NOW-NYS Annual Convention!

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Join us
Saturday, October 1st, 2011
NOW-NYS Annual Convention
The Power of Us!

Location: SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
Information regarding directions to the convention and hotels nearby are on www.nownys.org
$30 students (includes registration and NOW membership for one year)
$30 for current NOW members
$50 for non members (includes a NOW membership for one year)
Proposed Agenda:
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Registration and Credentialing (closed for lunch noon – 1:15 pm)
9:00 – 10:15 am Welcome to SUNY Purchase
N. Jerin Arifa, Arielle Cohen,
Special speaker:
Erin Matson, National NOW Action VP

10:15 – 10:30 am PLENARY I
*Call to Order
*Adoption of the Convention Rules
*Adoption of the Agenda
10:30 am – Noon PLENARY II
Three renowned national women’s movement leaders will share their insight and knowledge, focusing on past, present, and future strategies toward winning equality for women and girls. These well-know public figures will discuss both personal and professional experiences, and will be available for questions and answers after the presentations:
Special Speakers
Liz Abzug – Bella Abzug Leadership Institute, President/Founder
Zenaida Mendez – National Dominican Women’s Caucus, Executive Director
Terry O’Neill – National NOW President

12:00 – 1:15 pm – Lunch on your own
1:15 – 2:15 pm PLENARY III
Making a Difference in Your Community will be a workshop for current and potential leaders. Activists will share ideas and challenges for grassroots organizing and education in our respective communities. Young feminists will focus on how to create a feminist world that attracts new and younger women into the movement.
N. Jerin Arifa – Chair, NOW Young Feminist Task Force
Arielle Cohen – NOW Young Feminist Task Force Member
Emily May – Hollaback, Executive Director
Michelle Kinsey Bruns – Abortion Clinic Escort
Rachelle Suissa- VP, Brooklyn/Queens NOW

2:15-2:30- Break
2:30 – 3:15 pm PLENARY IV
A meet-the-author session will feature Jane LaTour, author of Sisters in the Brotherhood: Working Women Organizing for Equality, about the women who broke the gender barrier to blue-collar employment in various trades in the 1970s in New York.
3:15-3:30 -break
3:30- 4:30 pm PLENARY V
“Diversity in Our Movement”
asks: Is there room for all women? This plenary explores questions like: Can one be a feminist and religious? Can one be a feminist and conservative? The discussion will also explore such issues as “Who is a feminist and who decides?”   Open mike discussion with all participants. Join us for this very interesting feminist chat.
4:30 – 5:00 pm Vote for 2012 Convention, Resolutions, and Bylaws
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SALANDER/BLOMKVIST: CHALLENGING STEREOTYPES at the Brooklyn Museum

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SlutWalk NYC & Inclusive Feminist Community Building

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SLUTWALK NYC – October 1st, Saturday – Noon – Union Square

SlutWalk is part of a world-wide grassroots movement challenging rape culture, rampant sexual violence, victim-blaming and slut-shaming in our culture. SlutWalk has served as a tool for global feminist community building, an area of phenomenal progress in recent years. Unfortunately, the controversies surrounding the term “slut” are distracting from the point of working together to fight sexual violence, which is a shame and also indicative of the complexities, nuances, and challenges involved in inclusive feminist organizing as a whole. Attempting to reclaim the word “slut” as an empowering term and even a personal choice, is not translating into an inclusive feminist message with respect to race, class, identity and more. This is further articulated in the open letter from the leadership of Black Women’s Blueprint.

Paradigm Shift NYC has decided to stand in solidarity with Black Women’s Blueprint and all endorsing organizations by not having a banner presence at SlutWalk. That being said, we want to emphasize our support in the dismantling of rape culture by empowering all feminists to organize effectively within the movement.

