Mujeres Advancing Pay and Gender Equity
Join the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics and senior Biden-Harris Administration leaders this Thursday for a special Latina Equal Pay Day event.
Mujeres Advancing Pay and Gender Equity
Thursday, December 8, 2022
2:30 P.M. ET Registration
3:00-4:30 P.M. ET Panel
U.S. Department of Education Auditorium
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202
December 8th is Latina Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into the year Latinas must work to earn what their white male counterparts earned last year. Understanding that closing gender and racial wage gaps is critical for cultivating an equitable economy and unleashing women’s economic power, the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics invites you to join us for Thursday’s important conversation.
Inspiring women in the Biden-Harris Administration will share how they and their federal colleagues are working to close the pay gap and advance economic security for Latinas – who in 2021 were paid 54 cents in comparison to their White male counterparts – as well as women and traditionally marginalized communities.
RSVP and invite others to join us at this event to:
· Learn more about how the White House and federal agencies are driving a strategic, whole-of-government approach to advancing gender equality and gender equity, including pay equity.
· Gain insights into work that’s underway related to advancing pay equity for the Federal workforce, job applicants and employees of Federal contractors. As the nation’s largest employer, these practices can help support pay equity efforts in other workplaces.
· Hear panelists’ personal lessons learned along their career journeys for advocating for their pay and benefits.
· Get inspired and network with other Latinas and allies as we work collectively to build a more equitable economy, address systemic barriers that have hampered women from fully thriving in the workforce and spark more wealth-building in our communities.
Schedule:
· 2:30 p.m. – Registration and Networking
· 3:00-4:30 p.m. – Remarks & Panel featuring Mujeres (Women) in the Biden-Harris Administration
Speakers:
· Melody Gonzales, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics
· Khalilah Harris, Chief of Staff, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
· Maribel Duran, Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Agriculture
· Additional Speakers to be Announced
Updates will be posted regularly – along with the livestream link – at ed.gov/hispanicinitiative and the Initiative’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.
The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics is also proud to also be among the Biden-Harris Administration leaders speaking at the “"Viva la Mujer Que Lucha” National Latina Equal Pay Day Summit on Thursday December 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106. The event is organized and made possible thanks to the work of Justice for Migrant Women, Equal Pay Today! Coalition, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, MANA, and Association of Latino Professionals For America in partnership with: Poderistas, The Latinx House, Women's Institute for Secure Retirement, Esperanza United, National Partnership for Women and Families, Hispanic Federation, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, GreenLatinos, Advancing Latinas into Leadership, United States Hispanic Leadership Institute, National Latinx Psychological Association, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute and more. Click here to register and view this event’s details.
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