This program is co-hosted with Ms. Magazine.

It will start one half hour later than our customary programs.

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Carrie N. Baker, J.D., Ph. D, is Professor and Chair, Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, Sylvia D’Lugasch Bauman Professor of American Studies, Smith College, Northampton, MA. In addition to being both a professor and lawyer, Dr. Baker is an excellent prolific feminist journalist and Contributing editor at Ms. Magazine. Her most recent book is Abortion Pills: U.S. History and Politics (Amherst College Press 2024), available open access. Dr. Baker has been writing for Ms. since 2010 and is co-chair of the Ms. Committee of Scholars. She is hosting a Ms. Writers Workshop at Smith this summer to train feminist scholars for the popular press.

Dr. Baker will review threats to women’s rights from the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress and state legislatures and the Heritage Foundation. She will cover topics ranging from reproductive rights and voting to family and economic rights. She will also discuss the ongoing campaign for recognition of the fully ratified federal ERA and feminists’ innovative strategies to use state ERAs as tools for expanding women’s rights. In covering many overt as well as subtle threats, Dr. Baker will share her views on the most disturbing threats as well as ways to counteract them.

Dr. Baker is extremely well informed and will welcome questions and suggestions from the program participants on how we can overcome backsliding, use the current crisis as an opportunity to push for expanded rights for women, and create a democratic society with full implementation of women’s rights.

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Challenges To Continue Progress Toward Education Equity Despite Deliberate Federal Efforts to Reverse It

Overview of Trump 2 Actions To Destroy Progress Toward Education Equity –Alotta Taylor, Vice President, Diversity, CWI

The landscape of U.S. education in President Trump’s second term (beginning January 2025), has significantly changed and has been shaped by challenges such as funding battles, structural changes to the federal role and policy shifts affecting diversity, equity, and student protections. These primary challenges stem fromsignificant federal funding cuts, attempts to dismantle the Department of Education, a push for conservative cultural policies regarding issues like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), changes to Title IX and gender identity, and curriculum content. Many of these actions have prompted numerous lawsuits and created uncertainty for K-12 and higher education institutions. Our presenters will primarily focus on gender equity issues but many of the topics will also apply to all who face education discrimination related to other categorizations such as race, immigration status, sexual identity and disability.

The CWI January meeting will discuss key education challenges and explore ways to protect civil rights within US educational institutions and programs. A candid discussion on these topics will include the following:

1. Preserving the Implementation of Title IX and Other Civil rights laws – Jeanette Lim Esbrook, Vice President, Legal Affairs, CWI, former Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Acting Assistant Secretary, and Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Department of Education, will discuss the effects of the current administration’s agenda for shaping education civil rights in the Department of Education (ED) and the Justice Department. She will provide updates on OCR staff reductions, regional office closures, limitations on complaint activities and transfers of program authority to other agencies while efforts to eliminate the ED continue. An OCR Alumni Collective was formed to preserve and further the civil rights laws enforced by OCR and plan for future reestablishment of those capabilities. (See www.ed-ocralum.org) The Collective activities include working with state and local civil rights offices by transferring information and offering training on issues of policy and investigation practices of the former federal OCR. Discussion of efforts to confront and counter the deregulatory agenda of the administration including the elimination of LGBTQ+ rights and important investigative procedures such disparate impact that helped to identify violations. She will discuss recent Title IX court cases including the Supreme Court’s oral argument about consideration of the rights of trans athletes.
   
   
2. Title IX Impacts- Susan Moen, Stop Sexual Assault in Schools (SSAIS) advisory board member and founder of Jackson County SART in Southern Oregon: will  explore how the Trump Administration’s return to the 2020 Title IX Rule is threatening the rights of transgender students to exist safely in schools and inhibiting investigations into gender-based discrimination, harassment, and assault as well as limiting OCR appeals. She will then discuss ways that state and local education agencies, parents, students, school staff and non-profit advocates can continue to ensure gender equity rights in schools when federal Title IX protections have been rolled back. For example, to what extent are states and school districts supporting Title IX Coordinators? Non-federal resources for education about Title IX and information on utilizing state laws and school-based policies will be provided. https://stopsexualassaultinschools.org/toolkits/ is one resource that will be referenced. How can this federal opposition be used to popularize new non-federal strategies to strengthen gender equity in education?
   
