Former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman and Robin Schepper of Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Initiative to Headline Bipartisan Policy Center Bridge-Builder Breakfast

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will host an event, "Back to School: How Public Policy is Affecting our Children's Diets," tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22, 2010.  Robin Schepper, Executive Director of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Initiative, will give the keynote address at the event followed by a panel discussion moderated by former Agriculture Secretary and BPC Senior Fellow Dan Glickman.

Panelists will include Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA); Scott Faber, Vice President of Federal Affairs at the Grocery Manufacturers Association; Barbara Belmont, Executive Director of the School Nutrition Association; and Charles Conner, President and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.  Panelists will discuss how government and industry can work together to more effectively promote good nutrition in schools.

A series presented by the BPC, Bridge-Builder Breakfasts highlight institutions and individuals who are reaching across political lines to solve critical challenges facing the country. At a time when partisan conflicts often attract the most attention, the BPC is committed to creating a forum for those who, despite differing views, are willing to collaborate in order to advance the common good.

WHO: Bipartisan Policy Center with Robin Schepper, former Secretary Dan Glickman, Congressman Jim McGovern, Scott Faber, Barbara Belmont, and Charles Conner

WHAT:  Back to School: How Public Policy is Affecting our Children's Diets Bridge-Builder Breakfast Panel Discussion

WHERE: The Washington Court Hotel

Atrium Ballroom

525 New Jersey Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20001

WHEN: Wednesday, September 22, 2010

8:00AM to 9:30AM

Continental breakfast available at 8:00AM

Program begins at 8:30AM

The event is open to media, but space is limited.  Members of the press wishing to attend, please RSVP to [email protected].  Press set-up begins at 8:00AM.

About the Bipartisan Policy Center:

In 2007, former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell formed the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. Currently, the BPC focuses on issues including health care, energy, national and homeland security, transportation, science and economic policy. For more information, please visit our website: www.bipartisanpolicy.org.

SOURCE Bipartisan Policy Center

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