WDN members and prospective members are invited to attend our annual conference.

Featured Speakers

Friday

• Keynote speaker Sarah Weddington, the attorney and professor who, at the young age of 27, successfully represented “Jane Roe” in the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case. 
• Visits to the community and small group discussions with women activists who have assumed leadership roles in the post-floods community transformation process.

• Panelist Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, the Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum and professor of law at UCLA and Columbia law schools.
• Panelist Susan Sturm, professor of law at Columbia Law School and a founding co-director of the Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia.
• Panelist and moderator Laura Flanders is the host of GRITtv, the new, daily, news-discussion and take action program.
• A Saturday night dance party with Charmaine Neville, of the legendary New Orleans musical family, and her band.

• Rha Goddess, the Hip-hop “Floetry” artist and playwright, who will weave together the stories of our conference in an original piece. 

Join us and…

• Share your experiences and make connections.
• Learn about new opportunities and challenges in building the movement for progressive social change.
• Participate in sessions that will strengthen your philanthropy and reaffirm your commitment to social, economic, and environmental justice.
• Engage in skill building activities and stimulating educational discussions.
• Take action together!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Need information? Call 415-814-1333 or email Kathleen Andreson.

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