D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton toasted the summit and its mission during her surprise visit to Friday’s reception.

NOW Foundation President Kim Gandy, left, and Zenaida Mendez, NOW Foundation Director of Racial Diversity Programs, get into the groove of the Latin jazz performed by a three-piece band at Friday’s reception.

Gilda Yazzie, left, and Anna Maria Thomas, both members of the WOCA planning committee

NOW Foundation board member Joanne Sterner, left, Liz Gilchrist, Bonnie Rice and Leanne Libert, all NOW Foundation staff members, meet and greet Summit participants.

NOW Chapter and State Development Director Barbara Hays, left, talks with Summit participants about the benefits of becoming a NOW member.

Deyanira Bautista, one of three performers leading Saturday’s Opening Ceremony, pounds out a rhythm on bongo drums to get festivities started.

Members of Communications Workers of American Local Union from Trenton, N.J., enjoy music of the Opening Ceremony provided by Teresa Sappier and Deyanira Bautista.

NOW Foundation National Officers and members of the WOCA Planning Committee lead the group in paying tribute to activists who passed away this year -- Wanda Alston, Tobi Hale, Maria Plasencia and Geraldine Miller. From left to right: WOCA Planning Committee Chair Diana Castañeda, NOW Foundation President Kim Gandy, Executive Vice President Karen Johnson, Education Vice President Olga Vives, Secretary-Treasurer Terry O’Neill, and WOCA Planning Committee member Gilda Yazzie.

Irene Natividad, President of the Global Summit of Women

NOW Foundation President Kim Gandy, left, shares a laugh with plenary panelist Sylvia Henriquez, executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health.

Former NOW President Aileen Hernandez, left, and NOW Foundation Executive Vice President Karen Johnson swap stories between plenary panels.

Women’s Health & Reproductive Justice plenary panelists, from left: Lorraine Cole, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of National Black Women’s Health Imperative; Patricia Sosa, director of constituency relations for the National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids; Aaliyah Morgan, M.D., M.P.H., a primary care physician in New York City area; Courtney Chappell, legislative staff attorney and women’s law and public policy fellow at the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum; and Sylvia Henriquez, executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health.

Summit attendees, many from the New York City area, gather for a photo-op after the “Privatizing Social Security: The Economic Threat of a Lifetime” workshop.

Ana Lara, left, a community activist and writer from New York City, and Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz, NOW Foundation's lesbian rights organizer, lead attendees in a circle discussion about lesbian/bisexual/transgender advocacy and activism during the “Invisible Warriors: Refuse & Resist” workshop.

Maya Rockeymoore of Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, left, and NOW Foundation board member Bertha Smith, share the truth about plans to privatize Social Security with workshop attendees.

The Rev. Marjani Dele leads everyone in a prayer, as part of the cultural presentation Saturday morning.

Lateefah Simon, former executive director of the Center for Young Women’s Development in San Francisco, presents new ideas about activism in an almost lyrical form during Saturday afternoon’s plenary session.

Summit attendees enjoy the presentations made during “The Color Divide” workshop.

The WOCA summit offered “El Terrorismo de los Estados Unidos” to address issues Spanish-speaking women of color face in the United States.

In one of the most well-attended workshops, Toni Blackman, Hip-Hop Ambassador to the U.S. Department of State, helps to answer the question, "where is the feminist agenda on the Hip-Hop platform?"

Women listen in to find out what a woman of color needs to know in order to run for elected office at the Political Roundtable held Saturday afternoon.

The Honorable Grace Diaz of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, left, seated next to Vanessa Salinas, NOW Foundation board member and WOCA Planning Committee member, shares her experiences as a woman of color running for elected office with Summit participants.

Karen Williams, founder of the Ha-HA Institute, keeps the crowd rolling with laughter as she entertains with her feminist humor.

The laughs seemed endless while Karen Williams entertained WOCA participants with punchline after punchline.

Melissa Best, The Princess of Controversy, provides full-service entertainment with spoken-word, dance and rap during Saturday night’s entertainment.

QueenSheba, one of three spoken-word artists, empowered the crowd with her lyrical spoken prose.

Mandy Carter, founder of Southerners on New Ground and lifetime NOW member, closes out the hugely successful summit on Sunday.

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