October 12, 2006
Audio files and PowerPoint presentations of five Congressional briefings on work/life issues
June – October 2006
CEPR Work Family Briefings
Supporting Families — A 5-part Briefing Series that Explores the Challenges Facing Working Families
June – October 2006
Funding generously provided by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Presented by the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Finding the time: Challenges facing working families
Date: Friday, June 16, 2006
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Location: 512 Senate Hart Building
Ellen Bravo
Former Director 9to5, National Association of Working Women;
Coordinator, Multi-States Working Families Consortium
Heather Boushey
Senior Economist
Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Agenda
- Ellen Bravo’s PowerPoint Presentation
- Heather Boushey’s PowerPoint Presentation
- Audio files (mp3): Briefing 6/16/2006
- Speaker Bios
- Materials:
Struggling to care: Is the market failing working families?
Date: Monday, June 26, 2006
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Location: 430 Dirksen Senate Building
Bob Drago
Professor of Labor Studies and Women’s Studies,
Pennsylvania State University
Co-Founder, Take Care Net
Danielle Ewen
Director, Child Care and Early Education Policy
Center for Law and Social Policy
- Agenda
- Robert Drago’s Presentation (PDF)
- Danielle Ewen’s PowerPoint Presentation
- Audio files (mp3): Briefing 6/26/2006
- Speaker bios (PDF)
- Materials:
- Work and Family Bill of Rights (Take Care Net)
- Forgotten Families Flyer (Jody Heymann)
Supporting families: Americans need –and want– action
Date: Friday, July 21
Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Location: 121 Cannon House Office Building
Beth Shulman
Lawyer and Consultant focusing on work-related issues,
Author, The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans
Phil Sparks
Vice President and Co-Founder,
Communications Consortium Media Center
- Agenda
- Phil Sparks’ Powerpoint Presentation
- Audio files (mp3): Briefing 7/21/2006
- Speaker bios (PDF)
- Materials: Fairness Initiative Flyer
Supporting families: Individual solutions versus government action
Date: Friday, September 8
Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Location: 430 Dirksen Senate Building
Ann Crittenden
Author, If You’ve Raised Kids, You Can Manage Anything and The Price of Motherhood
- Agenda
- Speaker Bio
- Audio File (mp3)
- Materials:
Supporting families: Opportunities for policymakers to make a difference
Date: Thursday, October 12
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: Mansfield Room (S-207), US Capitol
Eileen Appelbaum
Director, Center for Women and Work,
Rutgers University
Heidi Hartmann
Director, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Kate Kahan
Director, Work and Family Programs
National Partnership for Women and Families
- Agenda
- Speakers’ Bios
- Audio File (mp3)
- Pictures From Briefing
- Materials:
- Fact Sheet: Choices in Child Care Act of 2006
- Work and Family Bill of Rights (Take Care Net)
- Achieving a Workable Balance: New Jersey Employers’ Experiences Managing Employee Leaves and Turnover, by Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman
- How to Exercise Flexible Work: Take Steps with a “Soft Touch” Law (CLASP Policy Brief)
- New Jersey Time to Care fact sheets on family leave insurance:
- For caregivers
- For low-income employees
- For seniors
