Made Visible Program Journal

March 18, 2012New York University's Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

New York, New York

John SextonPresident

March 18, 2012

Welcome to New York University for today’s panel discussion, “Made Visible: Women,Children & Poverty in America”—a subject close to our hearts and central to the well-being ofsociety. NYU is proud to host public events that foster progress on important issues through shared knowledge and dialogue. Today’s program promises to do just that, while offering a unique forum for women to exchange ideas and experiences. We are delighted to welcome to campus celebrated broadcaster Tavis Smiley and his distinguished guests for an engaging and enlightening conversation.

Because NYU is an urban university deeply connected to the neighborhoods and families of New York City, our commitment to better understand and combat poverty is both scholarly and personal. Our McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research is devoted to addressing poverty in New York, partnering with City agencies and community organizations on research projects and policies that have both short- and long-term social impact. Across the University, from our schools of social work, law, and public service to nursing, dentistry, and education, students and faculty examine poverty in the classroom and also apply their research directly to communities in need through service projects and policy recommendations. NYU’s motto, “a private university in the public service,” inspires us to develop leaders who will continue to tackle the issue of poverty with creativity and insight, even as we seek to improve the lives of those in need today.

It is our privilege to host this afternoon’s event. Thank you for joining us, and please enjoy the program.

Sincerely,

John SextonPresident

Thank you for joining us today for what we believe will be an unsettling conversation about women and children living in poverty. In our great nation, how can we allow our women and children to suffer most?

The Great Recession and the slow recovery have inflicted long-lasting damage on our nation’s women and children. The numbers are real and the impact is devastating. Poverty imposes enormous costs on society: the lost potential of children raised in poor households, the lower productivity and earnings of poor adults, poor health, increased crime, and broken neighborhoods.

• Over half of the 46.2 million Americans living in poverty today are women.

• More than 1 million children fell into poverty and almost half a million into extreme poverty in 2009 and 2010.

• Women are poorer than men in all racial and ethnic groups. African American and Hispanic women are at least twice as likely as white women to be living in poverty.

Ending women’s poverty and providing better economic opportunities for all women will require specific policy actions.

I genuinely hope that our nationally broadcast conversation with some of the country’s most forward-thinking women will encourage you to understand why this issue is so critical, and more importantly, how we must promote policies that will eradicate poverty.

Thank you for joining us, and here’s to a day full of enlightenment, encouragement, and empowerment for us all.

Keep the Faith,

Tavis Smiley

WELCOME TO:

MADE VISIBLE: WOMEN, CHILDREN & POVERTY IN AMERICA

Event Schedule

March 18, 2012

The Poverty Tour Slide Show

Welcome

Lynne P. Brown, Senior Vice President for University Relations and Public Affairs, New York University

Introduction of Tavis Smiley

Neal Kendall, Executive Producer, Tavis Smiley on PBS

Introduction of Panelists

Conversation

Closing Remarks

From his celebrated conversations with world figures to his work to inspire the next generation of leaders; as a broadcaster, author, publisher, advocate, and philanthropist, Tavis Smiley continues to be an outstanding voice for change. Smiley is currently the host of the late-night television talk show Tavis Smiley on PBS and The Tavis Smiley Show from Public Radio International (PRI).

In addition to his radio and television work, Smiley has authored 15 books. His memoir, What I Know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America, became a New York Times best seller, and the book he edited, Covenant with Black America, became the first nonfiction book by a Black-owned publisher to reach #1 on the New York Times’ best-sellers list.

His latest book, FAIL UP: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure was released May 1st. In FAIL UP, Smiley steps from behind the curtain of success to recount 20 instances of perceived “failures” that were, in fact, “lessons” that shaped the principles and practices he employs today. Readers will find a kinship in Smiley’s humanness that inspires, informs, and reminds us of our inherent ability to achieve and grow in spite of life’s inevitable setbacks.

In his forthcoming title, The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto, Smiley, along with his co-author Dr. Cornel West, takes on the “p” word—poverty. In this new, game-changing book due out this April, they challenge all Americans to re-examine their assumptions about poverty in America; what it really is and how to eradicate it.

Smiley is the presenter and creative force behind America I AM: The African American Imprint. This unprecedented traveling museum exhibition, which debuted in January 2009, will tour the country for four years, celebrating the extraordinary impact of African American contributions to our nation and the world, as told through rare artifacts, memorabilia, and multimedia.

Smiley’s most gratifying accomplishments are rooted in his passion to inspire the next generation of leaders. The nonprofit Tavis Smiley Foundation was established to provide leadership training and development for youth. Since its inception, more than 6,000 young people have participated in the foundation’s Youth to Leaders training workshops and conferences.

