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LIWA
(Long Island Women’s Agenda) announces its First Annual Luncheon and
Conference Day, scheduled for Monday, June 11, 2001 at the Crest Hollow
Country Club in Woodbury. The keynote speaker will be Sally Ride, the first American
woman in space.
This
is a not-to-miss event featuring prominent women on both the local and
national scenes. "Sally
Ride has a certain appeal that goes across all ages and genders,"
says Erica Garay, president of LIWA, founded three years ago as an
umbrella organization for the Island’s diverse women’s groups.
"I think everyone thinks it’s exciting to be an
astronaut."
The
Conference Day encompasses many of the issues about which LIWA’s
member organizations are passionate.
Conference registration begins at 7:45am, followed by breakfast
and the first of the day’s proceedings, Your Environment:
Exposures and Remedies, a discussion led by Dr. Ruth Allen,
Program Director of the Long Island Breast Cancer Study, and Dr. Sandra
Steingraber, author of "Living Downstream:
An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment."
A choice of workshops will run from 10am until 11:30am, with
topics including women and heart disease, working mothers’ issues, how
to sell your ideas to legislators, and financial empowerment of women.
The
focal point of the day is LIWA’s First Awards Luncheon, with keynote
speaker Sally Ride. Awards
will be presented to Jane S. Gitlin, LIWA’s Advocate of the Year, and
The National Association of Mothers’ Centers, LIWA’s Organization of
the Year. Rabbi Janet Liss will deliver the luncheon invocation.
Closing out the day will be a provocative panel discussion.
Underwriters
of the Conference are Citibank, EAB, JPMorgan Chase, North Fork Bank and
Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, LLP. Sponsorships
are still available.
LIWA
members and non-members have three registration alternatives: breakfast
and workshop only; awards luncheon and panel discussions; or the full
schedule of events. For additional information on registration, sponsorships and
membership, visit LIWA’s website at www.liwa.org or contact LIWA at
(516) 937-6113.
The
Long Island Women’s Agenda is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt,
nonpartisan coalition of diverse women’s organizations and
individuals. Since its establishment in 1998, LIWA has held their
Inaugural Luncheon featuring First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, keynote
speaker, in April 1999. They
hosted a Summer Showcasing Expo in June 2000 highlighting their 50
organizational members, created Position Papers on many issues,
including domestic violence, affordable housing and pay equity, and have
sponsored Women’s Art in the Town Halls of Long Island in April 2000.
LIWA hosted a Candidates 2000 Forum for U.S. Congressional candidates in
October 2000 and have compiled an annual directory of all women’s
organizations on Long Island, distributing them free of charge to all
media, libraries, elected officials and LIWA members.
They also inaugurated a quarterly newsletter, distributing them
to their members and elected officials, which include a calendar of
events for all member organizations.
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