As Congress considers solutions to reducing poverty in the United States, policymakers need to consider how the intersection of race, ethnicity, gender, and poverty—among both long-time and recent Americans—occupies an outsized place in the overall picture of poverty. A distinguished and diverse panel of speakers will review the most recent data available on the effects of poverty on women, families, and communities of color, and discuss viable solutions and policy recommendations.

WHO:               

Moderators:

·         Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

·         Jocelyn Frye, National Partnership for Women & Families

Panelists:

·         Peter Edelman, Georgetown University Law Center and Task Force on Poverty for the Center for American Progress

·         Avis Jones-DeWeever, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

·         Angelo Falcon, National Institute for Latino Policy

·         Kiran Ahuja, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum

·         Jacqueline Johnson, National Congress of American Indians

·         Hilary Shelton, NAACP

WHAT:           Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, National Partnership for Women & Families, and the Center for American Progress

WHERE:         215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

WHEN:           Thursday, June 7, 2007,  9:00am-11:00am (breakfast will be served)

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