The Shoreline League of Democratic Women (SLDW) will host a program titled “Women, Equality & Power” with guest speaker Theresa Younger — the executive director of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women — on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. at the Henry Carter Hull Library in Clinton, CT.
There is no admission fee.
Younger will discuss the State of the State for women in Connecticut and beyond. She will cover women’s healthcare, economic security, and other vital issues that impact women and their families.
As Executive Director of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW), an arm of the General Assembly, Younger ensures the PCSW’s mandate is carried out through policy, strategic planning and operations. Before joining the PCSW, Teresa was the Director of Affiliate Organizational Development at the American Civil Liberties Union National Office, where she assisted affiliates throughout the country with management issues.
She is the first woman and the first African American to have served as executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut.
Younger serves as President of the Board of the Girl Scouts of Connecticut, and sits on the boards of the Universal Health Care Foundation, the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame, the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University, and the National Advisory Board on Religious Restrictions to Care.
She was identified by Hartford Business Journal as one of “Eight Remarkable Women in Business,” was named 2012 recipient of Connecticut-NARAL’s Catherine Roraback Award, was among the NAACP’s “100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut” and has continually been recognized for her commitment to civil rights and civil liberties.
The SLDW draws membership from the towns of Clinton, Westbrook, Old Saybrook, Lyme, Old Lyme, Centerbrook, Essex, Ivoryton, Deep River, Chester, Killingworth, Madison, Guilford and Branford. The SLDW is a social and political fellowship that unites Democratic women along the shoreline, and focuses on issues important to women of all ages.
For more information on the SLDW, email [email protected] or contact Kathleen Skoczen at 860-669-7034 or Belinda Jones at 860-399-1147 and visit www.SLDW.org.