Paradigm Shift supports the participation of all communities to create a safe space for all during SlutWalk. Our collective power lies in our willingness and ability to send an inclusive message with respect to race, class, gender, ability, sexual orientation, sexuality, age and beyond.  Inclusive messaging is a decision making process that must include those who are marginalized.  Take it upon yourself to use SlutWalk to express what empowers you – with or without claiming “slut”. It’s inspiring an explosion of dialog and action with regard to sexual violence, self expression, identity, power, privilege, sexuality, gender, race, class, and more- progress!

Sexual violence is a very personal and emotional issue, and we will invite and support this evolving dialog.

We want to hear from you- please post comments.  If you prefer to email: meredith@paradigmshiftnyc.com

In Solidarity,

Meredith Villano
Co-Founder & Director, Paradigm Shift NYC

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“Planned Parenthood, I’m Here For You!” Comedy Tour with Lizz Winstead, Lisa Lampanelli, and more!

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[Via Planned Parenthood]

LIZZ WINSTEAD, SANDRA BERNHARD, LISA LAMPANELLI, JOAN WALSH AND AMBROSIA PARSLEY PERFORM ONE NIGHT ONLY IN A BENEFIT FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW YORK CITY

The Daily Show Co-Creator and Air America Co-Founder

Hits NYC on Sept 22nd with her “Planned Parenthood, I’m Here For You!” Comedy Tour

New York, NY — Co-creator of The Daily Show and co-founder of Air America Radio, political satirist Lizz Winstead brings her razor-sharp wit and hilarious spin on current events to The Gramercy Theatre on September 22nd at 7:30PM. The event is part of her “Planned Parenthood, I’m Here for You!” summer tour; all proceeds will go to support the work of Planned Parenthood of New York City.

Joining Ms Winstead will be by comedy legend & author, singer/songwriter, actor Sandra Bernhard, stand-up comic and Lovable Queen of Mean, Lisa Lampanelli, Joan Walsh, editor-in-chief of Salon.com, and alternative pop/rock singer-songwriter Ambrosia Parsley, creator of “Ambrosia Sings The News” on Air America.

Winstead was inspired to develop the tour by her long-standing support of Planned Parenthood’s work.

“Women’s health has become the number one focus of the radical right – even worse, it has been reduced to a bargaining chip,” said Winstead. “I say enough is enough, and so should anyone who has relied on Planned Parenthood for basic health care, or knows someone who has. Planned Parenthood has been there for me in every facet of my reproductive health, and now I want to be there for them.”

Winstead comes to NYC as part of twelve city – ten state tour benefiting local Planned Parenthood affiliates across the country.

Tickets for the Gramercy Theatre/NYC event will cost $50, $75 and $150, and are available for purchase through http://bit.ly/LizzWinsteadNYC.

“We are thrilled to see Lizz’s energy and sense of fun going to support our work, and we’re looking forward to a much-needed dose of humor and sanity on Sept. 22nd” said PPNYC President and CEO, Joan Malin

Winstead added, “If creating jobs is the number one priority for politicians in this country, why are they so focused on my uterus? My uterus doesn’t create jobs, in fact it no longer even does the one job it’s supposed to!”

Event Details:

Who: Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show and co-founder of Air America Radio
Sandra Bernhard, comedy legend, author, singer/songwriter and actor
Lisa Lampanelli, stand-up comic and Lovable Queen of Mean
Joan Walsh, editor-in-chief of Salon.com
Ambrosia Parsley, alternative pop/rock singer-songwriter and creator of “Ambrosia Sings The News” on Air America.

What: One-night-only New York City performance of Lizz Winstead’s “Planned Parenthood, I’m Here for You!” summer tour
All proceeds benefit Planned Parenthood of New York City.

Where: Gramercy Theater
127 East 23rd Street, between Park Avenue and Lexington
New York, NY 10010
(212) 777-6800

When: Thursday, September 22, 2011
6pm: VIP Reception (includes meet & greet with Lizz & friends!)
7pm: General Admission

Tickets: VIP Tickets: $150 (includes meet & greet with Lizz & friends!)
Orchestra: $75
General Admission: $50

Tickets are available for purchase at http://bit.ly/LizzWinsteadNYC

For more information about the tour, or to follow Winstead’s adventures on the road, visit her blog at http://tour4pp.wordpress.com.

