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Congresswoman
McMorris Rodgers and Senator Enzi to Speak at Annual Meeting-May
5-6
 As the economy starts to recover,
now is the time to analyze and discuss what is needed to make that recovery
sustainable, and how we can build a stronger a more competitive future
workforce. We are so pleased that Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY) will join us at our upcoming Annual Partners Meeting to share their views on
those subjects on May 6, 2010. Please make sure to join us for Congresswoman
McMorris Rodgers' Morning Policy Address at
8:30 a.m. and for Senator Enzi's Closing Keynote at 12:30 p.m. Both will
share with us their perspectives and the work the Senate Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions Committee, and the House Education and Labor Committee are
doing to address these issues.
The full agenda for this year's
annual meeting is online at: http://corporatevoices.org/annual-meeting
We
would also like to invite you to Corporate Voices' Open House following the
annual meeting. Please join us for a tour of our new offices on Thursday, May 6
at 1pm, where we will have an informal discussion with Corporate Voices staff
over lunch. Please RSVP to Jennifer Weber at jweber@corporatevoices.org.
Sponsorship from our
corporate partners will help our annual meeting be a success. We would therefore
like to thank the following sponsors:
Allstate Insurance Company
Baxter International Inc.
CVS Caremark
H.E. Butt Grocery Company
Johnson & Johnson
Marriott International, Inc.
MassMutual Financial Group
Philip Morris USA, an Altria Company
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Text4Baby-Using
Innovative Partnerships and Technology to Address a National Health
Priority
 The infant mortality rate in the
U.S. is one of the highest in the
industrialized world-and that rate is on the rise. 28,000 infants die before
their first birthday, signifying a public health crisis. To address that crisis,
Text4Baby has created an innovative public-private partnership to use technology
and text messaging to create a free information service designed to promote
maternal and infant health for new mothers. Text messages are especially ideal
to reach women of childbearing age and minority populations who face higher
infant mortality rates.
Women who sign up for the service
receive free text messages focusing on birth defects prevention, immunization,
nutrition, seasonal flu, mental health, oral health and safe sleep for one year.
It is made possible through a broad public-private partnership which includes
the White House Office on Science and Technology Policy, the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Voxiva, Johnson & Johnson, and CTIA-The Wireless
Foundation.
The formal launch of Text4Baby was
held on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 in the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill.
Since February 2010, it has had 30,000 new subscribers, and is looking to scale
up nationally. Corporate Voices is exploring ways we can work with Text4Baby to
educate new mothers about the benefits of workplace lactation. To learn more about Text4Baby,
visit: http://text4baby.org/.
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Karen
Pittman Testifies on the Whole Child & ESEA
Reauthorization
 On
Thursday, April 22nd, Karen Pittman, founder and executive director of the Forum
for Youth Investment and the creator of Ready by 21, participated in a
roundtable discussion held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Committee on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(ESEA).
The hearing, titled "Meeting the Needs of the Whole Student," sought
ideas from leading experts about how federal policy can better support efforts
to address the holistic needs of youth, since students who are healthy, safe,
and engaged in learning are more likely to succeed. Karen urged the lawmakers
to broaden their vision around ESEA, the nation's top federal investment in the
K-12 system, to include a wide range of supports for families, community
organizations-and employers, "who provide students with opportunities to apply
their learning, pursue their interests and build social capital." And she
quoted extensive research from Corporate Voices, among others, on what it takes
to prepare students for productive, lifelong careers.
Watch a video and
download the testimony: http://help.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=f3ea2006-5056-9502-5dbd-7fbf488d5ec3
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