NCJW ANNUAL ADVOCACY FORUM: YOUR VOTE, YOUR VOICE, YOUR POWERPOSTPONED Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12:30 PM Our speaker, VICTORIA BASSETTI, is a fellow of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. She is the author of Electoral Dysfunction: A Survival Manual for American Voters, the companion book to a PBS documentary by the same name. Ms. Bassetti will give us insights into the issues, paradoxes and conflicts that inform our democracy and our voting. Ms. Bassetti worked on Capitol Hill for almost a decade and served as chief counsel to Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and legislative director for former Senator John Edwards (D-NC). She was a chief counsel and staff director of a subcommittee at the Senate Judiciary Committee, and she served on the teams that drafted the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, the PATRIOT Act, the Economic Espionage Act, and the Homeland Security Act and oversaw matters related to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). While on Capitol Hill, Ms. Bassetti also led a multiyear, multi-hearing, bipartisan investigation into innovation and competition in the medical device field that culminated in the first-ever voluntary code of conduct agreed to by hospital device purchasing organizations. The code was heralded by the New York Times as “sweeping” and aimed at “making it easier for new, lifesaving medical products to reach hospitals faster.” In addition, she was a part of the legal working group assigned to oversee the Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton in 2000. The program is free and open to the public. |
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The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms.
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