Refugee Women's Network National Conference

[Sandy Hasenauer]

In Our Hands: Building Solidarity and Community
9th Annual Refugee & Immigrant Women’s Leadership Conference
November 14-16, 2008
Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia

Keynote speakers:

Kabzuag Vaj – Ms. Kabzuag Vaj is a community organizer with Freedom
Inc. which organizes services and advocacy for low income communities
of color in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Reaching Across Ethnic Divides to Build Solidarity & Community – A
panel discussion of the genesis of three organizations: International
Community School, International Women’s House and Tapestri, Inc.:
Refugee and Immigrant Coalition Challenging Gender-Based Violence.

Looking to the Future -- Presentation by our board of directors about
the future direction of RWN.

About the Conference: The 9th Annual Refugee & Immigrant Women’s
Leadership Conference is an opportunity for women leaders from the
refugee and immigrant community to share their experience, best
practices, network and learn from one another.

Workshops: organized into the following major thematic categories:
Leadership Development, Organizational/Community Development, Personal
Growth/Development, Health, Microenterprise Development, Youth and
Advocacy.

For more information, contact in...@riwn.org or 404-299-0180 x 226.
Registration materials will soon be posted online at http://www.riwn.org/.