   
3. Civil Rights Issues in Postsecondary Education– Peter McDonough, General Counsel, American Council on Education will discuss the challenges of an environment that includes proffered institutional “compacts” to some higher education institutions by the Trump Administration; executive branch actions based on its views about diversity, equity and inclusion ; and illegal cuts to federal research funding and other programs supported by federal dollars.  Peter will discuss this with a recognition that “dealing” with the federal executive branch is a practical necessity for all higher ed institutions (and much of K-12 as well).  Peter also will reflect on judicial challenges to Trump administrative actions during the last year, including  Harvard’s lawsuits, as well as what the compliance environment may look like during the next few years in an atmosphere that may remain heavy with threats to institutional autonomy and speech freedoms. 
   
   
4. The Importance of Fighting the De-professionalization of Women Dominated Occupations – Connie Cordovilla, Vice President, Membership, CWI. The Trump administration has recently pushed to redefine what counts as a professional degree. These career fields are primarily held by women and have long been the backbone of our communities. Connie will discuss the sneaky origin of this Education Department (ED) change in graduate student loans and how it might be stopped. It is quite important to fight the de-professionalization of women dominated occupations which would result from the Trump administration plans. This issue shows how a fairly obscure change in ED procedures can have a major impact on our lives.

Time permitting comments and questions from the zoom participants are welcome.

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Our Endangered Voting Rights – Protecting, Strengthening and Expanding

As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary next year, a key question is whether we can protect while expanding the franchise in a time of deep polarization in the American body politic. On the side of expanding access to the ballot box, an increased interest in Ranked Choice Voting will be explored, but first we will address recent developments that give rise to concerns, such as:

• A possible dismantling by the Supreme Court of the last remaining provision, Section 2 of the1965 Voting Rights Act, which prohibits election practices that result in a denial of abridgement of the right to vote based on race.
• An unusual mid-decade re-districting by several states that would give one political party an assured election outcome.
• Passage by the U.S. House of the “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE)” or similar restrictions which impose strict requirements for voter registration, including documentary proof of U.S. citizenship by presenting a birth certificate, an enhanced driver’s license or U.S. Passport – likely creating barriers for many voters, especially married persons who have changed their names and persons who may not have easy access to documentation.
• Decreasing provisions to vote by mail and increasing obstructions to voting, including voter intimidation.

RANKED CHOICE VOTING: At the same time, several states and the District of Columbia have considered adopting Ranked Choice Voting –(RCV). Some believe that RCV opens the door to more persons deciding to run for elective office and offering women and candidates from marginalized communities a better chance at advancing their political careers. Some observers claim that Ranked Choice Voting has a moderating effect as the more politically extreme candidates attract fewer votes. Experience in Alaska with Ranked Choice Voting provides a few insights.

For this timely program we will hear from an impressive array of voting rights and elections experts. This virtual program will be moderated by Jan Erickson, Co-President of the Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues. The presenters are:

• Meredith Sumpter, President and CEO of FairVote where she works to advance a more functional and representative democracy that delivers for every American. FairVote is a nonpartisan organization that researches and advances ranked choice voting (RCV).and proportional representation. She is an executive leader and builder of innovative organizations and movements that drive value for people. Previously, Sumpter was CEO & President of the Board of the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, a global community of CEOs committing their organizations to actions that demonstrate value creation with sustainable and inclusive business practices. Sumpter has held an advisory position at New America and Harvard University and was Head of Research & Strategy at Eurasia Group, a global geopolitical advisory firm. Originally from Alaska and now residing in Virginia, Meredith enjoys a rich life parenting four children with her husband Ryan.