His communications company, The Smiley Group, Inc., is dedicated to supporting human rights and related empowerment issues, and serves as the holding company for various enterprises encompassing broadcast and print media, lectures, symposiums, and the Internet.

Smiley’s achievements have earned him numerous awards and honorary doctorate degrees, including one from his alma mater, Indiana University. In 2009, Indiana University named the atrium of its School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) building “The Tavis Smiley Atrium.” Smiley is also the recipient of the prestigious Du Bois Medal from Harvard University and the 2009 Interdependence Day Prize from Demos in Istanbul, Turkey.

Follow on Twitter @tavissmiley

Tavis Smiley Moderator

Cecelia FireThunder is a nurse, tribal community health advocate, and former president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Born Cecilia Apple in 1946 on the prairies in South Dakota, she is the third of seven daughters of the late Stephen and Lollie Apple. In the spring of 1963, her family moved to Los Angeles as part of a Bureau of Indian Affairs–sponsored relocation program, designed to migrate Native Americans to big cities for educational and job opportunities. In California, Cecelia completed high school while working full-time as a nurse’s aide. She eventually got married and had two sons. After becoming a single mother, Cecelia completed the necessary training to become a licensed nurse to take care of her family. As a young nurse, she started community-based health clinics for Native Americans in both Los Angeles and San Diego.

By 1987, Cecelia started to feel the tug of home and returned to South Dakota to work at a small community hospital. She established herself as a voice for Native American women and families. She is a founding member of the Oglala Lakota Women's Society, WEWIN (Women Encouraging Women in Indian Nations), and the Native Wellness Institute. She serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and is an appointed member of the Democratic National Committee. In 2004, Ms. FireThunder was elected as the first female president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. She fought against domestic abuse and was a leader for women’s reproductive rights. In June 2006, she was impeached by the Oglala Sioux tribal council surrounding her efforts to bring a Planned Parenthood clinic to the reservation. Her term would have expired in October of that year. Today, she continues her work as a health advocate with the Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Health Board, serving 18 tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. She is a well-known speaker, facilitator, and trainer, and is recognized internationally for her traditional doll making.

PanelistsCecelia FireThunder

PanelistsLatina media dynamo Nely Galán—dubbed the “Tropical Tycoon” by the New York Times Magazine—is one of the entertainment industry’s savviest firebrand talents, bringing her considerable expertise to full effect as a successful media and real estate entrepreneur, a galvanizing powerbroker in the Latino world, and a Latina women’s advocate and motivational speaker. Galán recently created the Adelante National Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Tour for Latinas, partnering with the Coca-Cola Company, to help create a national movement for Latinas, which she is very passionate about.

Galán is the former president of the powerhouse Telemundo television network, making her the first Latina network president. She has also owned and operated her own media company since 1994. Galán Entertainment has launched ten groundbreaking television channels in Latin America, and has also produced a staggering 600 episodes of programming that cross all genres— from reality series to sitcoms,

telenovelas to talk shows, in both English and Spanish.

Galán Entertainment was also responsible for creating and executive producing the smash FOX reality hit The Swan, and as its in-house life coach, Galán wrote the bestselling companion book, The Swan Curriculum. The Swan has aired in over 70 countries around the world, and was famously spoofed by Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live.

In addition, she has owned her own real-estate development and investment company, Santa Clara, for fifteen years, which has commercial and residential real-estate holdings in multiple states.

Recently Galán appeared on the NBC hit, The Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump, joining an all-star cast including Gene Simmons, Nadia Comaneci, Marilu Henner, and the infamous Omarosa. Galán’s appearance on the show, where she raised $250,000 for her charity, Count Me In, furthered her reputation as one of the nation’s top female moguls. In her role as public speaker, Galán routinely draws rave reviews for her mesmerizing presentations on the Latino market, entrepreneurship, and female empowerment.

Galán is also frequently cited for her influential work outside the industry as a board member for Count Me In (the leading national nonprofit provider for women entrepreneurs), and the Coca-Cola Company Advisory Board, and she is an emeritus member of the Smithsonian Board.

As a part of her multi-platform business, Galán has recently launched two web sites targeting women: msmogul.com, a forum for female entrepreneurs aimed at providing support and sharing resources; and thenewyoutv.com, dedicated to the health, wellness, and beauty issues of women. She has appeared as a guest expert on The Today Show and .