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Since 1916, Planned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC) has been an advocate for and provider of reproductive health services and education for New Yorkers. Serving nearly 50,000 clients annually, PPNYC’s health care centers in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island offer reproductive health services, including gynecological care, contraception, pregnancy testing, abortion, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, and HIV testing and counseling. Through a threefold mission of clinical services, education, and advocacy, PPNYC brings better health and more fulfilling lives to each new generation of New Yorkers. As a voice for reproductive freedom, PPNYC supports legislation and policies to ensure that all New Yorkers—and, in fact, people around the world—will have access to the full range of reproductive health care services and information.
http://www.ppnyc.org http://www.twitter.com/ppnycaction http://www.facebook.com/ppnyc

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Dialogues with the Director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership

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Join The Institute for Women’s Leadership for their inaugural program, Dialogues with the IWL Director on Monday, September 19th, 2011 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. This event will be taking place at the ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building (162 Ryders Lane, New Brunwsick, NJ).

As an attendee, you will listen as filmmaker Abigail Disney and peace activist Cora Weiss converse about topics relating to leadership, global politics, and gender; Alison R. Bernstein, the Director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, will be moderating this discussion. If you’re able to get out of the city for a few hours, you should definitely check out this fantastic event. Both Abigail and Cora have incredible experiences and perspectives to share, as they are both involved with global activism and will offer a wonderfully unique paradigm for discussing this issues.

Email gareilly@rci.rutgers.edu by September 12th in order to secure your spot!

Abigail Disney, is a filmmaker and philanthropist. Her longtime passion for women’s issues and peace building culminated in her first film, the acclaimed Pray the Devil Back to Hell, about the Liberian women who peacefully ended their country’s fourteen-year civil war. She is Executive Producer of the groundbreaking PBS mini-series, Women, War, & Peace, the most comprehensive global media initiative ever mounted on the role of women in peace and conflict. The series airs on PBS in October, 2011. Disney is Co-founder and President of the Daphne Foundation, which works with low-income communities in the five boroughs of New York City. Her work in
philanthropy, women’s engagement and leadership, and conflict resolution has been recognized by numerous awards including the prestigious International Advocate for Peace Award from the Cardozo Law School’s Journal of Conflict Resolution. She holds degrees from Yale, Stanford, and Columbia

Cora Weiss, President, The Hague Appeal for Peace, has been a peace activist since the early 60’s when she was a national leader of Women Strike for Peace which played a major role in bringing about the end of atmospheric nuclear testing. Cora was among the civil society drafters of what became Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security which was adopted in 2000 and has been part of the campaign for its full implementation. She has devoted her life to the movements for civil rights, human rights, women’s empowerment, and peace. Ms. Weiss is a founder of the Global Campaign for Peace Education. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and member of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Ms. Weiss was also President of the International Peace Bureau (Nobel Peace laureate 1910); Co-Founder and Director of The Riverside Church Disarmament Program; Non- governmental Representative to the World Conferences on Women, Nairobi (1985) and Beijing (1995); and Executive Director of the AfricanAmerican Students Foundation (Airlift).

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“Overexposure” by Cristina Dominguez

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In a dark room
opening
by my fingertips

can I unravel
you
gently
to develop your thoughts

can I resist
my deep
insecure
tendency

girlchild afraid
to stay awake in the dark
itching, heart fidgeting
to flip on the switch

dark brown beach
with a worm hole center
quicksand caving into
the core

they’ve always been
wide-eyed
pupils of pain
studying nightmares

maps of the past
where, “you are here”
circles back
to present day

gripping the grief
pulled tight over them,
the winter solstice
that froze the fire

will eye blink
and miss it
squinting I
in the blur of hope

purposeful prints soaking
your imprint
in calm
but begging liquid

pressing: don’t hide from me this time

nakedly staring
spent, open and wet
limp in soft cold sweat
born in my arms

I’ll trace the braille
words are wishes,
subliminal images
to lost sight

Overexposed
in this split second shudder
of our inventure
I felt warm light

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“Discretion” by Cristina Dominguez

