Contacts: Kathy Bonk/CCMC
202/326-6767
Kbonk@ccmc.org

Andrea Camp
410/719-2309
icsseven@erols.com

On Sunday, September 12, National Grandparents Day, women activists representing a new generation of grandparents will kick off GrannyVoter, a movement to have grandparents use their voting power to become advocates and trustees of the future and vote on behalf of their grandchildren on Election Day 2004.

WHO: The GrannyVoter founders: Mary Catherine Bateson, cultural anthropologist and author; Nancy Berkley, author and golf marketing consultant; Rita Bornstein, consultant to higher education; Geraldine Ferraro, consultant and former Vice Presidential candidate; Ruth Massinga, foundation president; Rosemary Masters, psychotherapist; Patricia O'Brien, author; Nell Painter, historian; Letty Cottin Pogrebin, writer; and Patricia Schroeder, former Congresswoman, will all be present.

WHAT: A press conference to kick off an effort to shift the political conversation from short-term benefits to long-term effects of policies and to broaden the view political candidates have of older voters, especially those who are grandparents. Key speakers will include Mary Catherine Bateson, Ruth Massinga and Geraldine Ferraro.

WHEN: September 12, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. EDT.

WHERE: The Ellipse (Northwest corner, between 17th and E Streets) in Washington, DC.

For more information on GrannyVoter, please visit www.GrannyVoter.org.

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