Galán, the original ”Ms. Mogul,” is also a devoted mom to her 11- year-old son and is based in Venice, California. She recently went back to school, where she is completing her masters/ doctorate in Clinical and Cultural Psychology.

Nely Galán

As the 15th President of Bennett College, Dr. Julianne Malveaux has been the architect of exciting and innovative transformation at America’s oldest historically Black college for women. Under her leadership, the administration has identified four key focus areas: women’s leadership, entrepreneurship, excellence in communications, and global awareness. In the four short years of her presidency, Bennett College has successfully received a 10-year reaffirmation of its accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, markedly improved existing facilities, embarked on a $21 million capital-improvements program—which marked the first major campus construction in more than 25 years—and in fall 2009 enjoyed an historic enrollment high. Moreover, the campus is alive and invigorated with a new sense of purpose and passion, as the Bennett College community embraces its commitment to create an oasis where women are educated, celebrated, and transformed into 21st-century leaders and global thinkers.

Dr. Malveaux has long been recognized for her progressive and insightful observations. She is a labor economist, noted author, and colorful commentator. Julianne Malveaux has been described by Dr. Cornel West as “the most iconoclastic public intellectual in the country.” Her contributions to the public dialogue on issues such as race, culture, gender, and their economic impacts are shaping public opinion in 21st-century America.

Dr. Malveaux’s popular writing has appeared in USA Today, Black Issues in Higher Education, Ms. Magazine, Essence, and the Progressive. Her weekly columns appeared for more than a decade (1990-2003) in newspapers across the country including the Los Angeles Times, Charlotte Observer, New Orleans Tribune, Detroit Free Press, and San Francisco Examiner. She has hosted television and radio programs, and appeared widely as a commentator on networks including CNN, BET, PBS, NBC, ABC, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN, and others. Dr. Malveaux is an accomplished author and editor. Her latest publication is Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History.

Dr. Malveaux has been a contributor to academic life since receiving her Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1980. She has been on the faculty or visiting faculty of the New School for Social Research, San Francisco State University, the University of California (Berkeley), the College of Notre Dame (San Mateo, California), Michigan State University, and Howard University. She holds honorary degrees from Sojourner Douglas College (Baltimore, Maryland), Marygrove College (Detroit, Michigan), the University of the District of Columbia, and Benedict College (Columbia, South Carolina). She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics at Boston College.

A native San Franciscan, she is the Founder and Thought Leader of Last Word Productions, Inc., a multimedia production company headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Follow on Twitter @drjatbennett

Julianne Malveaux Panelists

PanelistsSuze Orman has been called “a force in the world of personal finance” and a “one-woman financial advice powerhouse” by USA Today. A two-time Emmy Award-winning television host, New York Times mega bestselling author, magazine and online columnist, writer/producer, and one of the top motivational speakers in the world today, Orman is undeniably America’s most recognized expert on personal finance.

Orman is a contributing editor to O, The Oprah Magazine, and the Costco Connection magazine, and for the last ten years has hosted the award-winning Suze Orman Show, which airs every Saturday night on CNBC. Over her television career Suze has accomplished what no other television personality ever has before. Not only is she the single most successful fundraiser in the history of Public Television, but she has also garnered an unprecedented seven Gracie awards, more than anyone in the 35-year

history of this prestigious award. The Gracies recognize the nation's best radio, television, and cable programming for, by, and about women.

In October 2010 Forbes honored Orman as one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.” In May 2010 Orman was presented with an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree from Bentley University. In that same month, Orman received the Gracie Allen Tribute Award from the American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT); the Gracie Allen Tribute Award is bestowed upon an individual who truly plays a key role in laying the foundation for future generations of women in the media. In October 2009 Orman was the recipient of a Visionary Award from the Council for Economic Education for being a champion on economic empowerment. In July 2009 Forbes named Orman 18th on their list of The Most Influential Women in Media. In May 2009 Orman was presented with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Illinois. In May 2009 and May 2008 TIME magazine named Orman as one of the TIME 100, The World’s Most Influential People. In October 2008 Orman was the recipient of the National Equality Award from the Human Rights Campaign. In April 2008 Orman was presented with the Amelia Earhart Award for her message of financial empowerment for women. Saturday Night Live has spoofed Suze six times from 2008 to 2011. In 2007, Business Week named Orman one of the top ten motivational speakers in the world—she was the ONLY woman on that list, thereby making her 2007’s top female motivational speaker in the world.

Orman, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago, earned a bachelor’s degree in social work at the University of Illinois and at the age of 30 was still a waitress making $400 a month.

