DC Voting Rights Summit
Monday, January 24, 2005(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Metro Council President Jos Williams will join a panel of top DC
community leaders tomorrow at the Public Welfare Foundation's "DC Voting Rights
Summit" to discuss the impact that the lack of true congressional representation
has on public policy and DC residents. The summit will be held at the True
Reformer Building, 1200 U Street, NW from 8:30 to 11A. Other panelists include
top executives from the National League of Cities, The Community Foundation for
the National Capital Region, PEPCO and Planned Parenthood. The panel will also
discuss ideas for taking advantage of the "unprecedented level of congressional
attention to this issue."