NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN Non-Profit Organization Mohawk Valley Chapter US Postage Paid P.O. Box 1066 Utica, NY Utica, NY 13503 Permit 1612 Address Correction Requested Kate Oser 1055 South St. 9-. ~ 2... ~o,>:. \OSS C\'-cv,..o<" C'l~ \~">'2..~ r Mohawk Valley NOW presents ... /1 NOW'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW ) On Videocassette Live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion < More than 100 actors and entertainers committed their talents to NOW's 20th Anniversary celebration which was marked by a live, two-hour show on December 1 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, produced by Peg Yorkin and Susan Dietz and directed by Anne Commire. Written by Doris Baizley and Ms. Commire based on the 20-year chronology of NOW's history compiled by Toni Carabillo and Judith Meuli, the show is a moving and funny, informative and entertaining, and fast-paced blend of history and entertainment. It's a serious, yet humorous account of some of the events and actions that changed women's lives since NOW's founding in 1966. Interspersed between celebrities describing landmark events, there is archival film, two major film essays narrated by Marlo Thomas (one on the Vermont state ERA campaign and one on Title IX), a monologue by lily Tomlin, a stirring speech by NOW's president, Eleanor Smeal, and she musical numbers accompanied by a 31-piece orchestra conducted by Peter Matz, including: "Miss Celie's Blues" performed by Mariette Hartley "I Am Woman" performed by Helen Reddy "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves" performed by Mara Getz & Alaina Reed "All Girl Band" performed by Edie Adams, Alaina Reed, Jackee Harry Medley of "girl" songs performed by the NOW Broadway Chorus "Together We Can Make The Dream Come True" performed by Melissa Manchester written especially for the snow by Ms. Manchesur and_ Carol Bayer Sager THE CAST: * ALAN ALDA * JANE ALEXANDER * EVE ARDEN * BEA ARTHUR * ED\.JARD ASNER * RENE AUBERJONOIS * TAl BABILONIA * DRE\.J BARRYMORE * ALLYCE BEASLEY * POLL Y BERGEN * BARBARA BOSSON * GEORG STANFORD BRO\.JN * YVONNE B. BURKE * LEVAR BURTON * JOHN CALLAHAN * DIAHANN CARROLL * SUS AN CLARK * RICHARD CRENNA * CATHY LEE CROSBY * PAT CRO\.J LEY * VALERI E CURTIN * TYNE DALY * KAREN DECRO\.J * DANNY DEVITO * PATTY DUKE * LINDA ELL ERBEE * SHELLEY FABARES * MIKE FARRELL * FI ONNU LA FLANAGAN * BETTY FORD * ROBERT FOX\.JORTH * MARY FRANN * BETTY FRIEDAN * RANDY GARDNER * BETTY GARRETT * SHARON GLESS * LEE GRANT * CH ARLES HAID * DEIDRE HALL * VERONICA HAMEL * SHARI BELAFONTE HARPER * VALERI E HARP ER * BUCK HENRY * AILEEN HERNANDEZ * HO\.JARD HESSEMAN * HELEN HUNT * SHIR LE Y JONES * JOHN KAR LEN * \.JILLIAM KATT * LAINIE KAZAN * MIMI KENNEDY * JOANNA KERNS * VALERIE LANDSBURG * RICHARD LA\.JSON * RON LEIBMAN * ~UDRA LINDLEY * RU E MCLANAHAN * ELIZABETH MCGOVERN * DONN A MILLS * BILLY MOSES * MICHAEL NADER * TRACY NEL SON * RHEA PERLMAN * CHRISTINA PICKLES * LINDA PURL * CHARLOTTE RA E * JOHN RATZENBERGER * JAMIE ROS E * BARBARA RUSH * EVA MARIE SAINT * EMM A SAMMS * JOHN SCHNEIDER * TRACY SCOGG INS * DICK SHA\.JN * CYB ILL SHEPHERD * JAMES B. SIKKING *JOE SPANO *MICHAEL SPOUND *ROSEMARIE STACK * GLORIA STEINEM * DAVID OGD EN STIERS * GARN STEPHENS * SA LLY STRUTHERS * BETTY THOMAS * MARLO THOMAS * GORDON THOMPSON * BRENDA VACCARO * ROB ERT \.JALDEN * JESSICA \.JALTER * LESLEY ANN \.JARREN * DENNIS \.JEAVER * JAM ES \.JHITMORE * PAUL \.J!NFIELD * Videotape showing and potluck supper Tuesday, June 16 of 7 pm Kate Oser's, 1055 So~th Sf.) Clinton 853-260! Brinq a dish to pass Message from the President Ann Cawley The NOW-NYS conference last weekend was a great success -- over 400 people attended, making it the best attended conference in NOW-NYS's history. The conference had a clear political agenda, implementation of the recommendations of the "Report of the New York Task Force on Women in the Courts." The report detailed pervasive discrimination against women throughout the court system, including women litigators, attorneys and court employees. There was much support from the New York City legal community for our efforts to rectify this situation, and the result was a very dynamic conference, with experts from across the state assembled to assess what progress has been made in the year since the report was published and what still needs to be done. The national conference in Philadelphia also looks like it will be exciting and invigorating. Not only does it come in the wake of the Congressonal meeting to celebrate the anniversary of the Constitution, but it will also include election of national NOW officers. There will be a rally on July 18 -- the " March for Equality " -- to raise the issue of women's equality and to decry the lack of an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. This conference will be a historic one , and it is the closest to us geographically in some years, so I urge all those who can to participate. The chapter has reserved space at the conference hotel, the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel. Please call me at 732-3215 if you 're interested in going to Philadelphia for al l or part of the conference on Jul y 17, 18, and 19, or leave a message with the chapter answering service at 736-5748. State President Connell to Challenge Smeal NOW-NYS President Noreen Connell will challenge incumbent National NOW President Eleanor Smeal in the elections to be held at the National NOW Conference July 17-19 in Philadelphia . Connell is running because, in her words, "I am convinced that NOW can be far more effective in winning real victories to improve women 's lives. I have proposed the Women's Economic Bill of Rights as the focus of a long-range strategy to counter the single worst inequity facing women today-- economic discrimination." She also wants to make changes in the role of the national office . "National NOW should mean more to members than the return address on fundraising appeals. I will build the national office into a resource center and clearinghouse for state organizations and chapters so we can share -- and learn from -- the extraordinary accomplishments of NOW activists and our sister organizations nationwide." Connell was elected as NOW-NYS President in 1984 and reelected without significant opposition in 1986. Major accomplishments as state President include starting eight new chapters, reinvigorating NOW's lobbying in Albany with a focused legislative agenda, establishing statewide action plans on priority issues, and initiating the Lesbian Rights Project to build broad-ba~ed community support for lesbian and gay civil rights legislation. .