Submitted by editor on May 23, 2008 - 4:49am.
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Students: $35.
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Featured Speakers (partial list):
Lilly Ledbetter. Plaintiff in Supreme Court gender wage discrimination case: Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Eleanor Holmes Norton. U.S. Congresswoman (invited)
Rosa DeLauro. U.S. Congresswoman (invited)
Evelyn Murphy. Former Lt. Governor & Author of Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid as Much as Men and What to Do About It
Teresa Heinz Kerry. Philanthropist and Trailblazer in Women's Retirement Security
Suzanne Bump. Secretary, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Rocío Sáenz. President, SEIU Local 615
Ann Bookman. Executive Director, MIT Workplace Center
Ellen Bruce. Director, Pension Action Center, UMass Boston
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PLANNING PARTNERS INCLUDE:
Boston Women's Commission
Crittenton Women's Union
Mass Coalition for Women's Wage Equality
Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women
Service Employees International Union (SEIU Local 615)
YWCA Boston
SPONSORS INCLUDE (as of 5/2/08):
Catalyst ($5,000)
John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies
Partner ($2,500)
AARP - DividedWeFail.org
Barbara Lee Family Foundation
Crystal Transport
Activist ($1,000)
1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
The Wage Project
Supporter ($500)
Center for Social Policy, UMass Boston
The Ink Spot
Massachusetts Federation of Business & Professional Women
VA Boston Healthcare Systems
Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor Region I
YWCAs of New England
Friend ($150)
Betty Taymor, Founder of Program for Women in Politics & Public Policy
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP
Ruth Nemzoff, Bentley College
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SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE (as of 5/2/08):
AAUW - MA
Boston College Center for Work & Family
Boston Women's Commission
Boston Women Communicators
Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women
Center for Women & Work, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Center for Women and Enterprise
Equality Commission
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
Greater Boston OWL, The Voice of Midlife and Older Women
Massachusetts Conference for Women
Massachusetts NOW
Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus
MIT Workplace Center, Sloan School of Management
National Council of Women's Organizations
One in 3 Boston
Political African-American Coalition, Inc. (PAAC)
Professional Staff Union/MTA/NEA
Somerville Commission for Women
The Partnership, Inc.
Voices for Workplace Change: Career
Counselors Advocating for Workers
Women in International Security - New England Chapter (WIIS)
Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts
Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts
Women's Leadership Institute, Bentley College
YWCA Cambridge
YWCA Greater Newburyport
YWCA Haverill
YWCA Malden, Center for Women and Families
YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts
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