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Agenda

Friday, April 26, 2024

  2:00 – 3:30 p.m. 

  Pre-Registration 

 

  3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

  Welcome 

  The Texas Women’s Committee Chairs

  Robin Johnson, CWA

  Latonia Benoit, TWU

 

  4:00 – 4:20 p.m. 

  Opening Speaker

  Council Member Vanessa Fuentes

  District 2, City of Austin

 

  4:20 – 4:45 p.m.

  Welcome/Keynote Speaker

  Candace Valenzuela, Biden Harris Administration Appointee

 

  4:45 – 5:45 p.m. 

  Panel: Women Leading in Electoral and Political Spaces

  Moderator: Emily Amps Politics & Policy Director, Texas AFL-CIO

  Panelists: Krissy O’Brien, Political Director, AFSCME

  Monique Alcala, Executive Director, Texas Democratic Party

  Rose Levy, CWA

  Shannon Faulk, AFGE

 

  5:45 – 6:00 pm 

  Closing

 

  6:00 - 8:00pm 

  Solidarity Hour - Hors d’oeuvres and Beverages Provided

Saturday, April 27, 2024

8:00 – 9:00 a.m

Registration and Breakfast (provided)

 

9:00 – 9:30 a.m

Welcome & Ice Breaker

 

9:30 - 9:40 a.m 

Group Photo

 

9:40 – 10:10 a.m. 

Keynote Speakers

Delia Garcia, Regional Administrator, Women’s Bureau, U.S. DOL

 

10:10 – 10:25 a.m. 

Break 

 

10:25 – 11:35 a.m. 

Panel:  Women Building Texas

Moderator: Ana Gonzalez, Director of Organizing and Advocacy

Panelists: Mindy Alvarez, UA 142

Blanca Rios, IUEC 

Victoria Sutherland, IronWorkers 482

Caressa Aamodt, IBEW 520, Journeyman Electrician

 

11:40 – 12:30 p.m 

Working Lunch (Lunch will be provided)

 

12:15 - 12:30 p.m. 

Lunch Speaker

Rep. Erin Zwiener, Texas House District 45

 

12:30 – 1:30 p.m  

Breakout Sessions

1. Arbitration - Sarai King Oza, Deats, Durst & Owen, PLLC (Dedication Room)

2. Organizing Young Women - Karina Quintana, AFGE; Britni Cuington, CWA; Robin Johnson, CWA (Inspiration A Room)

3. It’s Ok To Not Be OK - Christine Garcia, Alliance Work Partners (Transformation Room)

4. Women’s Issues are Labor Issues - Diana Maldonado, Planned Parenthood Austin; Cody Summerville, Texas Association for the Education of Young Children; Katherine Strandberg, Every Body Texas; Blair Wallace, ACLU Texas (Inspiration B Room)

 

1:30 – 1:40 p.m. 

Break 

 

1:40 – 2:40 p.m.  

Breakout Sessions

1. Arbitration - Sarai King Oza, Deats, Durst & Owen, PLLC (Dedication Room)

2. Organizing Young Women - Karina Quintana, AFGE; Britni Cuington, CWA; Robin Johnson, CWA (Inspiration A Room)

3. It’s Ok To Not Be OK - Christine Garcia, Alliance Work Partners (Transformation Room)

4. Women’s Issues are Labor Issues - Diana Maldonado, Planned Parenthood Austin; Cody Summerville, Texas Association for the Education of Young Children; Katherine Strandberg, Every Body Texas; Blair Wallace, ACLU Texas (Inspiration B Room)

 

2:40 – 2:50 p.m. 

Break 

 

2:50 – 3:20 p.m. 

Closing 

Call to Action