• Cynthia Richie Terrell, Founder and Executive Director, Represent Women and an outspoken advocate for institutional reforms to advance women’s representation and leadership in the United States. Terrell and her husband Rob Richie helped found FairVote – a nonpartisan champion of electoral reforms that give voters greater choice, a stronger voice, and a more representative democracy. Terrell has worked on projects related to women’s representation, democracy, and voting system reform in the United States and has worked to help parliamentarians around the globe meet UN goals for women’s representation and leadership. Terrell has worked on political campaigns, as campaign manager and field director for candidates for the U.S. presidency, U.S. House and U.S. Senate, for governor and for state and city-wide initiative efforts, including a state equal rights amendment.
  
  In 2024 Terrell was named one of Washington, DC’s top policy experts and received a Generational Impact Award for her work on voting system reform. Terrell writes a weekly column on women’s representation for Ms. Magazine and has been published in numerous print journals. She has appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal; and has participated in numerous radio shows, podcasts & panel discussions on the topics of electoral reform and systems strategies to advance women’s representation and leadership. Terrell has three children and is active in local politics and in the Quaker community. She graduated with a B.A. in political science from Swarthmore College in 1986.

• Dr. Kimberly S. Adams, Professor of Political Science is an accomplished political scientist and activist with more than 20 years of experience in academia and the private sector. She received her Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Mississippi and has a track record of success in publication and public speaking and served as a political analyst on national and local news programs. She has presented research and given over 100 talks domestically and internationally on women, race, and politics. Dr. Adams is a highly effective professional mediator and conflict manager, having received certificates of completion from Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation (PON) and CORA Good Shepard Mediation, in Philadelphia. She serves on the board of Directors for the American Association of University Women, (AAUW), and the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF). She served on the board of Directors for the National Organization for Women (NOW) and currently serves on the Political Action Committees (PAC’s) for NOW and FMF. Her passion is teaching and creating opportunities for her students to gain first-hand experiences in politics.

• Joan Porte, League of Women Voters Virginia President, continues to be inspired by Carrie Chapman Catt: “Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without regard to race, sex, color or creed has his or her own inalienable and un-purchasable voice in government”. Under her leadership, the Virginia LWV initiated an investigation into Gov. Youngkin’s 2023 purging of 3400 eligible voters and pushed for restoration. Porte has been outspoken about Virginia’s outdated law governing the restoration of voting rights for citizens who have completed their sentences for nonviolent felonies. Porte is the go-to person for the up-to-date scoop on all things voting in Virginia – vote by mail, redistricting and gerrymandering efforts, and efforts to increase voter participation.

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information about joining the meeting Tue 6-24, 2025, 12 noon to 1:15 PM (ET).

It is a major challenge for feminists to keep informed of the major threats to reproductive rights that have
increased in the current Trump 2 Administration at the Federal and State levels. We have experts to help us
understand the history, types, and importance of these threats to women’s health in general and to understand
the possibilities and challenges of medication as it is used for contraception and abortion in the U.S and the
world. Jan Erickson, Co-President of CWI will introduce the presenters and moderate this CWI meeting with
questions and answers from the virtual participants.

Laurel Sakai, National Director for Public Policy and Government Relations, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Planned Parenthood Federation of America will lead the discussion by providing a brief history of contraception, abortion and Planned Parenthood in the US. Then she will discuss post-Roe threats such as what was proposed in Project 2025, has been attempted by Trump’s executive orders, and is under consideration in Congress. She will then cover strategies and actions that give us hope and describe how we can counteract these threats. She will conclude by describing what is needed to maintain federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which is threatened with a proposed “defund” in both the Senate and House versions of the Reconciliation language.

Kirsten Moore, Director of Expanding Medication Abortion Access (EMAAProject.org) which seeks to improve  the way medications prescribed for medication abortion care are dispensed in the U.S. to make the process consistent with the medical and scientific evidence and to meet women’s needs. Kirsten Moore will focus on the difference between emergency contraception and abortion. She will also explain how medications often used for abortions also help with many other health solutions and thus why restrictions on their use are even more dangerous. Her call to action is for MifeInAll 50.

