All events are sponsored by WPI, in conjunction with the co-chairs/vice-chairs of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues and/or Caucus task force co-chairs. Briefing topics and dates are subject to change.

January 21, 2010 -- Breakfast briefing with Rebecca Blank, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce, to discuss the status of women in the economy

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 – WPI gala featuring an Administration speaker and celebrating the leadership of the Women's Caucus and its task forces, Union Station

Thursday, March 18, 2010 -- Breakfast briefing on TANF, B-338 Rayburn

Late March, 2010 – Member and staff-only briefing by Lung Cancer Alliance and Brigham and Women’s Hospital on new report on lung cancer and women

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 – breakfast briefing on maternal health, Gold Room

Thursday, April 22, 2010 – Take Our Daughters to Work Day event with women Members, 2103 Rayburn, girls from Girls Inc and the Girl Scouts shadow women Members for the morning

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 – Lunch briefing on text4baby program with HHS, Cannon Caucus Room

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 – Lunch briefing on maternal health, Cannon Caucus Room

Thursday, May 20, 2010 -- Lunch briefing on “green” jobs and women, B-338, 339 Rayburn

July 20, 2010 – Lunch briefing on maternal health in Afghanistan, Cannon Caucus Room

September 30, 2010 – Legacy lunch briefing on women & smoking, Cannon Caucus Room

September, 2010 -- Member-only reception for retiring women Members

Nov or Dec, 2010 -- Reception honoring women Nobel Laureates

WOMEN'S CAUCUS LEADERSHIP

Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues Co-Chairs, 111^th Congress:

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Rep. Kay Granger

Women’s Health

Reps. Lois Capps and Kay Granger

Women in the Military/Veterans

Reps. Susan Davis and Mary Fallin

Women and the Economy/Business

Reps. Allyson Schwartz and Cynthia Lummis

Violence Against Women

Reps. Donna Edwards and Sue Myrick

International Women’s Issues

Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Judy Biggert

Education

Reps. Marcia Fudge

Women of Color

Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Young Women

Reps. Tammy Baldwin and Shelley Moore Capito