Calendar Event

Go Red For Women Summit

Friday, Feb 26, 2016 9:00am CST - 1:30pm CST

Location: JW Marriot Austin 110 East 2nd Street Austin, TX 78701

Join the American Heart Association for their annual Go Red For Women® Summit featuring keynote speaker, Former First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush. One of the most beloved and admired American First Ladies, for decades Laura Bush has championed key issues in the fields of education, health care, and human rights. The author of the bestselling memoir, Spoken From The Heart, Mrs. Bush also founded both the Texas Book Festival and the National Book Festival in Washington D.C. Today, as the Chair of the Women’s Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute, Mrs. Bush continues her work on global healthcare innovations, empowering women in emerging democracies, education reform, and supporting the men and women who have served in America’s military.

Guests will also hear inspiring stories from brave women, and learn about risk factors, warning signs and the measures you can take to prevent heart disease and stroke, the leading causes of death for women in the U.S.

Registration begins at 8:30am, followed by educational breakout sessions, a vendor boutique and networking. The morning concludes with a heart healthy lunch.

For more details and to find out about GRFW events happening all month long, visitaustingored.heart.org or contact:

Xiomara Sanchez

512.338.2400

xiomara.sanchez@heart.org

More information: http://www.austingored.heart.org