After the Q&A at the end of the meeting, we will have the CWI annual elections meeting of its officers and
board of directors. Please let Sue Klein or Jan Erickson know if you would like to join us on the CWI Board.

The Board Members who will continue to the second year of their term include Holly Taggert Joseph, Treasurer; Kathy Chiron, Secretary; and Loretto Gubernatis, VP Media Outreach. The Members who will run for reelection during the 6/24 meeting to terms ending in 2027 include Sue Klein and Jan Erickson, Co-Presidents; Connie Cordovilla, VP Membership; Alotta Taylor, VP Diversity; Jeanette Lim Esbrook, VP Legal Affairs; D. Ann VP Legal Affairs; D. Anne Martin, VP Organizational Management; and Sherry Klein, VP Technology.

Cordially, Sue Klein and Jan Erickson, CWI Co-Presidents

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Many people, including those who voted for Trump, are angry at what this Trump 2 administration is doing to destroy our federal government and its many taken for granted services.  They are concerned with the destruction of Federal agencies which weren’t even mentioned as targets during the 2024 Trump Campaign or in the Heritage Foundation Project 2025 which was disavowed by Trump during the Presidential Campaign. Dr. Sue Klein, Co-President of the Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues (CWI) will set the stage by providing a brief outline of the massive destruction of the Federal Government in the DC area and across the nation.  Jan Erickson, CWI Co-President, will introduce Nancy J. Altman who is President of Social Security Works and chair of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition. She will provide more detailed discussion of the many threats to social security. Past CWI Co-President, Connie Cordovilla, will introduce Professor Leighton Ku from the Milken Institute, School of Public Health, George Washington University. He will review the ways some health and welfare programs are being obliterated and discuss some ways these attacks can be thwarted followed by an audience Q&A with additional suggestions on defending against and stopping these harmful attacks.

Dr. Sue Klein, who worked 34 years as a Federal Civil Servant in the U.S. Dept. of Education and for another 25 years at the Feminist Majority Foundation will outline the whole of government surprise attack on the federal agencies including many Non-Executive Department offices and those that that were not on previous Trump enemies lists. In addition, Trump 2 used Elon Musk and the so called “Dept. of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) to severely cut staff in Congressionally authorized and appropriated offices like the Dept. of Education (which Trump had announced he planned to abolish) as well as many others. She will speculate on why the public missed this extensive threat and what government advocates should do to maintain good government and stop the unwise terminations of agencies, civil servants, and programs. Do you agree that many voters for Trump would have not done so if they had been aware of plans to destroy the well-functioning federal government by killing many agencies and drastically weakening most others by extensive civil service and program funding cuts?

Jan Erickson will introduce Social Security Works President, Nancy Altman. She has a fifty-year background in the areas of Social Security, Medicare, private pensions, and related programs. She is the author of several books on Social Security history and policy. Altman will provide historical information about Social Security as well as coalition efforts to improve benefits and secure long-term financing of the SS Trust Fund. She will note the impact of the sizeable influx of Baby Boomers who are now joining the ranks of the retired, plus Social Security’s role in reducing poverty among older women and the importance of the Supplemental Security Income program to persons with disabilities. Altman will provide updates on the effects of Elon Musk’s DOGE efforts to fire SSA employees, close local SSA offices and limit access by telephone.

Connie Cordovilla will introduce Professor Leighton Ku, Director, Center for Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute school of Public Health, George Washington University. Among his areas of expertise are national and state health reforms, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), immigrant health, prevention and health care financing and budgets, with an emphasis on strengthening the health care safety net.  Dr. Ku will present data on Economic, Employment and Tax Impacts of Major Budget Cuts and their effect at the state level on programs such as SNAP. 

