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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 22, 2005
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Diane Moser, Wyoming Business Council Liason
307.777.2848

WCWI members attend national convention

CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Council for Women’s Issues (WCWI) was represented at the National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW) 36th annual convention in Miami Beach, Florida July 13-17, 2005. Hosted by the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, the convention was designed to encourage women to make change happen for the better in their communities.

Attending the convention to represent Wyoming were Jennifer Ingram, Cynthia Chavez Kelly and Sherrill Helzer of the WCWI.

Workshops included Understanding and Preventing Sexual Harassment, Parliamentary Procedure for Commissions, information on a women’s health initiative in Georgia on osteoporosis, and a presentation by Diane Cabrera, Miss Latina USA. Others included: ERA: Women’s Unfinished Business, Rural Women’s Health Project, Women and AIDS: A Growing Challenge, and Modern Day Slavery: The Tragedy of Human Trafficking, Women’s Leadership: Programs of the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, and Understanding and Preventing Sexual Harassment.A Women’s Expo featured information and products of interest to women.

The National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW) is a nonpartisan membership organization composed of regional, state, county and local commissions created by government to improve the status of women, as well as individual and affiliate members who believe in the work of women’s commissions across the country. WCWI member Cynthia Chavez Kelly is currently on the Board of Directors for the NACW.

The WCWI is a 13-member council with representation from each of the nine Judicial Districts in addition to four at-large members and one ex-officio member of the Wyoming Business Council. The WCWI is a Governor appointed council. Visit www.wyomingwomenscouncil.org.

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