National Press Club Forum to Release Findings of Presidential Candidate Survey on Early Education and Work/Family Issues

January 13, 2004, 12:00-2:00

From Left to Right: Kevin Knussman, Janine Bacquie, Ellen Bravo, Roberta Spalter-Roth, Eileen Appelbaum and Celinda Lake.

Issues Addressed:
The presidential candidates’ positions on early education and childcare, family and medical leave, paid and family provided child and elder care, and work/family balance

Moderator:
Roberta Spalter-Roth, Director, Research Program on the Discipline and the Profession, American Sociological Association

Speakers:

• Ellen Bravo, Executive Director of 9to5 - National Association of Working Women, survey author, and member of Take Care Net Steering Committee
• Janine Bacquie, Early Childhood Coordinator, Montgomery County, Maryland
• Kevin Knussman, former Maryland state trooper who successfully sued the state of Maryland after being denied leave to care for wife and newborn
• Eileen Appelbaum, Professor and Director of the Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University, and member of Take Care Net Steering Committee
• Celinda Lake, Pollster

Documents From the Forum:

• Candidate Survey (Adobe Acrobat)
• Ellen Bravo Presentation of Survey Results
• Ellen Bravo's PowerPoint Slides (Adobe Acrobat)
• Eileen Appelbaum's Presentation
• Celinda Lake's PowerPoint Presentation (Adobe Acrobat - Large File!)
• Biographies of Presenters

This event is sponsored by the Take Care Net and American University’s Women & Politics Institute.

For additional information contact Nancy Segal, nancy.segal2@verizon.net, (301) 270-3593

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