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EVENT BEGINS 8:00AM EST, MONDAY June 23, 2014
Contact: Greta Bergstrom, Greta@TakeActionMinnesota.org, 651.336.6722
TakeAction Minnesota Delegation To Take Part in Monday’s White House Summit on Working Families
Washington, D.C. – Nine members of TakeAction Minnesota will take part in Monday’s White House Summit on Working Families, joining President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden and Jill Biden. The event is the culmination of regional and state-based forums that took place around the country this spring, including the first statewide Women & Families Economic Security Summit held in Duluth on May 22 organized by TakeAction Minnesota.
The White House Summit will focus on how to strengthen our nation’s workplaces to better support working families and will include topics on equal pay, elder care, childcare, workplace discrimination and opportunities for low-wage workers. The event is co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Center for American Progress.
WHAT: White House Summit on Working Families
WHO: Members of TakeAction Minnesota include:
– Beth Peterson (Eveleth)
– Lorrie Janatopoulos (Virginia)
– Gloria Coles (Brooklyn Center)
– Jessica English (St. Paul)
– Liz Olson (Duluth)
– Deb Smith (Duluth)
– Jen Arnold (Minneapolis)
– Emily Viergutz (New Hope)
– Kathleen Blake (Grand Rapids)
WHEN: Monday, June 23, 2014
8:00 am – 6:00 pm (EST)
WHERE: Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert St. NW
Washington, D.C.
LOGISTICS: The event will be live-streamed via www.workingfamiliessummit.org
Event hashtags include #WHSocial and #FamiliesSucceed
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TakeAction Minnesota is a statewide people’s network of individual and organizational members working collaboratively to raise the voices of Minnesotans in their own communities to advance social, racial and economic justice. The organization has offices in St. Paul, Duluth and Grand Rapids.
