Basic Conference Agenda Outline
Agenda will be announced gradually - keep checking back for updates!

Saturday, March 31, Hilton Crystal City
Check out the workshops for speakers and more info!

8:45 – 9:45    Registration and Continental Breakfast
A light breakfast will be provided outside the Admiralty Ballroom, near the Registration Desk                                           

10:00 – 12:00     What's at Stake in 2012? Why Our Vote Matters
Admiralty Ballroom

• Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Feminist Campus Team, Feminist Majority Foundation Choices Campus Program
• Lorraine Sheinberg, Producer and Board Member, Feminist Majority Foundation - and a screening of her new video about fetal "personhood"
• State Delegate Charniele Herring, 46th District of Virginia
• Shelby Knox, Director of Organizing - Women's Rights, change.org
• State Senator Barbara Favola, 31st District of Virginia
• Delegate Heather Mizeur, 20th District of Maryland
• Amber Jamil, Labor Representative, National Nurses United
• Sandra Fluke, Former President, Georgetown Law Students for Reproductive Justice
• Callie Otto, Co-Founder and President, Catholic University of America Students for Choice

12:15 – 1:30    Workshop Session I

• Challenging Stereotypes about Abortion and People of Color
• Defending Reproductive Rights in Your State
• 17% is Not Enough: Why You Should Run for Office
• Separation of Church and Uterus: Religion, Politics & Women's Health
• Grassroots Uprising: Fueling the Revolution Against Gender Oppression and Economic Exploitation
• Our Rights on the Ballot: Looking Back at our Work in 2011 and Preparing for 2012
• Rape is Rape: The Fight against Sexual Violence At Home and Abroad

1:30 – 2:45    Break for Lunch & Repeal Hyde Art Project
Break for lunch from the many options in Crystal City and join us in the Crystal Room to participate in the Repeal Hyde Art Project. For more information visit repealhydeartproject.org.

2:45– 4:00     Workshop Session II

• Confronting the Gender Binary & Creating Safe Spaces on Campus
• An Injury to One is an Injury to All: How Workers Have Fought Back against Attack on Their RIghts
• Defending Healthcare in 2012: Why the Affordable Care Act is Important for Women
• Reforming Rape Culture and Responding to Sexual Assault on Campus
• Choice at the Frontlines: Protecting Access through Activism
• Opposition Research: Tracking Abstinence-Only Fundign and HIV/AIDS Worldwide

4:15 – 5:30     How to Run a Successful GOHV on Your Campus
Admiralty Ballroom

• duVergne Gaines, West Coast Campus Director, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Laura Kacere, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Meghan Shalvoy, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Sarah Shanks, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Beth Soderberg, Web Manager, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Francesca Witcher, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Hemly Ordoñez, State Strategies Coordinator, Advocates for Youth
• Heather Smith, President, Rock the Vote
• Seth Chase, Field Director, American Association of University Women

7:00 – 9:00    Evening Mixer Trio [to be announced]

Sunday, April 1, Hilton Crystal City
Check out the workshops for speakers and more info!

9:00 – 9:45    Registration and Continental Breakfast
A light breakfast will be provided outside the Admiralty Ballroom, near the Registration Desk

9:45 – 11:15     Women Rising Worldwide
Admiralty Ballroom

• Anushay Hossain, Global Programs Director, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Akila Radhakrishnan, Staff Attorney, Global Justice Center
• Ashley Steimer, Program Director, Girls Learn International
• Serra Sippel, President, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
• Screening of the short film "10x10"
• Francois Girard, President, International Women's Health Coalition
• Deborah Smith, MD, MPH, Whitman-Walker Clinic

11:30 – 12:45     Regional Caucuses
Meet with your National Campus Organizer and other students from your region!

• Mid-Atlantic and Historically Black Colleges & Universities -- Francesca Witcher
• Mid-West -- Laura Kacere
• Northeast -- Meghan Shalvoy
• South -- Sarah Shanks
• Western States -- duVergne Gaines

12:45 – 2:00     Break for Lunch & Repeal Hyde Art Project
Break for lunch from the many options in Crystal City and join us in the Crystal Room to participate in the Repeal Hyde Art Project. For more information visit repealhydeartproject.org.

2:00 – 3:15    Workshop Session III

• Keep it Queer: Challenging Heterosexist Discrimination in Your Communities
• Feminist Campus 101: Organizing & Growing Your Campus Group
• U.S. Family Planning Funding on the Chopping Block At Home & Around the World
• Dare to DREAM: Extreme Anti-Immigrant Policies and the Struggle for Inclusion
• The HIV/AIDS Crisis Across Our Nation & Around the World
• Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know about Abortion and Birth Control

3:30 – 5:00     Stand Up. Fight Back!
Admiralty Ballroom

• Kim Gandy, Vice President and General Counsel, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Erin Matson, Vice President of Action, National Organization for Women
• Delegate Ariana Kelly, 16th District of Maryland
• Kelley Robinson, Youth Organizing Manager, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Carmen Berkeley, New Media Manager, American Federation for State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

Monday, April 2, Congressional Visit Day

9:30 – 11:00am    Capitol Hill Briefing
Capitol Hill, TBD

11:00 – 4:00      Congressional Visits
Congressional Offices

Visit the Congressional Visit Day tab for more information on setting up appointments with your representatives.

11:00 – 4:00     Congressional Visit Debriefing
Stewart Mott House, 122 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, DC