Follow on Twitter @suzeormanshow

Suze Orman

PanelistsSecretary Hilda L. Solis was confirmed as secretary of labor on February 24, 2009. Prior to confirmation as secretary of labor, Secretary Solis represented the 32nd Congressional District in California, a position she held from 2001 to 2009.

In Congress, Solis’s priorities included expanding access to affordable health care, protecting the environment, and improving the lives of working families. A recognized leader on clean energy jobs, she authored the Green Jobs Act, which provided funding for “green” collar job training for veterans, displaced workers, at-risk youth, and individuals in families under 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

In 2007, Solis was appointed to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission), as well as the Mexico–United States Interparliamentary Group. In June 2007, Solis was elected vice chair of the Helsinki Commission's General

Committee on Democracy, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Questions. She was the only U.S. elected official to serve on this committee.

A nationally recognized leader on the environment, Solis became the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award in 2000 for her pioneering work on environmental justice issues. Her California environmental-justice legislation, enacted in 1999, was the first of its kind in the nation to become law.

Solis was first elected to public office in 1985 as a member of the Rio Hondo Community College Board of Trustees. She served in the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1994, and in 1994 made history by becoming the first Latina elected to the California State Senate. As the chairwoman of the California Senate Industrial Relations Committee, she led the battle to increase the state's minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.75 an hour in 1996. She also authored a record seventeen state laws aimed at combating domestic violence.

Solis graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and earned a master of public administration from the University of Southern California. A former federal employee, she worked in the Carter White House Office of Hispanic Affairs and was later appointed as a management analyst with the Office of Management and Budget in the Civil Rights Division.

She was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as secretary of labor on January 20, 2009.

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Hilda Solis

PanelistsFaye WattletonFaye Wattleton is a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal in New York. Ms. Wattleton’s distinguished career spans more than three decades, during which she has amassed an extraordinary track record for leadership, both as CEO of national not-for-profit organizations and serving on the boards of public and private corporations, academic institutions, and high-impact philanthropic organizations. Perhaps best known for her executive leadership and advocacy of improving the status and healthcare of women, she brings dynamic and demonstrable experience as an executive, board member, and consultant in the health sector and public policy arenas.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Wattleton served as co-founder and president of the Center for the Advancement of Women, an independent, nonpartisan think tank, conducting women-focused national research for public education and policy advocacy. During her leadership, CFAW received national and international acclaim for

its groundbreaking research on women’s opinions, experiences, roles, and status in society.Lauded as a public spokesperson, her countless honors and awards include the Fries Prize for improving public health, Independent Sector’s John Gardner Award, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Humanitarian Award, and the Jefferson Award for the Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen.

She has appeared on Good Morning America, Donahue, Oprah, World News Tonight, 60 Minutes, The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, The Today Show, 20/20, Nightline, Face the Nation, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360˚, and was featured in the books Remarkable Women of the Twentieth Century, From Suffrage to Senate, I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America, and The Black List I.

Ms. Wattleton earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Ohio State University and a master’s degree from Columbia University. She holds fourteen honorary degrees and was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993.

PanelistsRandi Weingarten is president of the 1.5 million–member American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state, and federal employees; and early-childhood educators. She was elected in July 2008, following 11 years of service as an AFT vice president.

In the months immediately following her election, Weingarten launched major efforts to place education reform and innovation high on the nation’s agenda. In September 2008, Weingarten led the development of the AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to support sustainable, innovative, and collaborative reform projects developed by members and their local unions to strengthen our public schools. Weingarten served for 12 years as president of the United Federation of

Teachers, AFT Local 2, representing approximately 200,000 nonsupervisory educators in the New York City public school system, as well as home child-care providers and other workers in health, law, and education.

For 10 years, Weingarten chaired New York City’s Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for the city’s 100-plus public sector unions, including those representing higher education and other public service employees. As chair of the MLC, she coordinated labor negotiations and bargaining for benefits on behalf of the MLC unions’ 365,000 members.

From 1986 to 1998, Weingarten served as counsel to UFT president Sandra Feldman, taking a lead role in contract negotiations and enforcement, and in lawsuits in which the union fought for adequate school funding and building conditions. A teacher of history at Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights from 1991 to 1997, Weingarten helped her students win several state and national awards debating constitutional issues.

Elected as the local union’s assistant secretary in 1995 and as treasurer two years later, she became UFT president after Feldman became president of the AFT. Weingarten was elected to her first full term as UFT president in 1998 and was re-elected three times.

Weingarten is known as a reform-minded leader who has demonstrated her commitment to improving schools, hospitals, and public institutions for children, families, and their communities. She has fought to make sure teachers and school support personnel are treated with respect and dignity, have a voice in the education of their students, and are given the support and resources they need to succeed in the classroom.

