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Women’s Conference brings luminaries to campus via webcast

Sacramento State is presenting a webcast viewing party for the annual Women’s Conference from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the Fireplace Lounge, on the second floor of the University Union.

The conference, broadcast via webcast, is titled, “Be Who You Are. Feel it. Live it. Pass it On…”. The goal of the conference is to amass an online audience of one million women on the web.

The conference will cover timely topics and concerns that matter to women, including family and parenting, religion and spirituality, service and activities, news and politics, money and finance and style and beauty.

The webcast can viewed at www.californiawomen.org.

Webcast Highlights:
Schedule Subject to Change
8-10 a.m.
- Jennifer Lopez, Actress, Singer, Entrepreneur and Mother
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Warren Buffett, Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
- Chris Matthews, Host of Hardball, MSNBC and The Chris Matthews Show, NBC
- Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief International Correspondent
10:30-11:30 a.m.
“It’s Your Voice: How You Can Use It To Change The World”
  - Christiane Amanpour CNN Chief International Correspondent
  - Madeleine Korbel Albright, Former United States Secretary of State
  - Cecilia Maria Atias CEO, The Experience Corp (USA)
  - Cherie Blair, Human Rights Advocate and wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair
  - Cerue Konah Garlo, Executive Director, Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL)
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
- Sister Joan Chittister, OSB & Author
- First Lady Maria Shriver
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
- Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
- Campbell Brown, CNN Anchor, Campbell Brown: Election Center
3-4 p.m.
“Life’s Biggest Hurdles: How to Overcome the Unimaginable”
 - Lynn Sherr Author, Outside the Box: A Memoir
 - David Sheff Author, Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey through His Son’s Addiction
 - Mary Tillman Author, Boots On the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman
5- 7 p.m.
- First Lady Maria Shriver Presents The Minerva Awards – Recognizing Remarkable Women
- Bono, Lead Singer of U2 & Co-Founder of The ONE Campaign and (RED)
- Bonnie Raitt, Singer, Songwriter & Guitarist Performs