State Senator Beth Edmonds

Lawmakers Welcome World Affairs Council International Visitors Program

Senate Majority Leader Sharon Anglin Treat, D-Kennebec County, will join other women lawmakers in greeting participants in the International Visitors Leadership Program of the World Affairs Council at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 in Legislative Council Chambers at the State House in Augusta.

The International Visitors Leadership Program is administered by the US Department of State to bring foreign nationals to the United States to learn about its culture, political processes, business practices and educational programs. This particular program, hosted by the World Affairs Council of Maine, will bring 16 visitors (and translators) from several countries around the world to the United States to study women in politics. The group will gather in Augusta to meet with a cross-section of women at all levels of state and local politics, including elective, appointive, advocacy and neighborhood programs.

The Senate Majority Leader will be joined by Elizabeth Mitchell, former Speaker of the House, and other members of the Maine State Senate, including Senator Beth Edmonds, D-Cumberland County, in greeting distinguished guests from Albania, Bangladesh, Denmark, Egypt, India, Laos, Pakistan,Singapore, South Africa and the United Kingdom.