NASW Cosponsors Health Action 2010 Conference

Feb 5, 2010

Families USA held its 15th Annual Grassroots Meeting Health Action 2010 on January 28-30, 2010 in Washington, DC.  NASW was a cosponsor of the conference.  Some of the presenters included White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Sen. Al Franken, Reps. Donna Edwards and Chris Van Hollen, NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous, and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin.

To view, their presentations and more from the conference, go to: http://www.familiesusa.org/conference/health-action-2010/webcast.html

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