Location: Atlanta, Georgia at Loews Hotel
Some topics to be addressed include (only a small portion of our exciting agenda):
- Protecting Women’s Sex-Based Rights as a Democrat in Today’s Environment
- Building Bridges to Amplify Women’s Liberation
- Addressing Gender Non-Conformity in Feminism from a Desisted Point of View
- Desisted & Detransitioned Women’s Caucus Panel
- The LGBT Movement and Transgender Ideology
- Black Femicide
- Sublimating Sexism: Critiquing the DSM-5 Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria
- “I’m Not Like Other Girls”: Tumblr, Fanfiction and the Online Subculture Telling Straight Girls They are Trans
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“a wonderful and intimate experience”
“informative and inspirational”
“an infusion of feminist oxygen into my system”
In 2022, the US chapter of Women’s Declaration International reignited the Women’s Liberation Movement and last year we accelerated it. Now it’s time to AMPLIFY it!
With a keynote by Joanne Parrent
Schedule (to be updated with additional details):
Friday
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Registration
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Meet and greet in the hotel bar
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Dinner, seated by region, & meet the board
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Protecting Women’s Sex-Based Rights as a Democrat in Today’s Environment
Speakers: Val Applewhite, Senator in the NC State Legislature; Regina Barrow, Senator in the LA State Legislature; Maud Maron, former candidate to the NYC Council and US Congress; Jenny Poyer-Ackerman, member of the board of Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender (DIAG). Facilitator: Kara Dansky
8:10 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Structured networking session
Saturday
8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Building Bridges to Amplify the Women’s Liberation Movement
Speakers: S. Vierling, M.E. Castle, A. Renee, D. Traina. Facilitator: Kristin Z.
10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.: Breakout sessions
Sublimating Sexism: Critiquing the DSM-5 Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria
Speaker: Amy Sousa
Lesbian Culture and Radical Feminism: A Breakout Discussion Open to Lesbians Only
Facilitator: Lauren Levey
12:00pm – 12:50pm
Lunch and Janice G. Raymond Keynote Address: We are Still the 4th World: How the Current Trans Movement Uses the Playbook of the 1970s Left to Attack Today’s Feminists
Speaker: Joanne Parrent
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.: Breakout sessions
Sexism and Gender Ideology In Progressive Social Movements
Speaker: Nassim Nobari
Breakout Session for Young Women: A Discussion
Facilitator: Katherine Kinney
The LGBT Movement and Transgender Ideology
Speaker: Karla Mantilla
2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
Black Femicide
Speaker: Rosa Page. Facilitators: Lorraine Nowlin and Suzanne Forbes-Vierling
3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.: Breakout sessions
Breakout Session for Same-Sex Attracted Women: A Discussion
Facilitator: Katherine Kinney
“I’m Not Like Other Girls”: Tumblr, Fanfiction, and the Online Subculture Telling Straight Girls They’re Trans
Speaker: Melissa Nurczynski
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Addressing Gender Non-Conformity in Feminism From A Desisted Point-of-View
Speaker: Fern Lopez
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Optional socializing/networking hour or break
6:00 p.m. – 6:50 p.m.
Dinner
Sunday
8:00 am – 8:50 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00 p.m. – 9:50 a.m.: Breakout sessions
Fetal Personhood Laws as a Threat to Women’s Liberation
Speaker: MaryLou Singleton
Women Across Generations Discuss Women’s Liberation
Speakers: Marian Rutigliano, Lorraine Nowlin, Irene Lawrence, Elizabeth Chesak, Katherine Kinney. Facilitator: Kara Dansky.
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
WDI USA Desisted and Detransitioned Women’s Caucus Panel
Speakers: Elizabeth Chesak, Fern Lopez, Céline Calame
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Structured speakout
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Closing remarks by the board
Event Information
Last day to buy tickets
08/31/2024, Midnight, (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
About event
Join WDI USA from September 20-22 in Atlanta, GA, for our third national women’s political convention. Last year, this gathering of radical feminists focused on accelerating the Women’s Liberation Movement. This year, we will reconvene to amplify it.
Please note: this is a women-only event.
On registration rates:
- We have also set aside a limited number of registrations at a hardship rate. Please reserve one of these only if you truly would not be able to attend the convention at the Expected rate.
- The Appreciated rate does not confer any extra attendee benefits: it represents an additional contribution toward the costs of the event, which ticket sales alone cannot cover. We are grateful to each registrant able and willing to subsidize the attendance of women with fewer resources.
- Please note that this is a private event and WDI USA reserves the right to cancel and refund any registration at any time for any reason.
Hotel booking:
BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM HERE BY AUGUST 30
Of course, you do not have to stay at the hotel. You’re more than welcome to seek alternative accommodations. WDI USA is not currently in a position to assist with that, but we encourage women who want to attend the conference to find a way to make that possible.
WDI USA, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, has notified the IRS of its intent to operate as a 501(c)(4) organization. Convention registrations are not tax-deductible. WDI USA reserves the right to cancel and refund the ticket of any registrant, for any reason, at any time.
HERE IS AN FAQ TO TELL YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MAKING YOUR WAY AROUND ATLANTA!
