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World March of Women 2000 Program

October 14, 2000
 


World March of Women 2000
October 15 on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.

11:00 - NOON
Emcee:  Patricia Ireland
Angie Head, Musician
Bonnie Morris, Ph.D., George Washington University
Jennifer Price, College of William and Mary Feminist Student Organization
Christine Hart Wright, STRIVE DC
Susan Watlou-Phillips, Coalition For The Homeless
Common Bond, Musicians
Laini Mataka, Poet
Rus Funk, Men For Gender Justice
Michael King, Musician

Emcee:  Loretta Kane
Ramesh Sepehrrad, National Committee of Women For a Democratic Iran
Molly Dhlamini, Organizer, South Africa
Kathleen DeBold, Mautner Project For Lesbians With Cancer
Lynn Rosenthal, National Network On Ending Domestic Violence
Mary Shaver, Musician

12:00 - 1:00   March

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Emcee:  Karen Johnson
Virginia Williams, Washington, DC, Welcome
International Delegation, World March of Women 2000
Patricia Ireland, National Organization for Women
Judy Gorman, Musician
Gerald McEntee, AFSCME
Denise Rockwell Woods, National Education Association
Yvonne Scruggs Leftwich, Black Leadership Forum
Betty, Musicians
Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers
Marian Kramer, National Welfare Rights Union
Cheri Honkala, Kensington Welfare Rights Union
Janet Benshoff, Center For Reproductive Law and Policy

Emcee:  Kim Gandy
Josina Lawrence, Survivor of the Central Park wilding attacks
Christy Brzonkala, Plantiff in the Brzonkala v. Morrison U.S. Supreme Court case
Rita Smith, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Marya Grambs, Ph.D., International Domestic Violence Consultant
Mari Matsuda, Ph.D., Georgetown School of Law
SONiA, Musician
Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority Foundation
Marleine Bastien, Haitian Women of Miami, Inc.
Soona Sohrabi Samsami, Association of Iranian Women, USA
Isis Nusair, Human Rights Watch
Ritu Sharma, Women's EDGE
Gloria Johnson, Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
Zieba Shorish-Shamley, Poet

Emcee:  Loretta Kane
Nuevo Paraguay, Dancers
Graciela Ramos de Quintana, March Caravan from Mexico
Laura Germino, Florida Rural Legal Services
Lucas Benitez, Coalition of Immokelee Workers
Vernon Bellcourt, American Indian Movement
Bonnie O'Day, National Council On Disabilities
Becca Hover, Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
Leslie Nuchow, Musician
Bonnie Marci, Justice, Economic Dignity and Independence(JEDI)
Sally Fisher, V Day
Elizabeth Toledo, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Red Letter Day, Musicians

Emcee:  Patricia Ireland
Jessica Neuwirth, Equality NOW
Stephanie Smart, American Anti-Slavery Group
Layli Miller Bashir, Tahirih Justice Center
Frances Kissling, Catholics For a Free Choice
Tara Brach, Insight Meditation Community of Washington
Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington, D.C.


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