What attendees said about last year's Summit:
"Thank you for planning this conference each year to empower advocacy education and equity amont women, men & leadership."
"Excellent job. Well done! Great speaker panels."
"This was an excellent forum with great "take aways".
"The Working Famillies Summit is a highlight of my year - in fact it is one of the few conferences I attend. A wonderful valuable use of my time."
"This was the best conference I have attend in a long time! Excellent presenters - great learning experience."
Please note: Registration fees are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, please offer the ticket to another person who would like to attend. If you would like to make your ticket available as a scholarship, please contact us at: summit@ccrwf.org
If you are paying by check, you may register on-line or by mail. If you would like to register by mail, please click here to print out the registration form, which includes mailing directions.
Where
Sacramento Convention Center1400 J St.
Sacramento, CA 95814
Contact
Cathy MurnighanCA Center for Research on Women & Families
summit@ccrwf.org
916.944.4935
Summit Legislative Co-Chairs: Senator Carol Liu and Assembly Member Holly Mitchell
Summit Presenters:
Budget 2011: A Hot-off-the-Press Overview: Jean Ross, California Budget Project
Securing the Safety Net: Mike Herald and Jessica Bartholow, Western Center on Law and Poverty; George Manalo-LeClair, California Food Policy Advocates; Sonal Ambegaokar, California Immigrant Policy Center; Zack Olmstead, Housing California
How to Deal with California’s Continuing Budget Crisis: Mark Paul, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley; Lenny Goldberg, California Tax Reform Association; Ronald Coleman, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment ; Tim Gage, Blue Sky Consulting Group
Connecting Health and Education: Jennifer Peck, Partnership for Children and Youth; Serena Clayton, California School Health Centers Association; Ken Hecht, California Food Policy Advocates; Jennifer Richard, California Center for Public Health Advocacy
Taking Care of our Children: Molly Munger and Sharon Scott Dow, Advancement Project; Donna Sneeringer, Child Action, Inc; Laurie True, California WIC Association
Asset Protection and Asset Building: Olivia Calderon, New America Foundation; Sarah Brennan, Office of Los Angeles City Councilmember Richard Alarcón; Sunaena Chhatry, EARN
Workplaces that Work for Families: Brandy Davis, Labor Project for Working Families; Mariko Yoshihara, California Employment Lawyers Association; Jenny Erwin, United States Department of Labor Women’s Bureau; Keiko Takano, Family Violence Prevention Fund
Health Care and Health Care Reform: Anthony Wright, Health Access; Elizabeth Landsberg, Western Center on Law and Poverty; Cary Sanders, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network; Robert Garcia, The City Project
2011 Working Families Policy Summit Making the System Work for Working Families
Please join us at the 2011 California Working Families Policy Summit on Wednesday, January 12, 2011.
We are honored to host incoming State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones as our luncheon keynote speaker.
In addition to offering a hot-off-the-press overview of the Governor's just-released budget, leading advocates will release priority policy proposals to improve the health and well-being of California's families. Recommendations will focus on health care, welfare, school services, early learning, child care, asset building, housing, food stamps, nutrition programs and paid leave.
Click here to view and download the full Summit program, including plenaries, workshops, speakers, co-sponsors, and mail-in registration form.
Summit Program
9:00 - 10:00 Welcome and Morning Plenary Session Budget 2011: A Hot-off-the-Press Overview
Special Celebration: Nearly 20 Years of the California Family Rights Act and 6 Years of Paid Family Leave
10:15 - 11:30 Morning Policy Tracks: Choose one workshop
Track 1: SECURING THE SAFETY NET
CalWORKs, Food Stamps, Housing and Immigrant Services
Track 2: HOW TO DEAL WITH CALIFORNIA’S CONTINUING BUDGET CRISIS
Confronting Structural Problems and Advocacy Strategies and Priorities
Track 3: CONNECTING HEALTH AND EDUCATION
Full-Service Community Schools, School Health and Support Services, School Meals, and Physical Education
11:30 - 12:00 Networking & Luncheon Registration
12:00 - 1:30 HEALTH CARE REFORM
Keynote Speaker Insurance Commissioner-Elect Dave Jones
1:45 - 2:45 Afternoon Policy Tracks: Choose one workshop
Track 4: TAKING CARE OF OUR CHILDREN
Early Learning and Care, Child Care and WIC
Track 5: ASSET PROTECTION AND ASSET BUILDING
State policies and local programs
Track 6: WORKPLACES THAT WORK FOR FAMILIES
Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave, Bereavement Leave, Flex-Options, and WorkplacesRespond.org — A Virtual Resource Center
3:00 - 4:15 AFTERNOON PLENARY: HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH CARE REFORM
Health Care Exchange, Medi-Cal Waiver, Eligibility & Enrollment, and Access & Prevention
4:15 - 4:30 FINAL REFLECTIONS
Senator Carol Liu & Assembly Member-Elect Holly J. Mitchell Kate Karpilow, CCRWF
Special thanks to
The California Endowment
The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
New America Foundation
Founding Co-Sponsors
California Legislative Women's Caucus
California Commission on the Status of Women
CCRWF is a program of the Public Health Institute
