Agenda
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, 2nd 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, 5th 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