TRACY TOMCHIK REPORTS LIVE FROM WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING for the WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON WOMEN AND GIRLS on March 27^th!

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JASON GOLDSTEIN, ASA & TRACY TOMCHIK Are Vision 2020 Ambassadors.

Jason & Tracy are Joining DREXEL UNIVERSITY, PENN MUTUAL & WOMEN LEADERS FROM ALL OVER THE NATION ~ AT THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING!

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The Goals of this White House Briefing Forum are to:

Provide women leaders from around the country with information on many of the policies and proposals that impact women;
Provide a forum for questions & answers; and to
Provide tools and structure to help leaders take this information back to their communities and networks, to further connect women to programs and policies that can impact their lives.

About the Council on Women and Girls

On March 11, 2009, President Obama signed an Executive Order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls. In his remarks at the signing, the President underscored that the purpose of the Council is “to ensure that each of the agencies in which they’re charged takes into account the needs of women and girls in the policies they draft, the programs they create, the legislation they support” and that the true purpose of our government is “to ensure that in America, all things are still possible for all people.”

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Tracy Tomchik and VISION 2020/Drexel Background

One of my favorite partners is Drexel University College of Medicine Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership (IWHL). As a formal Drexel employee, I had the opportunity to work with this organization and the powerful missions that they led, in keeping Drexel Med’s strong history as the first women medical school in the world. IWHL leads programs in the tradition of women education, empowerment and health advancements. Even after leaving my full-time position at Drexel, I often work with this incredible group of women and I have become a fervent advocate for the Drexel University’s Vision 2020 National Campaign. Most recently, PPbyTT supported the Vision 2020 meeting of hundreds of the nation’s women leaders, as they gathered for equality in Chicago, IL, during this past politically volatile October. I assisted in coordinating event support for the conference’s monumental presentations, workshops, VIP Dinner, Public Rally and the “Kudo’s & Comedy Awards Ceremony” featuring comedy skits by Chicago’s Famous Second City Comedy Troupe. Vision 2020 is working to raise awareness about gender equality through a network of National Delegates—women leaders from all 50 States–to bring America closer to equality.

The main sponsor of this campaign is Penn Mutual, coincidently my husband’s company. My husband, Michael Nyszczot and his cousin, were so supportive in joining us in Chicago to cheer on the Vision 2020 cause and enjoy some comedy! Furthermore, Penn Mutual and Drexel Vision 2020 were PPbyTT’s partners for the Resolution of Empowerment event on Jan 5th, 2012, and are planning future young professional events together.

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ABOUT VISION 2020 – EQUALITY IN ACTION NATIONAL CAMPAIGN

What is Vision 2020? Vision 2020 is an initiative to make equality a national priority through shared leadership among women and men. Vision 2020 connects organizations and individuals to take action in order to achieve equality for women and girls. Since its launch in 2010, Vision 2020 has been expanding its national network of women leaders, including Delegates from all 50 states and allied national women’s organizations representing over 20 million women and girls, to mobilize their collective power and energy to accelerate the pace of women’s progress by the year 2020 when the nation will celebrate the centennial of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.

What are Vision 2020’s Goals? Vision 2020 has set 5 national goals to bring the nation closer to gender equality by the year 2020, the centennial of the 19th Amendment. Between now and the year 2020, Vision 2020’s Campaign for Equality is working to:

Increase the number of women in senior leadership positions in American life to reflect the workforce talent pool and demographics.
Achieve pay equity, so that equal pay for equal work will be the norm in America.
Educate employers about the value of policies and practices that enable men and women to share fairly their family responsibilities.
Educate new generations of girls and boys to respect their differences and to act on the belief that America is at its best when leadership is shared and opportunities are open to all.
Mobilize women in America to vote, with particular emphasis on a record-setting turnout in 2020, the centennial of the 19th Amendment.

~ Register to vote! Join Vision 2020 and Rock the Vote! SHE ROCKS THE VOTE! http://bit.ly/rwQ5p #equalityinsight

Vision 2020 Founders ~ Vision 2020 was created and is administered by the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine, which carries on the tradition of its predecessor institution—the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, which was the first institution in the world to grant medical degrees to women. Vision 2020 draws on this commitment to women and leadership and extends it across the professions.

Vision 2020 Sponsors

The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company is the Presenting Sponsor of Vision 2020.
The Exelon Foundation is a Visionary Sponsor.

Vision 2020 National Congresses

October 11-13, 2011, Chicago: Vision + Action = Equality in Motion
October 20-22, 2010, Philadelphia: An American Conversation about Women and Leadership.
The third Congress will be held Nov. 14-16, 2012 in Portland, Oregon.
There will be one annual congress in a major US city through 2020.

Who is part of Vision 2020?

102 extraordinary women serve as National Delegates, representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The National Delegates have State Initiatives they have developed that address barriers to equality in their states and/or in their professions.
15 women serve as Visionary Delegates, advising and assisting the National Delegates by connecting them to organizations and resources that assist in the implementation of the Vision 2020 State Initiatives.
50 National Allies are national associations and professional organizations that endorse Vision 2020 and agree to participate in the Campaign for Equality and aid the Delegates with State Initiatives relevant to their organizations’ missions. Their combined memberships reach over 20 million Americans.
A growing membership of women and men across the country.

Vision 2020 has 10 National Advisors:

Johnnetta B. Cole, PhD, Director, National Museum of African Art; President Emerita of Spelman College and Bennett College for Women
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, Chairman & CEO, Sunoco Inc.
Laurel Bellows, Esq., Principal, The Bellows Law Group, President-Elect, The American Bar Association
Karen J. Mathis, President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Eileen C. McDonnell, President and CEO, The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mary Patterson McPherson, PhD, Executive Officer, The American Philosophical Society
Anna Quindlen, Writer
Cokie Roberts, Author and Political Commentator
Donna E. Shalala, University of Miami President and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Dawn Staley, Olympic Gold Medalist, Head Coach, University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball