One of Vision 2020’s goals is to promote increased voter turnout among women. A website that summarizes every issue on every candidate was introduced: ballotready.org.
Delegates from around the country shared updates regarding their work. AMWA leaders reported on the work of AMWA’s Gender Equity Task Force, including Fixing the Leaky Pipeline (for women in medicine) and website resource page for #MeTooMedicine as well as AMWA’s film, At Home and Over There: American Women Physicians in WWI which featured some of the women physician suffragists.
Words of Wisdom from Former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala’s Speech:
“I developed an ability to say ‘we can do it’ even if everyone else says that we can’t do it.”
“Never eat lunch at your desk.” [i.e. go out and network!]
“To make health policy, you have to understand people’s lives. You have to understand the population and the people.”
On public life: “You don’t need to do it full time but everyone needs to do something.”
“Keep yourself grounded. That’s what being a good citizen is about.”
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- L-R: Roberta Gebhard, Rickie Houston, Eliza Chin, Laurie Cooke
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- Tennessee Delegates: Yvonne Wood (L), Patricia Pierce (R)
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- (L) Donna Shalala, (R) Lynn Yeakel
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- California Delegates
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- L-R: Eliza Chin, Roberta Gebhard, Jewelle Bickford, and Alison Nolan
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- L-R: Eliza Chin,Roberta Gebhard, Farzanna Haffizulla
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- L-R: Lynn Yeakel, Eliza Chin, Roberta Gebhard, Farzanna Haffizulla, Deborah Brittain
Facts about Vision 2020:
Founded in 2010 by Drexel University College of Medicine, Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership
Vision and Goals: Shared Leadership, Economic Parity, Civic Engagement, Youth Education
Coalition: Allied organizations representing over 20 million members (including AMWA), delegates representing all 50 states, leadership circle, and national advisors.
