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JCRC Legislative Conference

March 22-24, 2009 Austin, TX

The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Community Association of Austin and the Texas Coalition of Jewish Community Relations Councils welcomes participation in the 2009 Texas Jewish Communities Statewide Legislative Conference.

The Jewish Community Relations Council serves an important role as the liaison to the Jewish and general communities relating to social action and public policy, health and human services, the First Amendment and church-state, education, civil liberties, hate crimes and anti-Semitism, and Israel and international issues.

Program

Sunday, March 22, 2009
Dinner at the Bob Bullock Museum which will be showing the exhibit "Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America through Galveston Island." Speaker of the House Joe Straus (invited)

Monday, March 23
Breakfast meeting: (Gov. Perry Invited)

Panel Discussions on
     Healthcare
     Environment/Climate Control
     Immigration and Border Security
     Textbook Curriculum

Lunch - Harriett O'Neil, Texas Supreme Court Justice and Harper Estes, President of the State Bar Association Invited

Dinner on your own

Tuesday, March 24
Breakfast with Members of the 81st Texas State Legislature

Luncheon with Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst (Invited)

Meetings at the Capitol

This section will be updated as more information is received.

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