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Saturday, January
20 - 2007 |
| 8 a.m. |
Registration and Continental
Breakfast |
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| 9 a.m. |
Opening Plenary: Taking Back
the Public Agenda
Welcome: Hazel Wong, Chair, Nevada Women's Agenda |
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Federal and State Perspectives
• U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley
• State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
Moving Forward in 2007: Advocacy
for a Health Care Agenda
• State Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley
• Cheryl Matheis, AARP National Director of Health Strategy
• Joined for a round table discussion by:
Michael Willden, Director, Nevada Department of Health and Human
Services, and Dr. Larry Gamell, Program Manager, Office of
Minority Health |
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| 12 p.m. |
Lunch: Celebration of Roe v.
Wade Anniversary |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Workshops |
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• Chicana
Activism and Immigrant Rights |
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Speakers:
* Dr. Raquel Casas - Associate Professor of History, UNLV
* Dr. Merlinda Gallegos - V.P. of Philanthropy, MGM Grand
* Adriana Martinez - Community & Political Activist
* Vicenta Montoya, Esq. - Immigration Attorney |
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• Equal
Rights are Basic Human Rights: LGBT Issues |
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Speakers:
* Jennifer Bolton, Diversity Co-chair, Human
Rights Campaign
* Judy Corbisiero, Vice Chair, Stonewall Democrats of Southern
Nev.
* Lee Rowland, Public Advocate, ACLU of Nevada |
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• Framing
and Reframing Women's Issues:
Engaging the Nevada media |
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Speakers:
* Hilarie Grey, President, Grey Matters Communications
* Hugh Jackson - freelance writer and editor of the
Las
Vegas Gleaner and Nevada Today |
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• Effective
Grassroots Lobbying: How the legislature works
and how you can make a difference |
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Speakers:
* Barry Gold, Director of Government Relations,
AARP Nevada
* Diana Glomb-Rogan, Former State Senator and Lobbyist
* Julianna Ormsby, Lobbyist, Nevada Women’s Lobby |
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| 2:45 p.m. |
Afternoon Plenary: A Public
Agenda for Civic Engagement
Kim Gandy, NOW National President |
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Energizing, Empowering and Activating
- Panel Discussion
• Liz Carrasco, Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada
• Christina Hernandez, The Rape Crisis Center
• Peggy Maze Johnson, Citizen Alert
• Jane McAlevey, S.E.I.U. Local 1107 |
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| 4:15 p.m. |
Closing Plenary – We can
make it happen now!
Dr. Carol Harter, President Emerita and Regents Professor,
Executve Director, Black Mountain Institute, UNLV
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