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New Blueprint for Action to be Presented at White House, Congressional Events

America’s Economic Agenda: Women’s Voices for Solutions

 

April 2, 1998

WASHINGTON — Recognizing and strengthening the roles women play in the economy is the focus of a new blueprint for action released by the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and to be presented to the White House and Congress on April 2 in two separate events.

Recommendations from America’s Economic Agenda: Women’s Voices for Solutions cover a wide range of issues, from equal pay to child care, from health care to entrepreneurship, and offer concrete programs and grassroots strategies for capitalizing on women’s economic power. The report is a result of CPA’s April 1997 Women’s Economic Leadership Summit.

10:30 a.m.: A press conference on the action plan will be held in Room 366, Dirksen Senate Office Building. Principals are: CPA President and CEO Linda Tarr-Whelan, who edited the plan; Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Representative Connie Morella (R-Md.), who co-chaired the Summit; and Cailfornia State Assemblywoman Grace Napolitano, one of the state legislators who helped build the plan and co-chaired the Summit.

3:00 p.m.: Linda Tarr-Whelan and 100 women leaders from across the country who participated in the Summit will present the action plan to Vice President Gore in Room 450, Old Executive Office Building.

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10:30 a.m.: Press Conference, Room 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Action Plan for Congress and the States

Linda Tarr-Whelan, CPA President and CEO

U.S. Representative Connie Morella (R.-Md.)

U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D.-La.)

Cecilia Ortiz, Director of the Colorado Office of Small Business Development

Georgia State Representative Nan Grogan Orrock

3:00 p.m.: Room 450, Old Executive Office Building

Presentation of Action Plan to the Vice President

Audrey Tayse Haynes, Director of the White House Office of Women’s Initiatives and Outreach

Linda Tarr-Whelan, CPA President and CEO

Connie Evans, Executive Director, Chicago Women’s Self-Employment Project

Cecilia Ortiz, Director of the Colorado Office of Small Business Development

Kay Koplovitz, Founder, Chair and CEO, USA Networks

Vice President Al Gore

Ida Castro, Director of the Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor

Sherrye Henry, Assistant Administrator, Office of Women’s Business Ownership, Small Business Administration

U.S. Representative Connie Morella (R-Md.)

U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.)