Check out this article by Network of enlightened Women founder Karin Agness in response to the National Women’s Studies Association conference. The conference featured a panel about how to deal with conservative groups like NeW. Karin’s invitation never arrived:
“I thought this panel had potential. There are already Women’s Centers around the country and making them more welcoming to conservative women would only make them better. And I just hoped that my invitation was lost in the mail.”
“To find out, I directly e-mailed Brenda Bethman, who is in charge of the Women’s Centers Committee pre-conference, and wrote: “It seems that the pre-conference really wants to have a serious discussion on this topic. I think it will be a more beneficial and honest discussion if someone representing NeW was there. Would you have any interest in bringing in a NeW member to join the panel?” (Going to a feminist convention is not exactly my ideal weekend, but I figured that this could lead to some constructive dialogue and improvement of Women’s Centers around the country.)
“My invitation was not lost in the mail. It was never sent.”