>Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 17:41:07 -0500
>From: Shelley Jacobs Mintz <iwd@castle.net>
>To: "Bridging the Gap between Diverse Communities"
<uwmosaic@u.washington.edu>
>Subject: International Women' s Day at Town Hall in NYC
>PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
>
>SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1998
>
>
>Hello and thanks for your interest,
>
> Despite full-time (volunteer) organizing efforts and lots of good
>will, we have been unable (as yet) to secure the satellite broadcast for
>March 8, 1998. If you know of anyone who can help us document this event
>so that you can see or hear it in other locations, please contact me by
>Email ASAP.
>
> (We have plenty of time, however, to work toward the satellite
>broadcast for March 8, 1999, when our IWD theme will be "Women Working
>for Health: Mind, Body, Spirit." We are working for distribution through
>several channels, including the Indian Higher Education Satellite
>Network, National University Teleconferencing Network, and the Public
>Housing Satellite Network.)
>
> We have a great program lined up and hope that you, your friends
>and colleagues on the East Coast will join us! These will be informal,
>INTERACTIVE panels for audience questions - not just one prepared
>lecture after another.
>
>==========================================
>
>The YWCA of the U.S.A.
>and a collaboration of four dozen organizations nationwide present
>
>WORKING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: WOMEN LIGHT THE WAY
>
>INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION
>
>Sunday, March 8, 1998 1:30- 4:00 p.m.
>
>TOWN HALL 123 W. 43rd St. (6th/Bway)
>New York City
>
>============================================
>
>1:30 Video shorts from the
> Alice Paul Centennial Foundation,
> Celebrate '98! (Seneca Falls),
> National Women's History Project
> New Moon Magazine / Girls International Forum.
>
> "Heroes" song by Ann Reed
>
>2:00 Greeting: Prema Mathai-Davis, YWCA of the U.S.A.
>
> LOCAL HEROES Working for Human Rights
> IWD-NJ Writing Contest winner: Jennifer Orlando, Pemberton, NJ:
> Honoring NJ's Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, of the Hispanic
>Women's Leadership Task Force
>
>2:15 NATIONAL HEROES: your questions
>
> Moderator: Jeannie Lee, U.S. Women's Ecumenical Network/Beijing and
>Beyond
> Tali Edut. Co-editor and Founding Publisher. HUES Magazine
> Dorothy Height, National Council of Negro Women
> Alexis Herman, Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor
>(invited)
> (4th panelist to be confirmed)
>
>Report from Amnesty International on the Campaign for Commitment to
>ratify CEDAW
>
>3:15 INTERNATIONAL HEROES: your questions
>
> Charlotte Bunch, Center for Women's Global Leadership
> Susan Davis, Women's Environment & Development
>Organization
> Mitsuko Horiuchi, International Labour Organization,
>Bangkok
> Sima Wali, Refugee Women in Development
>
>4:00 Beyond Promises/ Conclusion
>
>
>Suggested donation $5
>Town Hall box office (212) 840-2824
>
>=========================================
>
>For more information on organizing IWD Celebrations
>in your own schools or community, please check our Web site,
>write for our 40-paged Action Plan ($5 includes postage),
>or contact:
>
>Shelley Jacobs Mintz
>IWD Project Director
>YWCA of Plainfield/North Plainfield
>232 East Front St.
>Plainfield NJ 07060-1387
>
>(908) 756-3836 Fax: (908) 756-8909
>
>=========================================
>
>
>1998: a great year for women!
>
>150th Anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca
>Falls, NY
>140th anniversary of the YWCA of the U.S.A.
>75th Anniversary of Alice Paul writing the Equal Rights Amendment, and
>50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
>
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> Shelley Jacobs Mintz, Project Director
> International Women's Day Celebration
>
> a project of the YWCA of the U.S.A.
>
> IWD: since 1911, celebrating working women and their achievements
>
> http://www.castle.net/~iwd/ Email: <iwd@castle.net>
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