2010 Florida NOW Conference
Feminism in the 21^st Century

in conjunction with the
 
NOW SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Tentative Schedule

 

Friday - April 30, 2010

5:00 - 8:00            Registration and Credentialing

                            Marketplace Set-Up

6:30                     Wine & Cheese Get Together

Saturday - May 1, 2010

8:30 - 5:45           Registration and Credentialing (except during Plenary & Lunch)

                           Marketplace Hours

8:45 - 10 am - Plenary 1

                               Welcome by Donna Slutiak & Roberta Waddle

                               Credentials Report

                               Adopt Agenda / Rules

                                Items from the Floor

                               Guest Speaker

                                    Erin Matson - National Organization for Women - Action V.P.

     
10:15 - 11:45 - Workshop Session I

                                1. Gay Adoption 

                                2. Women & Family Court 

                                3. Electing Women 

12:00 - 1:15 - Florida NOW Luncheon

                     Guest Speaker

                               Tampa Chief of Police, Ms. Jane Castor

1:30 - 3:00 - Workshop Session II

                         1. Will There Be No Choice 

                         2. Women & Technology 

                         3. Separation of Church & State 

3:15 - 5:15 - Plenary 2

                         Credentials Report

                         Nominating Committee Report (Includes nominations from the floor)

                         Guest Speakers

                                  Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force

5:15 - 6:00 - Southeast Regional Elections

6:00 - Dinner on own

 

Sunday, May 2, 2010

9:00 - 10:15 - Workshop Session III

                    1. Escape from Despair - Surviving Domestic Violence & Date Rape 

                    2.Women in the History of American Labor 

                    3. Caucuses and Committee meetings              

10:30 - 12:00 - Plenary 3

                     Credentials Report

                     Announcement of Election Results

                     Resolutions

12:00 -1:00 - Lunch on own

1:00 - 2:30 - Florida NOW State Council Meeting

                          Florida Lobbyist Presentation - Barbara Devane

 

 

 

Schedule subject to change