Reducing
Poverty, Empowering People, and Improving
Lives
July 22 – 25, 2008
Keynote Speaker - Jodie Levin-Epstein,
Deputy Director of CLASP
Jodie
Levin-Epstein is Deputy Director of CLASP.
Her focus is on working conditions—issues
such as paid leave and workplace flexibility,
particularly as they impact on low income
workers. Her numerous CLASP publications
in this area include Getting Punched:
The Job and Family Clock; she was recently
published in Mother Load, a special report
by The American Prospect. She has been
involved in efforts to create paid sick
days legislation, working to mobilize
progressive businesses to support new
labor standards. Ms. Levin-Epstein has
also played a key role in the re-emergence
of poverty in recent public discourse.
Her 2006 report Targeting Poverty: Aim
at a Bull’s Eye describes and identifies
recent efforts around the nation to set
targets for the elimination or reduction
of poverty.
In addition, Ms. Levin-Epstein is responsible
for creating, managing, and hosting CLASP’s
widely acclaimed national audio conferences
on low-income and poverty issues. Her
earlier work with CLASP included initiating
a network of state contacts and establishing
CLASP’s reproductive health project.
Prior to joining CLASP, Ms. Levin-Epstein
was the deputy director of Advocates for
Youth. She also has served as an aide
to Sen. Dick Clark and as a political
appointee at the Department of Agriculture
in the Carter administration. She was
selected to be a member of several prestigious
working groups, including a White House
Task Force on Hunger and the National
Academy of Sciences World Hunger Study
Team.
Ms. Levin-Epstein is a graduate of Grinnell
College.
2008
Tentative Workshop Agenda
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PARKING |
DEADLINE
DATE |
Hyatt
Regency Savannah
Two West Bay Street
Savannah, GA 31402
912-238-1234
http://savannah.hyatt.com/groupbooking/savrsgca32008
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$128 single/double, mention Georgia
Community Action Association
(All guest rooms are subject to the
12% state, local and occupancy taxes
plus a $0.30 city fee) |
$12.00 |
June 21, 2008 |
Inn at Ellis Square
201 West Bay Street
Savannah, GA 31401
912-236-4440 |
$139 single/double, mention Georgia
Community Action Association
(All guest rooms are subject to the
13% state, local and occupancy taxes
plus a $0.30 city fee) |
$9.00 |
June 25, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. |
