Agenda (DRAFT!)

Saturday, March 23, 2013

8:30 – 9:30am Continental Breakfast & Registration / Check-in

9:45 – 11:45am General Assembly I: From Campuses to the Capitals

• Campus Team
• Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Dolores Huerta, President, Dolores Huerta Foundation/Co-Founder United Farm Workers/Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Charniele Herring, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates & House Democratic Whip
• Barbara Arnwine, President & Executive Director, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights
• Brina Milikowsky, Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel to NYC Office of the Mayor, Mayors Against Illegal Guns
• Terry O'Neill, President, National Organization for Women
• Clare Coleman, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
• Monica Simpson, Executive Director, Sister Song

11:45 – 1:00pm Workshop Session I

A Roadmap to Organizing a Feminist Presence on Your Campus

• Francesca Witcher, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation (co-moderator)
• Brooke Hofhenke, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation (co-moderator)
• Deborah Sieger, Professor Emeritus, Kutztown University
• Elizabeth Trammell, President, Campus Women's Coalition, South Dakota State University

Fighting the Gender Binary: Campus Politics and Trans*

• Kari Ross, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Elis Herman, Organizer, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance Salem College
• Kayley Whalen, Executive Office Board Liaison, The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• Charles Girard

Ensuring Coverage: What You Need to Know about the Affordable Care Act

• Norma Gattsek, Government Relations Director, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Will O'Neill, Online Communications Associate, Health Care for America Now
• Danielle Garrett, Health Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
• Clare Coleman, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association

Claiming a Seat at the Table: Elevating Feminist Student Voices in State Capitals

• Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Alice Cohan, Director of National Programs, Feminist Majority Foundation

Stand Up Fight Back! Standing in Solidarity with Women Workers

• Miranda Petersen, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Carla McCoy, Educator, Baltimore Teachers Union
• Rachel Taber, Community Education Coordinator, Alta Gracia
• Terry O'Neill, President, National Organization for Women

This Clinic Stays Open: Extremist Threats Facing Clinics and Providers

• duVergne Gaines, Campus Director and Legal Coordinator, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Katherine Spillar, Executive Vice President, Feminist Majority Foundation & Executive Editor, Ms. Magazine
• Lexi Moody, co-Leader, Millsaps College Feminists
• Ava Dodge, member, University of Maryland Feminists for Sexual Health
• Danielle Geong, WACDTF

The Global Struggle for Women's Health and Rights

• Anushay Hossain, Global Programs Director, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Jamila Taylor, Senior consultant for public affairs, IPAS
• Chloe Cooney, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Caitlin Horrigan, Global Advocacy Director, Population Action International

1:00 – 2:15pm Lunch

2:15 – 3:30pm Workshop Session II

Skill Building – Social Media: More Awesome Than Homework (And Maybe As Useful)

• Courtney O'Callaghan, IT Director, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Ivanna Gonzalez, Student, UNC Chapel Hill,"Who Needs Feminism?" campaign
• Morgane Richardson, Feminist, Social Media Consultant and Birth Doula, Refuse The Silence: Women of Color in Academia Speak Out

Skill Building – Taking the Power on Your Campus and Beyond

• Katherine Spillar, Executive Vice President, Feminist Majority Foundation & Executive Editor, Ms. Magazine
• Kari Ross, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Olukemi (Kemi) Oso, Student Director of FORCE Women's Resource Center, University of Arizona
• Brandi Murley, Director Women's Leadership and Empowerment Project Campus Women's Coalition, South Dakota State University

Fighting for Girls Rights Globally

• Anushay Hossain, Global Programs Director, Feminist Majority Foundation (co-moderator)
• Amanda Coolidge, Chapter Coordinator, Girls Learn International (co-moderator)
• Mary Kim Weidman, President, Girls Learn International Chapter, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
• Gargie Nagarkar, Vice-President, Girls Learn International Chapter, South Lakes High School

Tear Down these Walls: Advancing Comprehensive Immigration Reform

• Adriana Cortes-Luna, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation (Moderator)
• Dolores Huerta Foundation/Co-Founder United Farm Workers/Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Wida Amir, Immigrant Rights Program Manager, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
• Candace Gibson, Reproductive Justice Fellow and Policy Analyst, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
• Paola Cabello Henry, co-President, College Democrats & Vice President of Cultures and Programming, Latino Student Union, University of Maryland

Dollars and Sense: Closing the Wage and Benefit Gap

• Miranda Petersen, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Terry O'Neill, President, National Organization for Women
• Deborah Vagins, Senior Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Rachel Lyons, Government Relations Manager, National Partnership for Women and Families

