female empowerment

From the organizer:

Welcoming Remarks -- Dottie Deans & Joan Lenes, Emerge Vermont Cabinet Members; Elaine Haney, Emerge Vermont Executive Director; Lauren Dees-Erickson, Democratic Nominee for Vermont House, Franklin-8 (St. Albans City)

Emerge Class of 2022 -- Introduced by Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale

Congressman Peter Welch, Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate, Introduced by Governor Madeleine M.Kunin

Keynote Speaker Senator Becca Balint, Democratic Nominee for U.S. House, Emerge Vermont Class of 2014

Presentation of the Kunin Achievement Award -- Representative Maxine Grad, Recipient, Chair of the Vermont House Judiciary Committee, Presented by Former State Representative Helen Head

Closing Remarks-- Elaine Haney, Emerge Vermont Executive Director