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Recently, seismic changes have been made to years of acceptable efforts to promote and encourage equity. These changes, whether they are proposed or implemented, have already affected our lives. The impact has been felt in education, all levels of government, and in the  private sector. Directed by the second Trump administration, long-standing DEI activities including admissions, promotions, hiring, training, and even celebrations such as Black history month are being eliminated in federal offices. These federally mandated DEI eliminations even apply to organizational recipients of federal assistance and actions by federal contractors. The Trump Administration even encourages the elimination of DEI efforts in organizations outside of federal control. Some anti DEI policies spring from the courts which have played mixed roles including recently overturning affirmative action in higher education institutions. Sadly, many federal employees involved with DEI have already been placed on paid leave and told they would eventually be laid off. These attacks are especially dangerous since this Administration has not defined what it means by DEI so these edicts could threaten a broad swath of non-discrimination programs.

Despite the backlash against DEI programs and initiatives, many education institutions, companies, and states are finding ways to support diversity, equity and inclusion. Critics say DEI programs are discriminatory and attempt to solve racial discrimination by disadvantaging other groups particularly White Americans. How can these challenges be met? What can be done to move toward equity? This CWI meeting will address ways to achieve equity and equal opportunity even under these adverse circumstances.

Presentations from speakers with experience and solutions to these challenges include:

Moderator: Dr. Alotta Taylor, Retired NASA Senior Executive and VP for Diversity, CWI.

Education: Jeanette Lim Esbrook, Esq., former Acting OCR Assistant Secretary and formerDeputy Assistant Secretary, US Education Department; former DOJ Attorney, Education Opportunities Section, Civil Rights Division. and VP for Legal Affairs, CWI.

Federal Government: Jocelyn Samuels, Esq., recently illegally fired but formerly Trump and Biden appointed Commissioner and Vice Chair, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, former Acting Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, former Exec. Director Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, former Director, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services, Vice President, National Women’s Law Center.

Private Sector: Janice Mathis, Esq. General Counsel, former Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women, former General Counsel and Vice President of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson’s Rainbow Push Coalition and the Citizenship Education Fund.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 (12:00 noon-1:00 pm ET)
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This pre-election CWI meeting will focus on how feminists can increase their success in the 2024 election at all levels of government from the White House to local school boards across the Nation. By increasing the number and success of feminist candidates. Goals should be gender parity (and other kinds of representation) and a feminist policy focus that can drive policy change more quickly. The interactive panel of experts will define feminism in the political context and identify feminist issues, and look at resources and organizations that recruit, train and help elect feminists to office, both women and men. It will also explore how to identify voters who are likely to support feminist issues and suggest how to communicate with them.

We will have as a special guest speaker Christina Reynolds, EMILYs (Early Money Is Like Yeast) List Senior Vice President for Communications and Content.  Christina Reynolds joined EMILYs List after nearly two decades of experience as a communications and research strategist. A lifelong fighter for progressive causes, she has managed large-scale press operations from the campaign trail to the White House. Christina spent most of her career in campaigns and politics, serving as deputy communications director at Hillary for America, White House Director of Media Affairs and Special Assistant to President Obama, director of rapid response at Obama for America, research & policy director at the DCCC during the 2006 midterms, senior roles in several presidential and Senate campaigns, and deputy research director at the DNC. She also worked in strategic communications and public affairs at the Global Strategy Group and the Glover Park Group. Christina studied journalism and political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the co-author, with EMILYs List former President Stephanie Schriock, of Run to Win: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World.

Jan Erickson, CWI Co-President and Government Relations Director, National Organization for Women (NOW) will serve as moderator assisted by Connie Cordovilla, CWI Board member. Expert Panelists include:  Karen Humphrey a local, CA state and national leader from the National Women’s Political Caucus and former TV reporter and first woman mayor of Fresno, CA; Tamaya Dennard, State Partnerships Manager from Represent Women; and Linda Berg, an attorney who was the longtime NOW Political Director and current Acting Political Director for the Feminist Majority. In 2022 she was a founder of an Independent Expenditure PAC called Vote for Equality which is actively working on getting out the vote on college campuses in battleground states. They will take a lead in answering questions about feminist candidates, feminist voters, and organizations to help them work together.

Question 1. In the US political arena, what are the key feminist issues?
Question 2. What do we know about feminist candidates for this. 2024 US Election?

