CSEA members will soon again have the chance to build knowledge and skills to use our voice and our power.
Our union’s Standing Women’s Committee is planning the 2023 Women’s Conference, which will be held in Saratoga Springs April 28-30. The biennial conference, which this year has the theme “Our Voice, Our Power,” is open to all members.
Wilkie-Fields
“We are planning many exciting programs,” said Faye Wilkie- Fields, chair of the Standing Women’s Committee. “Our main goal with this conference is to empower our union sisters.”
The conference will also feature the awarding of the Irene Carr Leadership Award, which honors a CSEA member who takes the lead in advancing issues traditionally of concern to working women.
Carr
Carr, who was CSEA’s Statewide Secretary for 17 years, helped lead our union’s fight to advance issues on behalf of working people, including expanding quality child care, workplace training opportunities and pay equity. She also encouraged women to pursue leadership roles.
After attending the National Women’s Conference in 1977, Carr was inspired to advance the fight for what she called ‘work and family issues.’ She soon helped form our union’s first Women’s Committee and served as its first chair.
Carr retired in 1993 and passed away in 2004, but our union continually honors her legacy through Irene Carr Leadership Award, which was first awarded in 1988.
Watch our union’s website at cseany.org for more details on the 2023 Women’s Conference and nominating a member for the Irene Carr Leadership Award.
