This is it! Our big day at the capitol (Wed., April 14).
It would be great if you could come!
Remember…
Press Conference is at 1:00 p.m. in Room 125.
Speaking will be bill author and Senate Leadership Senator Cohen, Judiciary Committee Chair Senator Moua, House author Rep. Knuth, , Jill Gaulding from the U of M Law School, Chuck Derry from the Gender Violence Institute. House Leadership Rep. Kelliher has also been invited.
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing is at 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. in Room 15.
Here is a brief line up of who will speak and what will be covered at the hearing…
- Introduction of bill
Senator Dick Cohen - Overview of Amendment and Gender Issues
Lisa Tratton & Jill Gaulding, Workers’ Rights Clinic, U of M Law School
Amy Brenengen, Office on the Economic Status of Women
- Issue Specific areas:
- Pay Equity
Patty Tanji – Pay Equity Coalition
Deb Fitzpatrick, Humphrey Institute, Women in Policy research
- Gender Violence
Chuck Derry, Gender Violence Institute
Graham Barnes, Battered Women’s Justice Project
- Gender in the Courts
Marna Anderson, WATCH Minnesota
Aviva Breen, Gender Fairness in the Courts Task Force
- Pay Equity
- Concluding Remarks & Questions
Senator Dick Cohen
If you can’t make it we will post an update as soon as we can.
In Equality,
The mnCAFEcoaltion Team
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