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« Thursday March 29, 2012 »
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Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
“Meet Lilly Ledbetter of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009” At Chabot Community College in Hayward We welcome your support as we feature Lilly Ledbetter at Hayward Chabot Community College on March 29. You are cordially invited to meet Ms. Lilly Ledbetter of the "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009" -the first law signed by President Obama when he took office. Please join us at the Chabot Community College. Event: Lilly Ledbetter Comes to Hayward- "Meet the Author"   Book: "Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond"   Date: Thursday, March 29 from noon-1:30 Place: Reed Buffington Visual & Performing Arts Center, Chabot College Fee: Free event   Food: available on site for purchase   RSVP (required), reserve your copy of Ms. Ledbetter’s book or Participate as a featured sponsor: Please contact Dr. Jennifer Ong at HYPERLINK "tel:510-521-0551" \t "_blank" 510-521-0551 or email at HYPERLINK "mailto:[email protected]" \t "_blank" [email protected] Book signing to follow Ms. Ledbetter's presentation: We welcome questions from the audience. Books will be supplied by the Book Shop in Hayward and we thank the Book Shop for their collaboration for this momentous event in Hayward.   Your sponsorship at the $300, 500, 1000 level will allow Ms. Ledbetter to offset her costs for travel and accommodations. All organizations will be encouraged to bring membership forms to be displayed at the meeting and recognized on the flyers/media and on the day of the event to educate the audience about their organization. We especially welcome women's organizations and other groups/businesses that encourage pay equity and access to jobs/services for women.   Thank you for your kind consideration, Dr. Jennifer Ong "Grace and Grit" is the story of the woman at the center of the historic discrimination case that inspired the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act--her fight for equal rights in the workplace, and how her determination became a victory for the nation.    

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