Northland Women’s Policy Forum

Saturday, November 7, 2009
12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Mesabi Range College, Eveleth Campus

The Northland Women's Policy Forum is a gathering designed to bring together policy makers, community leaders, advocates, and all those interested learning more about the intersection of women and public policy.

Guests include: Amy Brenengen, Office on the Economic Status of Women; Deb Fitzpatrick, Center on Women and Public Policy, Humphrey institute; Deborah Schlick, Affirmative Options Coalition; Suzanne Koepplinger, Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center; Kathleen Murphy, Constitutional Amendment For Equality (CAFE)

AGENDA

12:00 Registration and Lunch

12:30 The Status of Women in Minnesota: The 10,000 foot perspective

1:30 The Status of Women in Minnesota: The “on the ground” perspective (Panel Discussion)

2:30 Facilitated Roundtable Discussions – Three 30‐minute discussions centered around: Economic Justice/Disparities for Women; “What exactly is Policy?”; Around the Kitchen Table – What women’s issues are we talking about around the table that didn’t get mentioned here?

4:00 Women in Public Office

4:30 Interactive Discussion with Elected Officials including State Representative Tom Rukavina; St. Louis County Commissioner Peg Sweeney; City Councilors Nevada Littlewolf and Liz Kuoppala

5:00 Dessert Networking Reception

For more information, email womensforum09@gmail.com or call 1-800-662-5711 ext 423

Sponsored by: Office on the Economic Status of Women; Rural Women’s Leadership Project; The White House Project; Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Mesabi Range College; Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency; Blandin Foundation; the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota

Please RSVP online!