Mars 2002
Mise à Jour : 18 mars 2002 (30 manifestations hors celles du 8 mars)
Manifestations à l'occasion du 8 mars (Journée des femmes 2002)
The Women's Equality Summit and Congressional Action Day (WESCAD), sponsored by the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO) and previously scheduled for September 24-25 in Washington, D.C., has been postponed until Spring. Planners for the summit regretfully concluded that because of the tragic events of September 11th 2001, a postponement of the two-day training and Congressional information sessions was best.
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is a member organization of the NCWO. NOW and NCWO leaders extend their condolences family and friends of those lost or injured in the incidents in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania.
WESCAD is designed to share information on current issues before Congress and to train feminist activists in working with their elected representatives. Workshops were planned to discuss pending nominations for federal judgeships, threats to Social Security, losses for women's reproductive rights, the continuing battle for pay equity and other priority matters. In addition, well-known feminist leaders such as former Colorado Representative Pat Schroeder (D) and Feminist Majority founder and former NOW president Ellie Smeal were expected to address the summit attendees. A re-scheduled date for Spring, 2002, will be announced later.
Instead of the two-day summit, a meeting on Tuesday, September 25th, has been scheduled for leaders of the NCWO-affiliated organizations and key staff to discuss challenges to our movement. In addition, we will examine how to support efforts to strengthen our national defense while assuring that our basic rights and freedoms are not compromised. Of equal importance to feminist activists is the need to develop a strategy that protects domestic programs from being sacrificed in what appears to be a push to greatly increase military spending and provide even more tax cuts to the wealthy.
NOW is especially concerned about the increasingly vicious attacks on women's rights advocates. We are determined to defend and promote the rights, health and safety of women and girls around the world, whether the threat comes from the brutal and repressive policies of Afghanistan's here at home that undermine our hard-won gains. The NCWO brainstorming session will address to effectively move our issues forward.
NOW activists should alert
chapter and state NOW leadership about the postponement and the
intention to re-schedule the summit at a near future date.
Persons who have registered for the summit will be offered the
option of donating their paid fees ($35) and having a slot held
open for them for the re-scheduled WESCAD or they may ask for a
refund.
More information will be posted at www.feminist.org/summit and at www.now.org .
Attendees to the September 25th session at the Communications Workers of America Board Room, 501 3rd St., NW in Washington, D.C. are asked to RSVP to (202) 393-7122 or by emailing a message to ncwog@aol.com by Friday, Sept. 21. Contact now@now.org
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