AARP Brickfield Center | 601 E Street, NW | Washington, DC 20049
March 2, 2010
Agenda
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Monday, March 1st
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5:00 PM – 7:00 PM |
Young Women Misbehavin’ Happy Hour
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Kellari (1700 K St, NW Washington, DC) |
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Tuesday, March 2nd
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
AARP Brickfield Center |
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM |
Welcome
Roslyn Ridgeway, Chair, BPW Foundation Board of Trustees
Nancy LeaMond, Executive Vice President of Social Impact, AARP
Deborah L. Frett, CEO, BPW Foundation
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AARP Brickfield Center |
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM |
A Woman's Nation Changes Everything
Heather Boushey, Senior Economist, Center for American Progress and co-editor of The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything
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AARP Brickfield Center |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Issue Briefing
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act - Janet Kopenhaver, Federally Employed Women
Healthy Families Act - Rachna Choudhry, National Partnership for Women and Families
Paycheck Fairness Act– Rachel Lyons, BPW Foundation
Auto IRA - Christina B. Martin Firvida, AARP
Women WIN Jobs Act – Spiros Protopsaltis, Rep. Jared Polis (CO)
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AARP Brickfield Center |
11:15 AM-11:45 AM |
Lobbying 101
Rachel Lyons, Director of Public Policy, BPW Foundation
Cathy Hurwit, Chief of Staff, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL)
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AARP Brickfield Center |
11:45 AM -12:00 PM |
Closing |
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12:30 PM |
Buses Leave for the Hill |
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1:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
Meet with your Representatives and Senators (Schedule on your own) |
Capitol Hill |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
The Need for Paid Sick Days To Keep America’s Working Families Economically Secure and Our Businesses Strong
Paid Sick Day Briefing for Congressional Staff and the Public sponsored by the Partnership for Women and Families and Center for Law and Social Policy
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HC-6 in the Capitol Building |
5:30 PM -7:30 PM |
BPW Foundation Congressional Cocktail Reception |
B354 Rayburn House Office Building
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