Washington, D.C. — The heated, divisive rhetoric of the 2016 presidential campaign raised troubling questions about the prevalence of entrenched gender stereotypes; persistent use of derogatory language about women; and stubborn structural barriers that shape women’s experiences, limit their opportunities, and ultimately hold women back. In the 2017 aftermath, women from across the country have reclaimed the conversation, engaging in renewed activism to elevate their diverse experiences and demand change in response to the challenges they face.
To explore which strategies best address today’s needs of women and their families, it is useful to reflect on the important achievements made during the Obama administration to make women’s progress central to the conversation about how best to move the nation forward. On Monday, March 20, please join the Center for American Progress for a conversation with Valerie Jarrett and Tina Tchen to recognize their leadership spearheading the Obama administration’s White House Council on Women and Girls and discuss both the accomplishments made on key women’s priorities and the work that remains on the agenda.
A panel discussion will follow to discuss how the United States can continue to make progress in support of women and their families in the current environment, resist rollbacks, and secure concrete policy changes that respond to women’s diverse experiences and needs.
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WHO:
Opening remarks:
Neera Tanden, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
In discussion:
Valerie Jarrett, former Senior Adviser to the President and Chair, White House Council on Women and Girls
Tina Tchen, former Assistant to the President and Executive Director, White House Council on Women and Girls
Moderated by:
Michele Norris, Founding Director, The Race Card Project; Executive Director, The Bridge, The Aspen Institute’s Program on Race & Cultural Identity
Featured panelists:
Wendy Chun-Hoon, Co-Executive Director, Family Values @ Work
Serene Jones, President of the Faculty and Johnston Family Professor for Religion and Democracy, Union Theological Seminary
Catherine E. Lhamon, Chair, United States Commission on Civil Rights
Moderated by:
Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow, Center For American Progress
WHEN:
Monday, March 20, 2017
11:30 a.m. ET – 1:15 p.m. ET
WHERE:
1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
RSVP:
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For more information, contact Chelsea Kiene at [email protected] or 202.478.5328.