The Indiana NOW conference is held every September in conjuction with our annual membership meeting. We also appoint board members at this event and hold officer elections.

Let us know if you would like to help us plan for 2018!

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Past Conferences:

"Organizing to Resist & Persist" (2017)

Speakers:

Gilda Yazzie, National NOW Vice President

Christina Hale, President & CEO of Leadership Indianapolis & former State Representative

Emily O' Brien, Indiana NOW Vice President

Vanessa Paceco, Director of Policy, Younger Women's Task Force of Greater Lafayette

"Trust Hoosier Women; We Demand Autonomy"(2016)

Speakers:

Dr. Ellyn Stecker, Indiana NOW member

Liam Morley, Director of Pro-Choice South Bend

Emily O'Brien, Indiana NOW Member

Melissa O'Rourke, Indiana NOW Board Member

Marcella Jewell, Indiana State Director for the Hillary Clinton Campaign

Bonnie Grabenhofer, Vice President, National Organization for Women

Gay Brunh, Creator of MSPresidentNOW

Kate Gasiorowski, Rape Prevention & Education Coordinator at ICADV

"The ERA Today: Closing the Gaps, Opening the Gates" (2014)

Speakers:

Terry O'Neill, National NOW President

Marion Wagner, Indiana NOW Board Member

Michelle Fadeley, Illinois NOW President, Co-Chair of the Illinois NOW PAC

Leslie Barnes, General Counsel to the Indiana Election Division 

"Building Women's Power in Indiana" (2013)

Speakers:

Terri Jett, Chair Political Science Department, Butler University

Becky Smith, Field & Community Mobilization Coordinator at Indiana AFL-CIO

Tithi Bhattacharya, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of London

Check out the article in the Indy Star about National President Terry O'Neill's talk at our 2014 state conference:

"NOW President on Domestic Violence..."