WW=P Historic Timeline

January 2003

Lt. Governor takes office

IWPR report of C- status addressed in concept committee

May 2003

Steering Committee formed to create Wisconsin Women = Prosperity (40 people)

June 2003

Call to Action meeting at the State Capitol draws 200 women leaders willing to participate in effort to “raise the grade”

La Follette Institute for Policy Development partners with WW=P (60 people)

July 2003

Chamberlain Research assumes database management as women begin to enroll in WW=P (700 people)

August 2003

Task Force leaders are named and rosters of issues — specialists are developed to assess:

1. Health, safety and well-being
2. Economic Sufficiency
3. Educational Achievement
4. Leadership and Political Participation

October 2003

WW=P partners with WWN for fiscal management

January 2004

Statewide Open Forums begin and are conducted in 13 regions of Wisconsin by Lt. Governor Lawton (1,000 participants)

February 2004

Website is engaged and electronic forums stream additional testimony to WW=P Task Force Leaders (40,000 visits to date)

May 2004

Lt. Governor Lawton names WW=P cabinet to specifically address:

• Administration and Finance
• Public/Private partnerships
• Policy Development
• Collaborations Organizations
• Youth Leaders
• La Follette Research
• Governor’s Liaisons
• Corporate Advisory Board

June 2004

Leadership Symposium (invitational) at Monona Terrace, State Capitol, Executive Residence held to present preliminary findings of Task Forces and early recommendations (150 participants)

August 2004

Administrative team begins process for 501c3 formation

Collaborations for candidate forums with Alverno College, League of Women Voters begin (electronic issue paper is distributed statewide)

September 2004

Women’s Regional Solutions Networks begin developing organizational plans for Superior, Eau Claire, Wausau. Viroqua, Milwaukee with additional targets in SE, SW, Central, and NE Wisconsin

September – October 2004

• Policy Development Committee – In Process
• Corporate Advisory Committee – In Process
• Statewide Convention Plan – In Process
• Youth Leadership Summit Planning – In Process

December 2004

• Regional Delegations for convention – In Process
• Regional Solutions Agendas – In development

January 2005

• Corporate Advisory Board (25 people)
• Best Practices Summit – In development

March 2005

Youth Leadership Summit for 300 women

March 2005

Statewide Convention for 1,000 Women at the State Capitol and Monona Terrace

Implementation plan for policy will be presented

April 2005

Regional Solutions Networks – Agenda Engaged

• Increase women’s participation in leadership and political affairs
• Continuous assessment of levels of women’s leadership participation in each region
• Diversity development plan engaged
• 4 issues policy and practice recommendations to “raise the grade”
• Best practices sought and recognized in every region

June 2005

National Institute for Women’s Policy Research Conference, Washington, D.C. Lt. Governor, Barbara Lawton keynotes, “The Wisconsin Plan for Women”

July 2005 – ongoing

• Education/Awareness Campaign (interactive website, print/broadcast media, speakers’ bureau)
• Think-tank development drawing on Task Force experts, La Follette, collaborators, state and national issues experts
• Continuous assessment and publication of WW=P activity, project progress and increases in the status of women
• Symposiums, summits, events, media to support WW=P to maintain progress and momentum
• Development of systems to connect regional priorities to Lt. Governor’s office and resources with WW=P