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Archive
Robin Rogers-Dillon returned to Washington and read from and discussed her recent book, The Welfare Experiments: Politics and Policy Evaluation, at Riverby Books on Capitol Hill on Thursday, November 3. The reading was followed by a reception and book sale. Through observation, surveys, and dozens of interviews, Rogers-Dillon argues in The Welfare Experiments that the welfare experiments of the 1990s served as a powerful political tool that allowed few to argue successfully against welfare policy changes. With this analysis, she offers insight into how social policy is made in the United States and how that process is changing for the better and the worse. The book is available from Stanford University Press. Dr. Robin H. Rogers-Dillon is an assistant professor of sociology at Queens College of the City University of New York. From 1998-2000, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholar at Yale University. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. Her research interests include politics, health, poverty, and public policy. Rogers-Dillon has conducted research on the politics of policy debate, adoption, and evaluation. Her work has been published in Society, Social Problems, The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and Newsday, among others. In 1995 and 1996, she worked for Rep. Charlie Rangel as a WREI Congressional Fellow on Women and Public Policy. She has also served as a consultant to the City of New York and the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation.
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President Susan Scanlan heads On November 1, WREI president Susan Scanlan succeeded Martha Burk as chair of the National Council of Women’s Organizations (NCWO). Founded in 1980, NCWO is the nation's oldest and largest coalition of women's groups. Its 200 member organizations represent more than 10 million women nationwide--from Girls, Inc. to Hadassah to the American Nurses Association to the YWCA. NCWO members collaborate through substantive policy work and grassroots activism to address issues of concern to women, including workplace and economic equity, education and job training, affirmative action, Social Security, child care, reproductive freedom, health, and global progress for women's equality. Dr. Burk is perhaps best known for heading NCWO during a national controversy over opening the membership of Augusta National Golf Club to women. She will now direct NCWO’s Corporate Accountability Project. The project, which grew out of the Augusta National/Master’s Golf tournament effort, spotlights unfair corporate practices and highlights enlightened policies in the workplace. Scanlan noted that, “This will be the second time in my career that I have followed in the bootprints of a clever and charismatic Texan. The first was Betty Dooley, with whom I founded WREI and the Congress-women’s Caucus in 1977. Now, it’s Martha, who, with grace, good humor and a glorious Texas drawl, has regularly outwitted the heavy-handed opponents of women’s rights.” Scanlan remains president of WREI while taking the helm at NCWO.
On Monday, September 12, WREI honored Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products, Inc. with the 2005 American Woman Award at a gala dinner and silent auction at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. Photos from the event are available in WREI's photo gallery. From the moment she walked in the door, this daughter of Chinese immigrants immediately began revamping the "Avon Lady" image, pushing overseas expansion and investing in new lines for younger women. However, under her leadership, Avon has become much more than a cosmetics company. Their celebrated crusade against breast cancer has raised more than $350 million for prevention and education programs in over 50 countries. In 2004, they took their domestic violence prevention program to the grassroots level, using Avon sales reps to educate people across America. It is no surprise that Fortune recently named Ms. Jung the second most powerful woman in U.S. business. For her remarkable leadership of this woman-focused company and her personal commitment to improving women's lives, WREI is pleased to honor Andrea Jung with the 2005 American Woman Award.
On June 8, WREI hosted a reception to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2005 Fellows who have been working hard on Capitol Hill since January. These eight amazing women have made great contributions to their House, Senate, and committee offices. Corporate, union, and nonprofit leaders joined Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard, Carolyn Maloney, and Robert C. Scott and their staffs for this evening reception in B-369 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Also joining WREI to honor their 2005 Fellows were Minority Chief Counsel Tim Reif of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee and Minority Chief Counsel James Flug of the Senate Judiciary Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship Subcommittee. WREI is grateful to The Altria Group, Inc. for underwriting the cost of this reception and to its other long-time Fellowship sponsors for their continued support. Click here to see photos from our event.
The National Council of Women's Organizations has organized and edited 50 Ways to Improve Women's Lives: The Essential Guide for Achieving Equality, Health, and Success for All with 50 individual articles contributed by individuals in member organizations. Covering subjects as diverse as pay equity, reproductive health, leadership, athletics, and childcare, 50 Ways addresses topics that affect women on a personal and political level--and provides readers with ways to move beyond tired arguments and turn inspiration into action. Under a chapter called Lead the Way, Captain Lory Manning, U.S. Navy (ret.), director of WREI's Women in the Military project, has written a piece entitled "Recognize Women in the Military." She is joined by such policymakers as Senator Dianne Feinstein ("Run for Office") and Congresswomen Carolyn Maloney ("Equalize Constitutional Rights"), Jan Schakowsky ("Preserve a Healthy Environment"), Ileana Ros-Lethinen ("Secure Prenatal Care Globally"), and Hilda Solis ("Address the Unique Needs of Immigrant Women"). Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright provides a thoughtful Afterword. The book was launched at a Capitol Hill reception on Tuesday, March 15, attended by Members of Congress, the authors, and other leaders in Washington's women's community. Copies of 50 Ways to Improve Women's Lives can be purchased via the National Council.
Women Celebrating Women WREI cosponsored a reception on March 16 to honor the freshman women of the 109th Congress. We worked with the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, the National Hispana Leadership Institute, and Women in Government to welcome eight new members of the U.S. House of Representatives. They are Representatives Melissa Bean, Thelma Drake, Virginia Foxx, Cynthia McKinney, Cathy McMorris, Gwendolyn Moore, Allyson Schwartz, and Debbie Wasserman-Shultz. WREI is grateful to the Altria Group, Inc. for hosting Women Celebrating Women.
As part of the First Annual HIV Goddesses Empowering Conference, WREI hosted a Capitol Hill screening of Sharon Sopher's moving documentary film, HIV Goddesses: Stories of Courage "Diary of a Filmmaker" on Wednesday, December 1, 2004. Ms. Sopher, an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker who is founder and director of the HIV Goddesses Project, was joined by Sue Ann Thompson, the former first lady of Wisconsin and president and founder of the Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation. This lunch and film presentation were held in conjunction with America's first photo exhibit devoted to women and AIDS and supported by a generous grant from Wyeth. |
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