Media Advisory: Women's Policy, Inc., Women's Caucus Members to Hold Capitol
Hill Forum on Impact of the Economy on Women & Families with Labor Secretary
Hilda L. Solis on Thursday, May 14
WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Department of Labor
Secretary Hilda L. Solis will be featured at a Capitol Hill forum with members
of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues and leading experts to discuss
the impact of the current economy on women and their families.
The breakfast forum is hosted in cooperation with Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
and Mary Fallin (R-OK), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus for Women's
Issues, Reps. Gwen Moore (D-WI) and Kay Granger (R-TX), Vice-Chairs, and Rep.
Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Chair, Women and the Economy/Business Task Force.
The event is sponsored by Women's Policy, Inc., and made possible through a
grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
What: A Capitol Hill breakfast forum, "The Economy and Its Impact on
Women and Families."
Event will include Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor;
Members of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues; and
experts to discuss the impact of the current economy on women and
families.
When: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 8:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2168, Washington, D.C.
Who: Featured Speaker:
The Honorable Hilda L. Solis--Secretary, Department of Labor
Additional Participants:
The Honorable Jan Schakowsky--Chair, Congressional Caucus for
Women's Issues
The Honorable Gwen Moore--Vice-Chair, Congressional Caucus for
Women's Issues
The Honorable Allyson Schwartz--Chair, Women and the
Economy/Business Task Force
Ellen Galinsky--President & Co-Founder, Families & Work Institute
Donna Klein--Executive Chair, Corporate Voices for Working
Families
The event is hosted by Women's Policy, Inc. and made possible
through a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Women's Policy, Inc. is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy organization
that champions the interests of women throughout the country on the most
significant social, economic, and health issues across the public policy
spectrum. The organization's sole focus is to help ensure that the most
informed decisions on key women's issues are made by policymakers. More
information is online at www.womenspolicy.org.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is a
private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for
disadvantaged children in the United States. For more information, visit the
Foundation's website at www.aecf.org.
SOURCE Women's Policy, Inc.
Jennifer Moire, +1-202-306-1713, jmoire@lyonparkpr.com