• What do we know about the gender gap in elections?
• What do we know about characteristics of non-feminist and feminist-candidates?
• Are there different obstacles for women political candidates than for actively feminist candidates?
  Does holding strong feminist views or actions affect the election or re-election of the candidate?
• What is the status and effect of political partisanship on success for feminists?
• What reforms and resources might encourage feminist women to enter politics and succeed?
  Question 3. What do we know about women voters and women or men feminist voters?
• What drives gender gaps in voting?
• What percent of women and men consider feminist issues in deciding who to vote for?
• Are certain demographic groups of voters likely to be feminists?
  Question 4. What is the status and role of feminist organizations in supporting the successful cooperation of feminist
  candidates/officials and their feminist voter allies?
• How do feminist voters find out if candidates have feminist views and records?
• What organizations identify and support feminist candidates (or feminist women) and how do they
  inform the public?
• How can 501(c )(3) organizations encourage voters to support feminist candidates without violating
  their non-profit tax status?
  
  Time permitting meeting attendee questions and comments will be encouraged.
  
  The next CWI Zoom meeting is scheduled for January 28, 2025 at noon ET

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 (12:00 noon-1:00 pm ET)
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Experts from the Brennan Center for Justice will cover what we need to know about recent improvements and
remaining challenges for voting access, election administration, and security, and the use of mis and disinformation,
possible AI interventions, cyber attacks and challenges to counting and certification. Additionally, an expert from the
Center for American Progress will discuss how Project 2025 developed by the Heritage Foundation, if adopted by a
future administration would fundamentally undermine our representative democracy. In emphasizing women and
elections this presenter will provide suggestions for messaging to your family and friends about the threats.

LIZ HOWARD is Director of Partner Engagement for the Brennan Center’s Elections & Government Program. Her work
focuses on election security. Howard regularly comments for television, radio, and print media on issues relating to
election security and election administration and has testified before U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security and in
a variety of state legislatures. She has also co-authored multiple Brennan Center reports and white papers: Better Safe
Than Sorry (2018), Defending Elections: Federal Funding Needs for State Election Security (2019), Trump-Russia
Investigations: A Guide Preparing for Cyberattacks and Technical Failures: A Guide for Election Officials (2019). Prior to
joining the Brennan Center, Howard served as deputy commissioner for the Virginia Department of Elections. During her
tenure, she coordinated many election administration modernization projects, including the decertification of all
paperless voting systems, implementation of the e-Motor Voter program, and adoption of online, paperless absentee
ballot applications, for which the department received a Bright Ideas Award at the Harvard Kennedy School. Howard
earned her JD from the William & Mary Law School and received the Alumnus of the Year award from the William & Mary
Election Law Society.

ALICE CLAPMAN is a senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Voting Rights Program, where she works on topics such as
mass voter challenges, voter roll purges, voter ID requirements, state voting laws, and election administration. She
recently authored How States Can Prevent Election Subversion in 2024 and Beyond for the Brennan Center. Before joining
the Brennan Center, she litigated reproductive rights cases and did policy work for Planned Parenthood Federation of
America. Prior to that, she taught clinics, practiced, and wrote in the field of immigration law and clerked for federal trial
and appellate courts. Alice earned her JD from Yale Law School, and her BA from Princeton University.

COLIN SEEBERGER a senior adviser for Communications at the Center for American Progress (CAP) will share their
messaging research on the threat of Project 2025 to give attendees more tools to effectively communicate. He will focus
on the impact of various policies on issues with an acute impact on women and elections. Prior to joining CAP, Seeberger
held various roles in public affairs and directed issue advocacy campaigns at Young Invincibles, a young adult policy and
advocacy nonprofit organization. He previously worked on the national public affairs team at Berlin Rosen and in the press
office of Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA). Seeberger also has a background in research, having worked with Grindstone Research. He
studied political management with a concentration in strategic communications at George Washington University’s
Graduate School of Political Management and graduated summa cum laude from Pace University in New York City.

The next CWI Zoom meeting is scheduled for October 22, 2024 at noon ET.