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THE MARYLANDER AAUW Maryland Newsletter VOLUME 76, NO. 2 http://www.aauwmd.org WINTER 2008 Winter Conference in Chevy Chase Breaking through Barriers January 17, 2009 After two long years, the presidential election has tobacco wars. come and gone. Regardless of your political views, it goes without saying that women had an overwhelm- Prior to joining the Post, Connolly was a Washington ing impact on this campaign. correspondent for the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times. She reported on Congress from the beginning of the Join together at Alfio’s La Trattoria in Chevy Chase Republican Revolution in 1994 through the 1995 on Jan. 17, at 11:30 am to gain some insight and re- budget battles. In 1996, Connolly was assigned to the flection. Our Winter Conference, in keeping with the Bob Dole presidential campaign, traveling to more Association theme of Breaking Through Barriers, will than 30 states with the GOP nominee. feature a panel discussion, “How Women Affected the Election, and How the Election Will Affect Women”. Connolly moved from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Speakers will come from three news organizations: Washington in 1992 to work for Congressional Quar- Ceci Connolly of the Washington Post, David Nitkin of terly, the magazine of record on Capitol Hill. At the the Baltimore Sun, and Rebecca Cooper from WJLA- weekly magazine, she wrote about politics and health TV in Washington. care. She has also worked for the Associated Press and two New England dailies, the Concord (New Ceci Connolly has been a na- Hampshire) Monitor and the Quincy (Massachusetts) tional staff writer at The Wash- Patriot Ledger. ington Post since 1997. She is currently writing about health In 2001, Connolly was awarded a fellowship at the In- care in America. Her articles stitute of Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy cover a wide range of subjects School of Government. She is a graduate of Boston including Medicare and Medicaid College and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. reform, bioterrorism, the unin- sured, the pharmaceutical indus- try and the debate over embryonic stem cell research. Rebecca J. Cooper is the National Correspon- During the 2000 presidential campaign, Connolly dent for ABC7/WJLA- spent 18 months on the road as the paper's lead re- TV and substitute an- porter covering Vice President Al Gore. She reported chor for NewsChannel on the debates, the selection of running mate Joseph 8’s Newstalk. Lieberman, the Democratic National Convention and the historic Florida recount. Afterward, Connolly was She joined the stations a prime contributor to Deadlock, the Post's ground- in 2003 from ABC breaking book on the election. News, where she served as a reporter and producer covering the White House, State Department, intelli- In her tenure, she has also covered congressional gence community and 2000 Presidential campaign. and gubernatorial elections, House speakers Newt Rebecca was part of the ABC news team awarded Gingrich and Dennis Hastert, and the political fallout the Peabody Award and DuPont Silver Baton for cov- of the Monica S. Lewinksy scandal. In late 1997 she erage of September 11th. As a reporter and produced a three-part, behind-the-scenes look at the . (continued on page 2) PAG E 2 T H E MARYLAN D ER (Rebecca Copper continued) tected forest in Southern Maryland to a politically con- producer at CNN, she was a member of the investiga- nected contracting company owner failed to show tive team awarded an Emmy and CableACE award "objectivity." The articles were accurate and withstood for coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing. Prior to intensive scrutiny, and resulted in the scuttling of the that, Rebecca was a producer and reporter covering transaction and the passage of a law prohibiting land the 1992 presidential campaign for NBC Nightly sales without approval from the General Assembly. A News. constitutional amendment codifying the practice was approved by state voters in Nov. 2006. Her career also has carried her to public service as He reported extensively on the 2008 election, travel- the youngest Chief of Staff in the Cabinet of President ling to several primary states and the party conven- Clinton, serving U.S. Ambassador to the United Na- tions in Denver and St. Paul. tions Bill Richardson. She previously was a legislative assistant to Senator David Boren of Oklahoma. Prior to coming to Maryland, he worked for the Trib- une Co. newspapers in Florida - the Sun-Sentinel of Rebecca was born and raised in Oklahoma City. She Fort Lauderdale and the Orlando Sentinel. He cov- graduated with honors from Duke University with a ered local and state government, as well as the 1996 degree in political science. She also attended Bel- presidential race, and Gov. Jeb Bush’s election cam- gium's Universite Libre de Bruxelle and American paign in 1998. University in Washington. She is a past recipient of both the RTNDA German Fellowship and the Reuters He has also worked for Gannett Newspapers in sub- Foundation Oxford University Fellowship. She re- urban New York. mains on the Council of Foreign Relations, and her civic involvements include service on the Washington David holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Advisory Board for ChildHelp Inc, an international Dartmouth College, and a master’s in public policy non-profit focusing on child abuse. