The Final State of the Union
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Summary:
Every Friday the White House Council on Women and Girls pulls together exciting activities from the past week and puts them in their Friday Highlights. Please check them out!
This week's Friday Highlights features articles on Elizabeth Warren’s new position, Valerie Jarrett’s Paycheck Fairness Act editorial, a webchat with the first American woman in space Dr. Sally Ride, the National HIVAIDS Strategy for The US and the Implementation Plan, the White House’s Dance Series launch, and West Wing Week. To join the Council’s email list, please contact us at cwg@who.eop.gov.
Friday Highlights
- President Obama appointed Elizabeth Warren to be a “Watchdog for the American Consumer”
- Jenny Kaplan, Deputy Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls, highlights Valerie Jarrett’s Washington Post editorial on the Paycheck Fairness Act
- Dr. Sally Ride, former NASA astronaut and first American woman in space, does a live chat and takes questions from the Denver School of Science and Technology
- Frances Ashe-Goins, from the Office of Women’s Health at the Department of Health and Human Services, writes about women engaging and responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
- White House Social Secretary Julianna Smoot's post on the launch of the White House Dance Series
- Watch West Wing Week!
Jenny Kaplan is Deputy Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls
