Building a Conversation Across Generations of Progressive Women
Progressive women were the key to Barack Obama's victory in 2008, but not all progressive women saw eye to eye on the Democratic campaign. Some felt Hillary Clinton was not treated fairly in the campaign, yet others felt differently. Feelings still run deep over who was the better candidate for progressives. Now that the election’s over, how do progressive women come together to work toward common goals and issues? Women from their 20s to 60s will discuss differences of opinion and talk about how they find common ground moving forward to promote and preserve the progressive agenda.
Gloria Feldt is a leading women's activist, commentator, and best selling author of Send Yourself Roses and The War on Choice. She blogs at her website http://www.GloriaFeldt.com about Heartfeldt Politics, Courageous Leadership, and Powered Women. Former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, she's the expert on where the personal and political meet. She serves on the Women's Media Center board. Her upcoming book about women's curious relationship with power will be published by Seal in Fall, 2010. She's a frequent public speaker solo and with the WomenGirlsLadies intergenerational feminist panel. Tweet her @heartfeldt.
Emily McKhann is co-founder of the award-winning web community for mothers, TheMotherhood.com. Prior to discovering the power of mothers online, Emily McKhann ran a strategic communications firm in New York City, was Director of International Business and Acting Commissioner to the United Nations, Consular Corps & Protocol for the City of New York, and co-authored the book Living with the End in Mind that was featured numerous times on Oprah. She serves on the advisory board of the Women's Media Center and on the board of the Creative Visions Foundation. Follow Emily on Twitter at @EmilyMcKhann and @theMotherhood.
Joanne Bamberger is better known through the blogosphere as PunditMom. She writes about politics from the perspective of a progressive mother at her blog, PunditMom (soon to be at www.punditmom.com), as well as at The Huffington Post, BlogHer, MomsRising, MOMocrats and others. She is a sought after speaker on mothers and political involvement. Bamberger was in the inaugural class of Progressive Women's Voices program at the Women's Media Center. Her book about increased social & political involvement of mothers will be published by Bright Sky Press in the Fall of 2010. You can find her on Twitter@PunditMom.
Jen Nedeau is a social media consultant, progressive activist, feminist speaker and writer. She works full-time as the Director of Digital Strategy at Air America Media (www.airamerica.com) and also serves as the Editor of the Women's Rights blog at Change.org (www.womensrights.change.org). In her free time, she volunteers for New Leaders Council, a progressive leadership training program. You can follow her on Twitter @HumanFolly.
Tracy Viselli is a blogger, activist, and owner of Reno Fabulous Media, an interactive publishing and consulting firm. As a part of the TwitterVoteReport team and co-founder of the #p2 tag, Viselli has explored the possibilities for activism through social media and continues to work on various projects that incorporate social media, government transparency, and crowdsourcing. Viselli is the co-founder of Nevada Interactive Media and a member of Women In Politics & Technology, Women, Action & The Media, and Women Who Tech. She writes about politics and feminism at her own blog and Care2.com. Follow her on Twitter @MyrnaTheMinx
