Location
Date & Time
3:30pm EDT - 5:00pm EDT
Price
About This Event
Sometimes things need to be changed or protected to make (or keep) things better.
It’s easy to wish aloud or complain to our families and friends. Social media allows us to share our concerns and criticisms with a wider circle of contacts and the broader public. We can participate in public protests. Those from the Greatest Generation might recall writing hard copy letters sent via snail mail to appropriate public officials and today we can also use email. But relying upon these avenues to express our views can feel unsatisfactory, like shouting into the abyss. Is anybody listening? Is anyone reading our posts or emails? Anybody who might actually do something about it?
Why can’t we do something about it? Well, some of us do.
One of the oldest methods of effecting change or preserving the status quo is to communicate directly with our legislative representatives. Surprisingly, not many lawyers take advantage of this opportunity. Many will make financial contributions to legislators who express views and take positions with which they agree and, hopefully, vote in elections. But there’s much more that could be done. Meeting with legislators and their staff is an often-overlooked strategy that can be an effective tool.
With women today having fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers, it seems an appropriate time to examine how those who find this of concern can (and are) moving from general advocacy efforts to lobbying for (or against) change to influencing and affecting policy positions.
Join us for a conversation with women who are doing just that and how you can get involved.
Speakers
Elizabeth Hague (co-moderator)
Program and Operations Lead, Surge Climate Talent
Katie Larkin-Wong (co-moderator)
Director, Competition and Litigation, DoorDash
Sarah Garza Resnick
President and CEO, Personal PAC
Roya Samarghandi
Chief Advocacy and Innovation Officer, The Chicago Bar Foundation
Charlyn Stanberry
Vice President of Government Relations, National Association of Broadcasters and
Adjunct Professor, The Honors College at Florida International University
Rani Williams
Senior Policy Advisor, Clause Law PLLC and
President, National Native American Bar Association
About This Event
Sometimes things need to be changed or protected to make (or keep) things better.
It’s easy to wish aloud or complain to our families and friends. Social media allows us to share our concerns and criticisms with a wider circle of contacts and the broader public. We can participate in public protests. Those from the Greatest Generation might recall writing hard copy letters sent via snail mail to appropriate public officials and today we can also use email. But relying upon these avenues to express our views can feel unsatisfactory, like shouting into the abyss. Is anybody listening? Is anyone reading our posts or emails? Anybody who might actually do something about it?
Why can’t we do something about it? Well, some of us do.
One of the oldest methods of effecting change or preserving the status quo is to communicate directly with our legislative representatives. Surprisingly, not many lawyers take advantage of this opportunity. Many will make financial contributions to legislators who express views and take positions with which they agree and, hopefully, vote in elections. But there’s much more that could be done. Meeting with legislators and their staff is an often-overlooked strategy that can be an effective tool.
With women today having fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers, it seems an appropriate time to examine how those who find this of concern can (and are) moving from general advocacy efforts to lobbying for (or against) change to influencing and affecting policy positions.
Join us for a conversation with women who are doing just that and how you can get involved.
Speakers
Elizabeth Hague (co-moderator)
Program and Operations Lead, Surge Climate Talent
Katie Larkin-Wong (co-moderator)
Director, Competition and Litigation, DoorDash
Sarah Garza Resnick
President and CEO, Personal PAC
Roya Samarghandi
Chief Advocacy and Innovation Officer, The Chicago Bar Foundation
Charlyn Stanberry
Vice President of Government Relations, National Association of Broadcasters and
Adjunct Professor, The Honors College at Florida International University
Rani Williams
Senior Policy Advisor, Clause Law PLLC and
President, National Native American Bar Association
Location
Date & Time
3:30pm EDT - 5:00pm EDT