2009
WiLL/WAND National Conference
Speakers
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Congresswoman
Donna Edwards (MD) (right, with WiLL
president Sen. Nan Grogan Orrock) will kick off
the conference on Sunday afternoon. A dynamic
speaker and strategic thinker, Edwards is a longtime
friend of WAND and WiLL who won her Congressional
seat with a smart campaign. |
 |
Congresswoman
Barbara Lee (CA), one of our progressive
heroes on Capitol Hill, will share her experiences,
and inspire us with her courage and commitment. |
Speakers
at the 2007 Conference included...
Ellen
Bravo, founder, National 9 to 5; author,
Taking on the Big Boys
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president,
Children’s Defense Fund
Jane Fonda, actress and activist
Carol Jenkins, president, Women’s
Media Center
Celinda Lake, political strategist
and international pollster; president,
Lake Research Partners
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, former governor
of New Hampshire; former director,
Harvard Institute of Politics
And
other speakers from previous years...
Janet Reno
Helen Thomas
Carol Moseley Braun
Molly Ivins
Coretta Scott King
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey
Congresswoman Gwen Moore
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
Gloria Totten, Executive Director
of Progressive Majority
Jessica Mathews, President of Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
