Join NAWBO and CARE – and more than 120,000 people gathering in 450 theaters around the country – to celebrate  International Women’s Day the evening of March 5 with the screening of  “A Powerful Noise,” an acclaimed documentary of three women and their  daily challenges and significant victories over poverty and oppression.  Immediately after the film, a town hall discussion will be broadcast live from  New York to participating theaters, with activists and experts – including  Madeleine Albright, Nicholas Kristof, Christy Turlington Burns, and CARE  President & CEO Helene Gayle – discussing how we can empower women around the world to fight global poverty.

By making the event your official  International Women’s Day program for 2009, and by encouraging colleagues and  partner groups to attend, you will be helping raise awareness about  international women’s issues in your communities while demonstrating the power  of our chapters. To learn more about the film, or for theatre and ticket information, visit  www.apowerfulnoise.org.  Also visit www.apowerfulnoise.org/guides.html to download a guide for how local women’s groups can  participate in this event.

NAWBO also is celebrating International Women’s  Day in Santa Barbara, Calif., with Women’s Festivals 2009 on March 8 at UCSB, Corwin Pavilion. Organizers  of the daylong event include former NAWBO National President Patty DeDominic. There are more than a dozen acclaimed speakers, as well as breakout sessions.  Non-profit co-founding partners for the 2009 California festival include NAWBO,  SCORE, Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara, Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, Future  Women CEO’s, Women’s Economic Ventures, GOLD and the Women’s Foundation of  California. View the program at www.womensfestivals.org

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