Florida Commission on the Status of Women participated in Tallahassee Community College's Women's History Month Celebration on March 21, 2007. The theme of this year's celebration was Generations of Women Moving History Forward and featured a keynote presentation by Tallahassee news anchor Ms. Shonda Knight of WCTV 6.The afternoon was filled with exciting presentations, music, dramatic oracles, and honorary presentations to distinguished ladies and students of college and surrounding community.

The Southern Women in Public Service: Coming Together to Make a Difference conference began in 1991 as an effort to promote women in government leadership in the South. This conference is unique because it brings together women leaders from both political parties, all levels and branches of government, along with women leaders in business and academia. They are united behind the idea that women are making a difference in the quality and character of government and that more women need to be involved as leaders in American politics.

Carrie Meek, the first African American elected to Congress from Florida since Reconstruction and member of the Florida Women's Hall of Fame, will receive the Lindy Boggs Award at the conference on May 20-21, 2007 in Tampa, Florida. Judy Genshaft, president of the University of South Florida, will open the conference and Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio will welcome participants. Invited speakers include newly elected CFO of Florida, Alex Sink, and three members of Congress: Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Kathy Castor (D-FL) and Virginia Foxx (R-NC).