From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Subject: ACTION: Publ. Radio: Please Air "National Women's Agenda '92"
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 19:24:31 GMT

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[Womens International News Gathering Service, wings@igc.org --Harel]
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      Contact your local public and community radio stations for
	    dates and times they plan to air this program:
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             "NATIONAL WOMEN'S AGENDA 1992: 
       WHAT WOMEN WANT & HOW THEY PLAN TO WIN IT" 

   This pre-election special is offered free to stations via 
public radio satellite on Thursday, September 10, at 2 p.m.  
eastern time (Channel 7).  

   Cassettes will also be available from WINGS, PO Box 5307, 
Kansas City MO 64131. 

   The two half-hour segments can be aired on separate dates. 
Segment 1 should air by October 2, Segment 2 by November 5. 

   This is a multi-city discussion - with studios in New York 
and Washington. In future, we hope to interconnect other 
cities for more dialogues on specific issues. 

   Moderator: Marlene Sanders, NYU Journalism Professor, 
and one of the legendary early women of TV network news. 

SEGMENT 1: THE WOMEN'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA - 102nd CONGRESS 
   Fates of bills women have lobbied for this session of  
Congress  - BEYOND the abortion issue, in areas like  
violence against women, health, family leave, equal  
remedies before the law, equal rights, and taxes. 

Washington Studio: 
* Beverly Stripling, Political Director, National YWCA 
* Rep. Connie Morella (R-MD) 
* Rep. Mary Rose Oakar (D-OH) 
* Joan Kuriansky, Executive Director, Older Women's League 

New York Studio: 
+ Marlene Sanders, Moderator 
* Jo Etta Wickliffe, President, Business & Professional Women 
* Helen Neuborne, President, NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund 

SEGMENT 2: APPROACHES TO CHANGING DECISONS & DECISION-MAKERS 
   How women are working to change political decisions - and  
as may be necessary, the decision-makers - affecting women  
now and for the future. Each organization or activist has a  
unique approach. 

Washington Studio: 
* Maxine Waters (D-CA) 
* Becky Cain, President, League of Women Voters 
* Martha Burk, columnist for USA Today - follows 3rd party movement 

New York Studio: 
+ Marlene Sanders, Moderator 
* Anne Mollegen Smith, co-Editor "Getting it Gazette" 
* Debra Dodson, co-Author, "The Impact of Women in Public Office" 
  Center for the American Woman in Politics, Rutgers University 
* Sayre Sheldon, President Emerita and co-founder, Women's Action 
  for New Directions (formerly Women's Action for Nuclear 
  Disarmament) 
* Jan Peterson, Founder, National Congress of Neighborhood Women 

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 

     "National Women's Agenda 1992: What Women Want and How  
They Plan to Win It" is being funded by the following:  
* American Association of University Women,  
* American Medical Women's Association, 
* Black Women's Agenda,   
* B'nai B'rith Women, 
* Coalition of Labor Union Women,  
* Commission for Women's Equality of American Jewish Congress, 
* Delta Research and Education Foundation, 
* General Federation of Women's Clubs 
* League of Women Voters, 
* National Women's Conference Committee,  
* NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund,  
* Soroptimist International of the Americas,  
* Women for Meaningful Summits,  
* YWCA of the USA National Board, also 
Business & Professional Women, Clearinghouse on Women's 
Issues, National Woman's Party, National Women's Studies  
Association, Sarah Harder, Sally Fletcher Luther, Isabel  
Samfield, Mary Sanger, Sherry Smith, Ruthe Winegarten, 
plus Churchwomen United, and The Woman Activist, Inc. 

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
Producer: Frieda Werden; Associate Producers: Mal Johnson and 
Martha Burk; Director: Karen Pearlman; Development: Sandy  
Suffian; Advisors include Sarah Harder, Frances Farenthold, 
Chris Evers, and others; Press release: Becky Trump.