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He lives in Ellicott City with his wife and two children. She is married to Doug Dupin, operator of the skate- board design and manufacturing company Migration- Also invited to the luncheon is Sammy Green of the Boards and founder of Washington’s Palisades Mu- Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform. Sammy seum of Prehistory. They have three young sons – will be giving us an update on the issues for the com- Max, Gus and Finn. ing year. David Nitkin is the politics editor for Our luncheon is at the popular restaurant where we the Baltimore Sun, overseeing City have met before. Those who have attended can at- Hall, State House and Washington test to the high quality of the meal and the friendli- coverage. He was White House cor- ness of the staff. Early registration is recommended respondent during the final years of as seating is limited. Part of the registration includes the Bush administration, and has a donation to the Dian Belanger International Fellow- also been state editor and State ship endowment. House bureau chief in Annapolis. Come prepared with a hearty appetite and a thirst for He has been with the paper since 1999. knowledge and insight. See you there! In November 2004, former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Directions to the conference and registration form Ehrlich Jr. banned all executive branch employees are on page 11 from speaking with David, claiming that a series of articles detailing the administration’s plans to sell pro- PAG E 3 T H E MARYLAN D ER Marcie Posner, President AAUW MD Message from Marcie 410-772-7977 <[email protected]> dition to our State meetings, think about going to St. Louis for the National Convention, which will be held June 26 through the morning of June 28. Go to the AAUW website for details, which include the agenda. It is important to reserve rooms as soon as possible. We certainly are moving along very quickly. We have I am going to find restaurant for Marylanders to have already had our excellent Fall Conference, graciously dinner together on Thursday evening. Let’s make it a hosted by Hagerstown Branch, where we learned big turnout. about Program In a Box and discussed the impor- tance of members and branches working together for A very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, celebrated our common goals. with family and friends. While cooking the turkey, or waiting to go to a festive dinner, watch the Philadel- Now we are looking forward to an extremely interest- phia Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV. My nine-year- ing Winter Conference. Please see the article by our old granddaughter, Sierra, will be marching and sing- Program VP’s Mary Anne Williams and Pat Crane. ing with her chorus from Clarksville Elementary Since we have a President Elect (for the U.S., not School, Clarksville, Maryland. I’ll be on the sidelines AAUW), we should understand how this change in in Philly with my daughter Sheri and son-in-law Sean. government can affect women. Our panelists will dis- cuss this important and exciting topic. We will also Enjoy the holiday season. I wish everyone a happy hear from a member of the Women’s Coalition for and healthy new year. Health Care Reform. The Spring Conference, April 18, will be hosted by I look forward to being together at our Winter Confer- and held in Easton. Please mark your calendars. We ence. will travel to Pax River for our Summer Conference, the date to be determined as soon as possible. In ad- Marcie CHANGE - What’s Ahead for AAUW? Linda Haigh Tozier, MAR Director At the 2007 Convention in Phoenix, the AAUW By- ments (“Explanatory Notes” and “Draft Bylaws”) are laws Committee was given three goals: Streamline available for review and download at the Bylaws, add flexibility to all levels, and provide a http://www.aauw.org/member_center/ structure that will promote members’ and potential strategicprocess. members’ connection to AAUW as a national organi- zation with multiple ways to participate. The over- The final version of the proposed Bylaws will be arching goal was to synchronize the two corpora- posted on the AAUW website in early January, pre- tions within the restructured AAUW and to bring the sented in the spring issue of AAUW Outlook and dis- goals of the Strategic Process that started in 2005 cussed in St.