "Civil Rights" Initiative, a proposed ballot measure that would outlaw affirmative action.
NOW activists nationwide are participating in a "Wilson Watch," following the campaign trail of presidential candidate Pete Wilson to protest his executive order abolishing the state of California's affirmative action programs.
HOW : Contact the NOW press office at (202)331-0066.