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"We must devise plans that will not merely alleviate
the ills of today, but will prevent… their recurrence in the future.
The task of recovery is inseparable from the fundamental task of
social reconstruction." --Frances Perkins in a 1935
national radio address
Saturday, May 2nd, 8:30
am - 3:00 PM
The University of Maine's Hutchinson
Center
Route 3, Belfast, Maine
Speakers include:
- Teresa Ghilarducci, (Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos working
on issues of retirement security and social policy and the Schwartz
Professor of Economic Policy Analysis at the New School for Social
Research): "Describing an economy that works for all"
- Maine House Speaker Hannah Pingree: "The role of government
in building an economy that works for all and how that role might
change"
- Maine Commissioner of Labor Laura Fortman: "Lessons from Frances
Perkins and the New Deal
Workshop topics and their leaders include:
- New Kinds of Work for a New Workforce - Leader: Cliff
Ginn, president of Opportunity Maine
- Self-Employed, Part-Time, Under-Employed -- Where's my
Safety Net? - Leader: Laura Boyett, director of the Maine State
Bureau of Unemployment
- The Changing Shape of Retirement - Leader: John Christie,
Manager of the Augusta Career Center and member of the Older Workers
Task Force
- What Women Workers Want (and Need) - Leader: Sarah Standiford,
executive director of the Maine Women's Lobby and the Maine Women's
Policy Center
- Health Care for All - Leader: Garrett Martin, economic
policy analyst at Maine Center
- Unions in the 21st Century - Leader: Tim Belcher, executive
director of Maine State Employees Association
Please
register by April 30th to let us know your plans for
attending the conference on May 2nd. The following link provides
a form where you can register for the conference. (please do this
once for each person in your party or ask them to): May
2 - Registration
Registration Fee: $35 ($20 for high school and college students)
Continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks included.
Payment can be mailed to: Frances Perkins Center, PO Box 281, Newcastle,
ME 04553 or paid at the door. Sorry, credit cards cannot be accepted.
If you would like to learn more about this event, please e-mail:
Barbara Burt,
Executive Director, Frances Perkins Center
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