With her leadership as AFT president, the union has pursued an agenda that reforms education by holding everyone accountable, revamping how teachers are evaluated, and ensuring that children have access to broad and deep curriculums as well as wraparound services. The AFT agenda fights against finger-pointing and calls for a continued investment in education. It also highlights the work that teachers, nurses, and public employees do every day to make a difference in the lives of others.

Weingarten holds degrees from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the Cardozo School of Law. She worked as a lawyer for the Wall Street firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from 1983 to 1986. She is an active member of the Democratic National Committee and numerous professional, civic, and philanthropic organizations. Born in 1957 and raised in Rockland County, NY, Weingarten now resides on Long Island and in Washington, D.C.

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Randi Weingarten

PanelistsSheryl WuDunnSheryl WuDunn, the first Asian American reporter to win a Pulitzer Prize, is a business executive, lecturer, and best-selling author. Currently, she is a senior managing director with Mid-Market Securities, an investment banking boutique helping growth companies, including those operating in the emerging markets. At MMS, she raises capital for a variety of clients: men and women entrepreneurs in new media, media technology, and social enterprise. She was also a senior lecturer at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs in fall 2011.

Previously, WuDunn has been vice president, in the role of investment advisor for private clients, in the investment management division at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and a commercial loan officer at Bankers Trust. She also worked at the New York Times as both an executive and journalist—in management roles in both the Strategic Planning and Circulation Sales departments; as editor for international markets, energy, and industry; as the Times’s first anchor of an evening-news headlines program for a digital cable TV channel, the Discovery-Times; and as a foreign correspondent in Tokyo and Beijing, where she wrote about economic, financial, political, and social issues. She is co-author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a New York Times best-selling book about the challenges facing women around the globe, published in 2009 by Knopf and featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Colbert Report, and other network television shows. Ms. WuDunn also helped launch the development of the Half the Sky multimedia effort—creating a thoughtful, effective philanthropic strategy that includes an online social game and a documentary series. With her husband, Nicholas D. Kristof, she has co-authored two other best-selling books about Asia: Thunder from the East and China Wakes. Ms. WuDunn won a Pulitzer Prize with her husband for covering China, along with the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement. She has also won other journalism prizes, including the George Polk and Overseas Press Club awards. Ms. WuDunn has also won a White House Project EPIC award, and she is a judge for the State Department’s “Secretary’s Innovation Award for Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment.” She graduated from Cornell University, where she is a member of the Board of Trustees, a member of the Board’s Finance Committee, a former co-chair of the Board’s Academic Affairs Committee, and former member of the $4 billion endowment’s Investment Committee. She earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an M.P.A. from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, where she was a member of its Advisory Council. Ms. WuDunn received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and Middlebury College. Ms. WuDunn lectures around the United States and abroad on economic, political, and social topics related to women in the developing world, the global economy, China, and the emerging markets. Ms. WuDunn has discussed Chinese economic issues on television and radio programs, such as Fox Business News, The Colbert Report, Charlie Rose, and NPR, and she has discussed philanthropic issues on programs such as NBC’s Dateline.

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Jeremy Berry Danny Davis

Thomas Freeman Neal Kendall

Kimberly Logan Brandon Lucas

Eugenia Marshall Kimberly McFarland

Rhonda Nelson Vonda Paige

Rachel Reynoso Raymond Ross

Shaiya Rahman Vanessa Rumbles

Leshelle Sargent Stephanie Storey

Jessita Usher Darryl Wesson

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Sponsor and Staff Acknowledgements

Special Thanks to our event host New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

Jeremy Berry Danny Davis

Thomas Freeman Neal Kendall

Kimberly Logan Brandon Lucas

Eugenia Marshall Kimberly McFarland

Rhonda Nelson Vonda Paige

Rachel Reynoso Raymond Ross

Shaiya Rahman Vanessa Rumbles

Leshelle Sargent Stephanie Storey

Jessita Usher Darryl Wesson

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The 1.5 million members of the American Federation of Teachers know the tremendous impact that poverty can have on a child’s ability to learn and thrive in the classroom.

Since the start of this recession, more than 3 million children have been added to the list of those living in poverty, and the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their wealthier peers is widening.

We know that poverty is not destiny. Nor is it an excuse. But it is a fact, and we must honestly address it so that all children and families have a fair shot at achieving their dreams.

The AFT represents 1.5 million pre-K through 12th-grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; nurses and healthcare workers; and early childhood educators.