The musicFIRST Coalition held a press conference on March 2 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to help launch its 2010 campaign with an expanded coalition. Speakers at the event included Susan Scanlon, president of the National Council of Women's Organizations; Hilary O. Shelton, director, NAACP Washington Bureau/vice president for advocacy; Dionne Warwick, GRAMMY-winning artist; and Brent Wilkes, national executive director, League of United Latin American Citizens. Among the items addressed at the press conference were the Performance Rights Act.