Sweet! Teresa Heinz Kerry is speaking at a conference I'm going to!! Check it out:

[bicentennial_baby]

The conference is "Women, Wages, and Work Policy Conference"

I'm SO psyched! :bounce:

http://www.mccormack.umb.edu/centers/cwppp/womenwages&work.php

Join us for a day of exciting speakers and strategy sessions to close the wage gap; advocate for family friendly benefits, retirement security, and work/life balance; and examine how to get women what they need in child care and job training.

Featured Speakers Include:

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)
Niki Tsongas. 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 Supporter of Women's Retirement Security
Suzanne Bump. Secretary, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Rocio Saenz. President, SEIU Local 615
Ann Bookman. Executive Director, MIT Workplace Center
Ellen Bruce . Director, Pension Action Center, UMass Boston

[BlueIris]

1. Oooh, I'm jealous. JEALOUS. nt

[bicentennial_baby]

3. I wasn't going to go, but it's at my school, and I just found out

that I get the student rate. Yay!! :bounce:

I'll try to get a pic, or something :)

[beachmom]

2. What great luck you have! Have a great time. I am sure you will

gain many insights from THK.

[bicentennial_baby]

4. I'm wicked excited to see her...

The conference overall should be great, but yeah, Mamma T?! I'm SO there. :bounce:

[PeaceNikki]

5. Wage gap??

But I was told here on DU that it's just "some crap I spout off that has been repeated, and proven FALSE".

Huh...

That looks like an awesome conference! Enjoy!

[bicentennial_baby]

7. Seriously?

:crazy:

Thanks! I will report back! :D

[sandnsea]

6. That's a huge issue of hers

Older women in poverty because they've devoted their lives to their families. She is so great. I hate the way this country treated her.

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Same here. I love Mama T

:)

[globalvillage]

9. Excellent

Teresa founded WISER to help address the issues of women's retirement security. She's brilliant on this topic (and a lot of others).

http://www.wiserwomen.org/portal/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Lucky you.

[bicentennial_baby]

12. Thanks so much for that link

:pals:

[frogmarch]

10. Congrats! THK would have

been a super first lady, and John Kerry a super president. I greatly admire them both.

[bicentennial_baby]

13. Thanks! I agree

:hi:

[politicasista]

11. That is awesome!

:kick:

[pleah]

14. I love her. She would have been a great First Lady!

Lucky you!:hi: