Media Advisory Sent Out by the Office of Senator Holly J. Mitchell, California State Senate
Sister Simone Campbell and other witnesses to testify in California.
Media Advisory:
Senate Select Committee: Women and Inequality: Strategies to Promote Opportunity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2014
Contact: Charles Stewart, 213-745-6656
WHO: Senate Select Committee on Women & Inequality; Strategies to Promote Opportunity
Chair, Senator Holly J. Mitchell
Members of the Committee in attendance
Witnesses:
Panel One
- Sister Simone Campbell, SSS, Executive Director, NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Panel Two
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- Dr. Rita Cameron Wedding, Chair of Women’s Studies, Professor of Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State University
- Ana Matosantos, Policy Consultant
- Anne Sanger, Policy Advisor, U.S. Representative Doris Matsui
Comments from the Public in attendance
WHY: One in four US women lives in poverty. CA’s gender wage gap is 23.5% since 2001
WHEN: June 17, 2014 4-6 p.m.
WHERE: Room 4020, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA
HOW: Open to the public and LIVE streaming at http://sd26.senate.ca.gov/live
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