WOMEN, WORK, & COMMUNITY

 WOMEN, WORK, & COMMUNITY:

women’s history, economics, & future outlook

Maine women leading the march of progress discuss: 

• where women have been, where they are, & where they’re going
• Lily Ledbetter Law - federal equal pay protection – 2009
• Women, Work, and Community celebrates 30 years of work
• Maine Women’s Fund launches Economic Security Initiative
• Maine Women’s Lobby celebrating 30 years
• Maine’s LD 84 – An Act to Ensure Fair Pay

 Community Television Network

516 Congress Street, Portland

FEBRUARY 26

DOORS OPEN:                     5:00pm

AUDIENCE SEATED:             5:30pm (please arrive early)

TAPING STARTS:    6:00pm (’til 7pm)

 

• Join us for a live-to-tape in-studio discussion

(broadcast throughout MARCH)

(CHANNEL 4:  TUE @ 2pm  &  SUN @ 12noon)

• Bring your questions & share your views

 Invited GUESTS include:

• Laura Fortman, Labor Commissioner, State of Maine (*-CONFIRMED)
• Carolyn May, Women, Work, and Community (CONFIRMED)
• Maine Women’s Fund
• Jill Duson, Mayor of Portland   (Inaugural Address) [PDF]
• Sarah Standiford, Exec. Dir., Maine Women’s Lobby (*-CONFIRMED)
• Shalom Odokara, Women In Need Industries (CONFIRMED)
• Rachel Talbot-Ross, NAACP
• Fatuma Hussein, United Somali Women of Maine
• Susan Feiner, Director, USM Women’s Studies (CONFIRMED)
• Annie Houle, Natl. Dir. for Initiatives, The Wage Project (CONFIRMED)
• Helyne May, Mothers Acting Up!
• Alycia Melnick, Public Policy Counsel, MCLU 
• & MORE!!!

GUEST Host:                                                                         (*- via taped interview)

• Heather Curtis, President, Portland Tenants Union

 

FMI: Ed DemocracyCELL:  899-9674 info@portlandcommons.com

Produced by: PORTLAND COMMONS: common issues for the common good www.portlandcommons.com