Whereas, “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work” provides a forum for girls and boys to share their ideas about the workplace of the future with the companies that will someday employ them; and,

Whereas, Working adults want to be more involved in their families’ lives, but fear that care-giving responsibilities limit their job possibilities and chances for advancement at work; and,

Whereas, According to a study conducted by the Families and Work Institute, 90 percent of students who said they plan to have a job, also plan to have children and out of that, 81 percent of those girls and almost 60 percent of boys said they will reduce their work hours when they have children; and,

Whereas, By creating a an opportunity for girls and boys to share their expectations for the future in the context of seeing new opportunities, we will begin a conversation about the changes girls and boys hope for; and,

Whereas, The Ms. Foundation encourages workplaces and individuals to ensure all our nation’s daughters and sons participate in the program by inviting children from housing authorities and shelters, nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends, and more, to join them for “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” so they can show girls and boys opportunities they would have otherwise never known existed; and now therefore be it,

Resolved, That I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan, do hereby proclaim April 22, 2004, as Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work in Michigan.