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At 1:30 pm, April 20th, Vice President Biden will make an announcement about Title IX at the Charles E. Smith Center at George Washington University . The Vice President will be joined at this event by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Valerie Jarrett, Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls and Senior Advisor to the President. Other speakers include Secretary of Education Arne Duncan , and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett , Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. In January of last year, President Obama signed his first bill into law approving the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act , a law named for Ms. Ledbetter an Alabama woman who at the end of a 19-year career as a supervisor in a tire factory complained that she had been paid less than men.

The president met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss the economy, job creation and the need to pass health care reform.  During the meeting with the CBC, congress woman Barbara Lee remarked on the impact of the economy in economically distressed communities and the need for additional assistance in these areas, Members presented their concerns and solutions for broadening the impact of the recovery effort. The office of the Press Secretary is reporting that the participants agreed on what can be done to impact unemployment immediately, and in the long term, including summer youth employment, job training tied to apprenticeships, a review of Recovery Act contracting to ensure access to these opportunities is fair and equitable, and an appreciation for the jobs that can be generated through weatherization programs, and the passage of health care reform." Earlier this month, the Reverend Al Sharpton and Tavis Smiley, both with national platforms that ...