Media
Advisory
September 2007
Conference
to encourage women to take seats at the tables of
power
Jane Fonda, Marian Wright Edelman to be honored
Other leading women to speak: Congresswomen,
writers, pollsters, activists
Contact: Mary Babic | mbabic@wand.org
| 781 643 6740
WHAT
| 2007 WiLL/WAND National Conference
"Women at the Table of
Power"
September 30 - October 2, 2007 | Washington, DC
The biennial conference features leading strategists,
thinkers, writers, and legislators connecting with
women state legislators and community leaders from
across the country.
The
focus is two-fold: To educate and empower
women seeking to run for office and have an impact
on politics and policies. To explore federal budget
priorities, and illustrate how they impact local
communities.
WHEN
| September 30 - October 2, 2007
Full schedule here (www.wand.org/conference/2007/agenda.htm)
September 30, 2007, noon - 10pm
October 1, 2007, 8am - 10pm
October 2, 2007: Capitol Hill Day, 8am - 6pm
WHERE
| Washington Court Hotel
525 New Jersey Avenue NW, two blocks from the Capitol.
WHO
Keynote speakers:
Ellen
Bravo, founder, National 9 to 5; author,
Taking on the Big Boys
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and
president, Children’s Defense Fund
Jane Fonda, co-founder, GreenStone
Media
Carol Jenkins, president, Women’s
Media Center
Celinda Lake, political strategist
and international pollster; president,
Lake Research Partners
Barbara Lee, founder, Barbara Lee
Family Foundation
Hon. Jean Shaheen, former governor
of New Hampshire; director,
Harvard Institute of Politics
Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor,
The Nation
