Helen Reddy to Receive Veteran Feminists of America's First Lifetime Achievement Award at May 1 Event in Los Angeles

Helen Reddy to Receive Veteran Feminists of America's First Lifetime Achievement Award at May 1 Event in Los Angeles

New CD Anthology, Helen Reddy: The Woman I Am - The Definitive Collection, in

Stores May 2

Reddy's New Memoir, The Woman I Am, in Stores May 4

WHO: Helen Reddy, world renowned recording artist

WHAT: Veteran Feminists of America luncheon and awards ceremony, where
Reddy will be honored with the organization's first Lifetime
Achievement Award

WHERE: Feminist Majority Auditorium in Los Angeles
433 South Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

WHEN: Monday, May 1
1:30pm-5:00pm

DETAILS:
At the Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) luncheon and awards
presentation, Movie-TV-theater star Kathy Najimy will present music
luminary Helen Reddy with VFA's Medal of Honor, thanking her for inspiring
strength and optimism through her music for past and future generations.
Actor Michael Learned (who portrayed "Mother" in CBS' "The Waltons") will
present a VFA plaque to Reddy. Reddy and Learned share a familial bond,
as Learned's son Lucas is married to Reddy's daughter Traci. All of the
proud family members will attend the event, and Reddy and Learned's
8-year-old granddaughter, Lily, and Najimy's 9-year-old daughter, Samia,
will assist the proceedings.

Following her acceptance speech, Reddy will discuss the topic of "women's
music" with a panel including NOW president Kim Gandy; Alan O'Day,
composer of Reddy's hit song "Angie Baby," and Jennifer Abod, co-founder
of New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Band, moderated by Sheila Tobias,
author of Faces of Feminism. The afternoon festivities will close with
recording artist Jessie Williams performing "I Am Woman," with attendees
joining in to sing the anthem as they did on countless occasions during
the early days of the women's movement.

"Helen was always there for us," recalls Veteran Feminists of America
president Jacqui Ceballos. "She opened her house to help launch a rape
treatment center in 1977; she supported our fight for the ERA; she sang at
the NOW 20th anniversary gala; and she inspired us always with her 'I Am
Woman'."

Veteran Feminists of America is a non-profit organization of the women and
men who created the Second Wave women's movement. Its purpose is to
document accurate information about the feminist revolution and to pass
the torch persuasively to younger women. The Tribute Committee, headed by
business leader Marlene Crosby of Santa Monica, includes author-activist
Gloria Steinem, actor Lily Tomlin, film executive Sherri Lansing, author
Judith Krantz, feminist leader Peg Yorkin, producer Jane Wagner, National
Organization for Women president Kim Gandy and attorney Lisa Specht.

Helen Reddy has a very active month planned for May. She is the subject
of a new career and era-defining single-disc anthology CD, Helen Reddy:
The Woman I Am - The Definitive Collection, to be released May 2 by
Capitol/EMI Music Catalog Marketing. The CD package includes personal
track notes written by Reddy specifically for the new release, as well as
never-before-published personal photos from Reddy's own archive. The CD's
22 songs include nine #1 hits, Reddy's Grammy-winning rally cry "I Am
Woman," and six previously unavailable tracks, making it one of the year's
best Mother's Day gifts. The new anthology and twelve of Reddy's original
Capitol Records albums will also make their digital release debuts on
May 2 at all of the major Digital Service Providers (DSPs).

Already a best-seller in Australia, Reddy's memoir, The Woman I Am, will
be published in the U.S. on May 4 by Tarcher/Penguin. Reddy will promote
her new CD anthology and book in upcoming national television appearances,
including an interview with NBC's "Today" on May 4 followed by a bookstore
tour for book-signing events in New York City, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco.

For more information, visit Helen Reddy's official Website:
www.helenreddy.com

PRNewswire -- April 27

Source: Veteran Feminists of America

CONTACT: Event Coverage, Jacqui Ceballos of Veteran Feminists of
America, +1-337-501-4149, jcvfa@aol.com; or Jennifer Ballantyne of EMI Music
Marketing, +1-323-871-5494, jennifer.ballantyne@emicap.com; or Ken Siman,
Tarcher/Penguin, +1-212-366-2519, ken.siman@us.penguingroup.com, both for
Helen Reddy

Web site: http://www.helenreddy.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: CREWS WELCOME / PHOTO OPS

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