United Way of Central Maryland's 2024 Women's Forum

Join Women United at this purpose-driven event to explore the issues of accessible, affordable, high-quality child care and early education. Connect with other passionate women and learn how to amplify, advocate for, and advance changes to childcare that help local families now and for generations. You’ll leave inspired and empowered with practical ideas for action.

Join us! Register to reserve your seat or sponsor a table.

To reserve a table or sponsor the Women's Forum, email Lillian Kilroy at [email protected]

To register for an individual ticket, click below!

About the Program

"Childcare isn’t just a personal problem for the mom to solve — it’s an economic issue that we need our policymakers and business leaders to take on."

Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO, Moms First; Founder, Girls Who Code

Reshma Saujani is a leading activist who has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls’ economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and most recently advocating for policies to support moms impacted by the pandemic.

The Women's Forum will also include:

Expert Panel on the importance of early childhood education for brain development

Interactive table activities

Networking happy hour with business leaders from across the region

Enjoy appetizers, drinks, and opportunities to take action throughout Port Discovery

Host or Publisher UNITED WAY FAMILY CENTER IN COLUMBIA