Washington D.C. — “Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.” Jessica Calarco coined this axiom synthesizing America’s history of placing necessary and often uncompensated responsibilities on women. These phenomena have only accelerated since January 2025. Generations of hard-won progress and success for and by women are being set back by President Donald Trump’s administration and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) through the illegal impoundment of funds—many of which primarily benefit women. Furthermore, the Trump administration is making it harder for women to vote, access health care, and make the most personal decisions about forming a family. There is no avenue of American life safe from policies intended to disproportionately harm and hinder women’s prosperity.
Please join the Center for American Progress to hear the stories of American women from across industries, states, and experiences as they navigate the disruption and targeted chaos of the Trump administration’s actions, choices, appointments, and policies that are harming women.
WHO:
Introductory Remarks:
Andrea Ducas, Vice President, Health Policy, Center for American Progress
Keynote Speaker
Jessica Calarco, Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Panel Discussion:
Bethany Arnold, Former U.S. Agency for International Development Family Planning and Reproductive Health Technical Adviser
Nora El-Khouri Spencer, Founder and CEO, Hope Renovations
Racquel Garcia, Founder, Owner, and Chief Innovation Officer, HardBeauty
Sevonna Brown, CEO and Founder, The Sanctuary for Integrative Medicine
Moderator:
Kierra B. Jones, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for American Progress
WHEN:
June 9, 2025
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET
WHERE:
Online via Zoom.
To join this virtual event, please RSVP here.
For more information or to speak with an expert, please contact Sarah Nadeau at [email protected].