Causes in Common: LGBT and Reproductive Rights

• Alice Cohan, Director of National Programs, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Laura Nixon, Reproductive Justice Fellow, National Center for Lesbian Rights
• Stacey Long, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

Choice Under Attack in Your State: Referenda and Initiatives on Abortion and Family Planning

• Francesca Witcher, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• duVergne Gaines, Campus Director and Legal Coordinator, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Kaitlyn Chewning, No on 6 student organizer & member of F-Word, Florida State University
• Megan Darby, Ballot Initiative and Opposition Research Manager, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Kate Folmar, Communications Director, Ballot Initiatives Strategy Center

3:45 – 4:45pm Town Hall

• Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Tina Tchen, Executive Director of White House Council on Women and Girls & Chief of Staff for First Lady Michelle Obama

7:30 – 10:00pm: Networking Mixer with Women's Information Network

• May Sifuentes, DJ

Sunday, March 24, 2013

8:30 – 9:30am Continental Breakfast & Registration/Check-in

9:45 – 11:15am The Fight for Women's Rights and Health Worldwide

• Anushay Hossain, Global Programs Director, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Katherine Spillar, Executive Vice President, Feminist Majority Foundation & Executive Editor, Ms. Magazine
• Sheethal Jose, Girls Learn International Alum, University of Virginia
• Anu Kumar, Executive Vice President, IPAS
• Seema Jalan, Director of Universal Access Project and Policy, United Nations Foundation
• Jennifer Redner, Senior Program Officer U.S. Foreign Policy and Advocacy, International Women's Health Coalition
• Zareen Taj, Afgan Scholars Program, Feminist Majority Foundation

11:30 – 12:45pm Regional Caucuses

Northeast, Mid-Atlantic & HBCUs

MD, DC, VA, DE, ME, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WV, MA, NH, CT, NJ

• Francesca Witcher, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation

Mid-West

IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, WI

• Miranda Petersen, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation

South

AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX

• Kari Ross, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation
• duVergne Gaines, Campus Director and Legal Coordinator, Feminist Majority Foundation

West

SD, ND, CO, NV, OR, WA, MT, WY, ID, UT, CA, AZ, NM, TX, NE, KS, OK

• Brooke Hofhenke
• Adriana Cortes Luna

High School Students

• Amanda Coolidge, Girls Learn International

12:45 – 2:00pm Lunch

2:00 – 3:15pm Workshop Session III

Let (Marriage) Freedom Ring!

• Alice Cohan, Director of National Programs, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Michael Rips, Special Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP & Co-Author of FMF and NOW's Amicus Brief in Proposition 8 Supreme Court Case
• Lauren Redding, President, University of Maryland Feminists for Sexual Health

Failed Global Health Policies

• Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Anushay Hossain, Global Programs Director, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Francesca Witcher, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation

A Generation Behind Bars: Policies that Contribute to the Growing Prison Population

• Laura Kacere, Former National Campus Organizer (moderator)
• Dr. Susan D. Phillips, Senior Research Analyst, The Sentencing Project
• Dan Moshenberg, Director, Women's Studies Department and Associate Professor of English, George Washington University

The Gendered Impact of Climate Change: Eco-Feminism Then and Now

• Sara Alcid, Programs and Policy Associate, Reproductive Health Technologies Project
• Candace Gibson, Reproductive Justice Fellow and Policy Analyst, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (KR)
• Kim Lovell, Program Director, Sierra Club

They Just Won't Quit: State Legislative Attacks on Abortion and Family Planning

• Kari Ross, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Katherine Greenier, Director, ACLU Virginia's Women's Rights Project
• Chloe Hanson Hebert, Hotline Director, National Abortion Federation (NAF)
• Christine Parker, President, University of Richmond's UR Body UR Choice

Not-so-Safe-Spaces: Addressing Sexual Violence on Campus and in the Military

• Miranda Petersen, National Campus Organizer, Feminist Majority Foundation (moderator)
• Andrea L. Pino, University of North Carolina Title IX Complainant, Student Harassment and Advisory Board/Title IX Search Committee
• Annie E. Clark, University of North Carolina Title IX Complainant, UN Women North Carolina Board of Directors
• Laura Dunn, Survivor, Activist and Founder of SurvJustice

3:30 – 5:00pm Taking Action from Your Campus to Your State Capitals

• Campus Team

Monday, March 25, 2013

9:45am - 4:00pm Congressional Visit Day, Capitol Hill