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Propose with purpose
signing silence’s surname
take this ring my tongue

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“Currency” by Cristina Dominguez

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Fold foreign paper
in the curve of my left breast
where my heart should be

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“Locked Roof Bohemia” by Cristina Dominguez

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Invite mystery
praying to be preyed upon
to prey on her knees

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Sex, Power and Speaking Truth: Anita Hill 20 Years Later

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SAT. OCT. 15, 2011 – 10am-9pm Hunter College, NYC

This incredible day will bring together three generations to witness, respond to and analyze present day realities in law, politics, the confluence of race, class, gender, women’s continuing “credibility problem, black masculinity, sexual harassment and the impact and legacy of Anita Hill’s courageous testimony about workplace sexual harassment.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Anita Hill, Brandeis University

EVENING GALA: “SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER” curated and directed EVE ENSLER

CONFERENCE PARTNERS: Hunter College, VDay

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
(Schedule is still in formation; updates will be available by September 2011. All panelists listed below are confirmed.)

Session I: WITNESSES: “WHAT HAPPENED?”
Panelists:
Maureen Dowd, The New York Times
Lani Guinier, Harvard Law School.
Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, NY-28
Vita Rabinowitz, Hunter College
Jamia Wilson, Women’s Media Center

Moderator: Judith Resnik, Yale Law School

Session II: RESPONDERS: WHAT DOES ANITA HILL MEAN TO YOU?
Panelists:
Rha Goddess, Move the Crowd
Melissa Harris-Perry, Tulane University
Emily May, Hollaback!
Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance
Joanne N. Smith, Girls for Gender Equity

Moderator: Maria Hinojosa, NPR/PBS

Session III: ANALYSIS: “WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED IN 20 YEARS AND WHAT COMES NEXT?”
Panelists:
Devon Carbado, UCLA School of Law
Kimberlé Crenshaw, UCLA School of Law
Gloria Steinem, Ms. Magazine
Virginia Valian, Hunter College
Patricia J. Williams, Columbia University
Julie Zeilinger, FBomb

Moderator: Kathleen Peratis, Outten & Golden LLP

Evening Gala: HONORING ANITA HILL: “WHY WE NEED TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER.”
A one-night only performance curated and directed by world renowned activist, playwright, Eve Ensler.

Featuring writing and performances by:
Edwidge Danticat
Asali Njeri DeVan
Eve Ensler
Lisa Kron
Lynn Nottage
Mary Oliver
Letty Cottin Pogrebin

CO-SPONSORED BY:

ACLU Women’s Rights Project
American Association of University Women
Barnard Center for Research on Women
Black Women’s Blueprint
Brandeis University Women and Gender Studies Program
Brooklyn College Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women’s Activism
Brooklyn College Women’s Center
Brooklyn College Women’s Studies Program
CUNY Graduate Center: Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies
CUNY Graduate Center: The Center for the Study of Women & Society
CUNY Graduate Center: Political Science Program
CUNY Law School
Equal Rights Advocates
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Girls for Gender Equity
Hollaback!
The Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine
Jack & Jill Politics
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
Macaulay Honors College
Ms. Foundation for Women
The Nation
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council for Research on Women
National Women’s Law Center
Outten & Golden LLP
Pace Law School
Purchase College/SUNY
Queens College Graduate Center and Women’s Studies Department
RightRides for Women’s Safety
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
Stop Street Harassment
University at Albany History Department
University at Albany Department of Sociology
University at Albany Women’s Studies Department
University at Albany Division of Student Success
University of Connecticut Department of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
Stop Street Harassment
Third Wave Foundation
The White House Project
Women’s City Club
Women’s eNews
Women’s Media Center

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
anitahill20@hunter.cuny.edu

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