Marilyn Tedeschi
NYS Convention Director

PRESIDENT’S DINNER
(7:00 pm – 9:00 pm)

The Friday night keynote speaker for the 2011 convention will be Kathy Kelm. Kathy is the chair of the AAUW Lobby Corps, a dedicated group of members who volunteer their time to visit with legislators and staff on Capitol Hill about AAUW‟s critical issues. She will talk about ways to share your passion about the issues with your Congressperson and other legislators.

“AAUW’s IMPACT ON THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE”  
(Saturday 10:45 am – 11:45 am)

Dot McLane is a Director-at-Large on the AAUW National Board. She resides in Pennsylvania and is AAUW‟s liaison to the National Girls Collaborative Project, a nation-wide project focused on STEM for girls. Dot also chairs the Branch Program Resource Committee.

AAUW NYS INTERNATIONAL PROJECT: “MY SISTER'S KEEPER”
(Saturday 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm)

The BIG PICTURE: Women and the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. Jane Roberts, the founder of 34 Million Friends of UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), will discuss her work following the US decision to withhold from the United National Population Fund $34 million in congressionally appropriated funds. See www.34millionfriends.org. She will be introduced by Margaret Corbin, vice-president of the United Nations Association, Rochester.

For further information, here are the Millennium Development Goals.

DINNER, INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS AND REP. LOUISE SLAUGHTER
(Saturday 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm)

Keynote address: Congresswoman Louise McIntosh Slaughter is one of the most powerful and unique figures in the House of Representatives. The only microbiologist in Congress, Rep. Slaughter was first elected in 1986 and is now serving her 13th term in Congress. Representing the 28th Congressional District of New York State, she works tirelessly on behalf of the district, and her constituents know her as a fighter for increased economic development across Western New York.

Rep. Slaughter worked with now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for ten years to pass the legislation that secured funding for the women‟s rights history project which is the foundation for the future Women‟s History Trail.

THE FUTURE OF THE WOMEN’S HISTORY TRAIL DIALOGUE
(Saturday 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm)

Panelists: Tammy Duchesne, Superintendent of the Women‟s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls; Deborah Hughes (right), Executive Director of the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester; Coline Jenkins is a direct descendant of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and activist in lobbying for the Women‟s History Trail; Sally Roesch Wagner (left) is the Executive Director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage House in Fayetteville; Judy Wellman is the author of The Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Beginning of the Women's Rights Movement; Karen Hill, Executive Director of the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn. This Dialogue will be facilitated by Marilyn Tedeschi, president of AAUW Greater Rochester Area Branch and passionate advocate for the Women‟s History Trail, and will lay the foundation for the future of the Women‟s History Trail.

LUNCHEON – 2020: PROJECT WOMEN
(Sunday 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm)

Susan Zimet is the founder and President of the Board of 2020: Project Women. She served four terms as an Ulster County Legislator and is currently serving as New Paltz Town Supervisor. Zimet is the author of The Great Cover-Up and Pride and Politics. Steve Auerbach, president of Auerbach and Company, and Susan‟s husband, has over 40 years in advertising, marketing and media for many of the Fortune 500 advertisers in the United States. Together, they will present part of the National 2020 Vision to celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment and focus on what equality will look like in the year 2020.