JOIN US FOR EQUAL PAY DAY
TUESDAY, APRIL 10 | VERMONT STATE HOUSE
Equal Pay Day's date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year due to the gender wage gap. The Vermont Commission on Women (VCW), the League of Women Voters of Vermont, and Vermont Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW) invite you to this annual gathering of advocates at the State House the morning of Equal Pay Day, Tuesday, April 10th, to help bring attention to the gender wage gap.
Upon opening of the day's legislative session, projected to be 10:30 a.m., a resolution designating it Equal Pay Day in Vermont will be read in the House, put forth by lead sponsor Representative Mollie Burke and other policymakers, and observed by advocates (like you) dressed in red, symbolizing women being "in the red" due to the gender wage gap.
At noon Governor Scott will sign an Equal Pay Day proclamation in his ceremonial office. This event will feature several speakers, including Dr. Wanda Heading-Grant, Vice President for Human Resources, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Marilyn Grunewald, BPW Parliamentarian, and Cary Brown, VCW's Executive Director.
Additionally, in the early morning, Change The Story VT (CTS) will join BPW in offering policymakers coffee and Vermont Works for Women's (VWW) Peanut Butter Bars (by suggested wage gap-related donation). The bars are made by VWW's FRESH Food employment skills program participants.
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Interested in joining us? We've love to have you! RSVPs to VCW.info@vermont.gov are appreciated, but not necessary.
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