2003 WiLL/WAND CONFERENCE

Uniting Women's Voices

a national leadership conference

Conference Highlights: Notes from Sessions and Speeches


Enter a room at this conference, and you immediately understood the power and potential of women working together to make our world better. The faces showed it all: old, young, black, white, laughing, scowling, angry, inspired. We gathered to listen to each other, share our strategies and experiences, recite poetry and plan our next steps.

Below are summaries and notes from just some of the sessions. Please take a look, please enjoy, and please -- take action!

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Helen Thomas's Speech as Recipient of the 2003 Torchbearer Award (Links to The Nation web site.)

Barbara Lee's 2003 Torchbearer Award Speech for Helen Thomas

Countdown to the 2004 Election: Celinda Lake of Lake, Snell, Perry Associates

Defining Security in an Uncertain World: Eleanor LeCain

Federal Spending Priorities and the State Fiscal Crisis: Irasema Garza, AFSCME Women's Rights Director

The Precarious Financial Condition of State Budgets and the Implications for Mental Health Care: Michael J. Fitzpatrick MSW, Director, NAMI Policy Research Institute

Mental Health & Medicaid: Challenges and Choices: Juanita Hernandez-Black, M.Ed., President/CEO, Mental Health Association of Central Florida

Pacesetter Award Remarks from Rep. Joyce Elliott (AR)

The Health Care Crisis and SEIU's Americans for Health Care Campaign: Ellen Golombek, SEIU

North Carolina Mental Health Reform: Rep. Verla Insko (NC)

WAND Discussion on Security: Notes from Sunday morning WAND session

More Information about 2003 Pacesetters

Program from Awards Reception: Torchbearer and Pacesetter Awards

STAND's Session



Visit the 2003 Conference

Highlights: Notes from Sessions and Speeches

Photo Gallery from the Conference

News from Actions!

Conference Evaluation Form (PDF file)

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