Agenda - National Organization for Women

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THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2019

10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.

National NOW Board meeting, Riverside Room

5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Registration and Credentialing, Registration Desk in foyer

6:00 p.m.

State Presidents Meeting, Riverside Room

6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Lifetime Members and Honored Guests Dinner, (Invitation Only) – Wood Duck Pond

FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019

7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast (Included), Minnesota Valley Ballroom Foyer

7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

First Timers Welcome – Continental Breakfast, Presidential Suite

8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

NOW Office, Meadow

8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Registration and Credentialing, Registration Desk

8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Exhibitors and Vendors, Minnesota Valley Ballroom Foyer

(Conference Schedule and Timing Subject to Change)

9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Info Central, Red Fox Den

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Plenary I – Minnesota Valley Ballroom II – IV

Opening Address:

Toni Van Pelt, President, National Organization for Women
Christian Nunes, Vice President, NOW

Credentialing Report

Speakers:

Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, State of Minnesota – Invited
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota – Invited
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, Minnesota, 2^nd District
Commissioner Debbie Goettel, Hennepin County, District 5
Julie Blaha, Minnesota State Auditor

10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Breakouts A: Workshops

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Lunch on Your Own

12:00 p.m.

Photo Booth Open at Various Times

2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Plenary II: Racial Justice – Minnesota Valley Ballroom II – IV

Speakers:

Christian Nunes, Vice President, NOW
Prof. Sarah Deer, Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Kansas
Commissioner Rebecca Lucero, Minnesota Department of Human Rights
Rep. Mary Kunesh-Podein, Assistant Majority Leader, Minnesota House of Representatives

Honorees:

Farah Tanis, Black Women’s Blueprint – Woman of Action Award – Presented by Dr. Kimberly Adams, NOW PAC member
Dr. Alice Mann, Physician and Representative, Minnesota House –Victoria J. Mastrobuono Award for Women’s Health – Presented by Jan Erickson, Director, NOW Foundation Programs

(Conference Schedule and Timing Subject to Change)

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Breakouts B: Workshops

Issue Hearing: LGBTQIA+ Issues, Hawks Ridge

Issue Hearing: Constitutional Equality, Cardinal Perch

5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

District Caucus Meetings: Room 1-6

Western – Cardinal Perch
Southern – Eagles Nest
Eastern – Hawks Ridge
Pacific – Mallard Point
Heartland – Wood Duck Pond
Northern – Owl Overlook

6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Dinner on Your Own

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Special Constituency Caucus 1: Women of Color – Cardinal Perch
Special Constituency Caucus 2: LGBTQIA+ – Eagles Nest
Special Constituency Caucus 3: Lawyers – Hawks Ridge
Special Constituency Caucus 4: Disability – Owl Overlook
Special Constituency Caucus 5: Young Feminists – Mallard Point
Special Constituency Caucus 6: Global Feminists – White Pelican Bay

9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Film Screenings: Minnesota Valley Ballroom II – IV

“Period. End of Sentence.”

In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial independence.

“Knock Down the House”

Go behind the scenes as four determined women — including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — challenge big-money politicians in the 2018 race for Congress.

SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019

(Conference Schedule and Timing Subject to Change)

7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.

Yoga, Woodlands

7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast (Included), Minnesota Valley Ballroom Foyer

8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

NOW Office, Meadow

8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Registration and Credentialing, Registration Desk

8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Exhibitors and Vendors, Minnesota Valley Ballroom Foyer

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Information Room, Red Fox Den

(Conference Schedule and Timing Subject to Change)

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Plenary III: Equality – Minnesota Valley Ballroom II – IV

Speakers:

Ellie Smeal. President, Feminist Majority
Carol Jenkins, Co-President, ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality
Betty Folliard, Founder and Past President, ERA Minnesota and former Minnesota House of Representatives Member
Erin Maye Quade, Advocacy Director, Gender Justice and former candidate for Lt. Governor, Minnesota
Nia T. Winston, President, UniteHere Local #24, Michigan and Ohio

Honorees:

Prof. Catharine A. MacKinnon, Author and Leading Feminist Thinker — Woman of Vision Award – Presented by Twiss Butler, Reference Librarian, NOW
Alice Cohan, Feminist Majority Foundation – Lifetime Achievement Award – Presented by Linda Berg, Political Director, NOW

10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Breakouts C: Workshops

Issue Hearing: Young Feminists, Hawks Ridge

Issue Hearing: Racial Justice, Cardinal Perch

12:00 p.m.

Photo Booth Open at Various Times

12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Lunch included with NOW PAC Plenary

12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Plenary IV: NOW PAC – Minnesota Valley Ballroom II – IV

Speakers:

Linda Berg, NOW Political Director, Introductions
U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, Minnesota – Invited
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Minnesota, 5^th District – Invited
Del. Hala Ayala, Virginia House of Delegates
Sen. Jennifer McClellan, Virginia Senate
Meggie Wittorf, Executive Director, Women Winning
Sen. Pat Spearman, Nevada Senate
Ellie Smeal, President, Feminist Majority

Honoree:

Erin Murphy, Former Candidate for Governor, Minnesota – Woman of Courage Award – Presented by Joan Hicks Boone, President, Minnesota NOW

(Conference Schedule and Timing Subject to Change)

2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Breakouts D: Workshops

Issue Hearing: Economic Justice, Hawks Ridge

Issue Hearing: Ending Violence Against Women, Cardinal Perch

4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Breakouts E: Workshops

Issue Hearing: Reproductive Rights and Justice, Hawks Ridge

5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

Plenary V: Reproductive Rights – Minnesota Valley Ballroom II – IV

Speakers:

Christian Nunes, Vice President, NOW
Amy Hagstrom Miller, Executive Director, Whole Woman’s Health
Freda Mckee, President, Missouri NOW

Honoree:

Lizz Winstead – Woman of Impact Award – Presented by Toni Van Pelt, President, NOW

Lizz Winstead, Comedian, radio and television personality, author and blogger. A native of Minnesota, co-creator and head writer of The Daily Show and co-founder of Air America Radio; Head of a reproductive rights organization, Abortion Access Front

7:15 p.m.

Dinner on Your Own

8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Dance Party/Open Mic Night, Wood Duck Pond, Cash bar

SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2019

(Conference Schedule and Timing Subject to Change)

7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast (Included), Minnesota Valley Ballroom Foyer

8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

NOW Office, Meadow

8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Registration and Credentialing, Registration Desk

8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Exhibitors and Vendors, Minnesota Valley Ballroom Foyer

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Conference Information, Red Fox Den

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Plenary VI: Resolutions, By-Laws Update, Minnesota Valley Ballroom II – IV

11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Break for Hotel Checkout

11:30 a.m.
Plenary VI: Resolutions, By-Laws Update, Minnesota Valley Ballroom II – IV