Young Women Run D.C. Conference 2023 Agenda
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Registration
9:00 - 9:50 AM
Check In + Security + Breakfast
All participants to meet at the U.S. Capitol
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Check In + Breakfast
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Welcome
Featuring opening remarks from IGNITE CEO Sara Guillermo and Chief Programs Officer Tanna Abraham
Featured Keynote Conversation with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
9:50 - 10:20 AM
Icebreaker & Community Agreement
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Welcome + Legislative Debrief
Featuring Alumni Panel
11:00 - 11:45 AM
Keynote Speakers:
Rep. Julia Letlow
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester
Rep. Lauren Underwood
10:20 - 10:50 AM
Panel with High School Activists
Speakers: Esther Lau & Fiona Lu
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Keynote Speaker:
11:45 AM - 12:50 PM
Lunch with Featured Speaker:
10:50 - 11:15 AM
Legislative Advocacy Training
Featuring PERIOD.
10:30 -11:30 AM
Representation to Influence: Advocacy and Leadership through the lens of the Disability Justice Movement
1:00 - 1:50 PM
11:15 - 11:45 AM
Legislative Advocacy Training
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Keynote Speaker:
2:00 - 2:50 PM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Group Photo
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch & Remarks from Rep. Crockett
2:50 - 3:15 PM
Break
12:00 - 12:00 PM
Lunch with Congressional Staffers
1:10 - 2:00 PM
3:15 - 4:15 PM
Legislative Advocacy Training
Featuring PERIOD.
1:00 - 1:15 PM
Closing
2:10 - 3:00 PM
4:15 - 5:30 PM
Keynote Speaker:
1:15 - 2:00 PM
Walk to Legislative Advocacy Meetings
3:00 - 3:15 PM
Keynote & Snack
4:30 - 5:00 PM
Keynote Speakers:
5:00 - 5:30 PM
Group Photo & Break
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Networking Reception:
Opening remarks from Rep. Lucy McBath
Fireside chat with Award-winning Washington Post Journalist Jacqueline Alemany, and Youth Activist Mana Shooshtari.
2:00 - 2:30 PM
Legislative Advocacy Meetings
3:00 - 4:00 PM
House Gallery (optional)
3:15 - 3:30 PM
Call to Action & Declare Your Ambition
Featured Speaker:
3:30 - 3:35 PM
Thank You
IGNITE CEO Sara Guillermo
DAY 1
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Registration
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10:00 - 11:00 AM
Welcome
Featuring opening remarks from
IGNITE CEO Sara Guillermo
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11:00 - 11:45 AM
Keynote Speakers:
Rep. Julia Letlow
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester
Rep. Lauren Underwood
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11:45 AM - 12:50 PM
Lunch
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1:00 - 1:50 PM
_____________
12:00 - 1:00 PM
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2:50 - 3:15 PM
Break
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3:15 - 4:15 PM
Legislative Advocacy Training
Featuring PERIOD.
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4:15 - 5:30 PM
Keynote Speaker:
Rep. Rashida Tlaib
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4:30 - 5:00 PM
Keynote Speakers:
Rep. Linda Sanchez
Rep. Jen Kiggans
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5:00 - 5:30 PM
Group Photo & Break
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5:30 - 7:30 PM
Networking Reception:
Opening remarks from Rep. Lucy McBath
Fireside chat with Award-winning Washington
Post Journalist Jacqueline Alemany,
and Youth Activist Mana Shooshtari.
DAY 2
9:00 - 9:50 AM
Check-In + Security + Breakfast
All participants to meet at the U.S. Capitol
_____________
9:50 - 10:20 AM
Icebreaker & Community Agreement
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10:20 - 10:40 AM
Featured Speaker:
Rep. Grace Meng
With introduction from Alicia Smith
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10:40 - 11:00 AM
Featured Speaker:
Rep. Debbie Dingell
_____________
11:00 - 11:05 AM
Group Photo
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11:05 - 11:20 AM
Legislative Advocacy Training
Featuring PERIOD.
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11:20 AM - 12:05 PM
Legislative Advocacy Training
_____________
12:05 - 1:00 PM
Lunch with Congressional Staffers
_____________
1:00 - 1:15 PM
Closing
_____________
1:15 - 2:00 PM
Walk to Legislative Advocacy Meetings
_____________
2:00 - 2:30 PM
Legislative Advocacy Meetings
_____________
3:00 - 4:00 PM
House Gallery (optional)
DAY 3
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Check-In + Breakfast
_____________
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Welcome + Legislative Debrief
Featuring Alumni Panel
_____________
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Keynote Speaker:
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks
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10:30 -11:30 AM
Panel: Chase on Disability Justice
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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Keynote Speaker:
Rep. Val Hoyle
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12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch
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1:10 - 2:00 PM
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2:10 - 3:00 PM
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3:00 - 3:15 PM
Break + Remarks from
Rep. Pramilla Jayapal
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3:15 - 3:30 PM
Call to Action & Declare Your Ambition
Featured Speaker:
Kansas State Rep. Christina Haswood