Gathering at the Well Summaries

Gathering at the Well Forum Summaries

Spring 2013 Forum
Women & Activism

April 11, 2013 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Spring 2012 Forum

"The F Word”: How Feminism Fits
April 12, 2012 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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Featured Speaker:
Jaclyn Friedman, Author, What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety

Spring 2011 Forum

Women as Makers:
Creativity at Work, at Home, and in the Community

April 7, 2011 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Featured Speaker:
Mary Catherine Bateson, Internationally respected author of Composing a Life and Composing a Further Life

Spring 2010 Forum
Gray Hairs, Golden Opportunities:
Older Women and Work that Matters

April 8, 2010 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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Featured Speakers:
Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Ph.D, Brandeis University
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ph.D, Boston College

Spring 2009 Forum
Working Against Gender Based Violence:
Coordinating Community Change

April 2, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Featured Speaker:
Rebecca Campbell, Michigan State University
Panel Discussions:
Vicki Banyard, University of New Hampshire
Kathy Kelley, Alternative House
Sara Khun-Leng, Lowell Police Department
Molyka Tieng, Lowell Community Health Center
Theatrical performance: interACT, Cal State University, Long Beach

Spring 2008 Forum
Reframing Homeland Security:
Building an Agenda for Justice and Care at Home,
at Work, and in the Community

April 3, 2008, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Featured Speaker: Cynthia Enloe, Ph.D., Clark University
Panel Discussions:
Stories of Security at home, at Work, and in the Community
Robin Toof, Chair, UMass Lowell Center for Family, Work, and Community
Kate Lessard, Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers
Cynthia deCasto, IBEW Local 1505, Raytheon Corporation

Spring 2007 Forum
Who Cares? The People, Policies & Politics of Carework

March 29, 2007, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Spring 2006 Forum
Does Slavery Still Exist?
The Trafficking of Women and Children

April 6, 2006, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Featured Speakers:
Jean L. Pyle, Center for Women and Work Senior Associate and Professor Emerita, Department of Regional Economic and Social Development
Carol Gomez, Trafficking Victims Outreach and Services Network (TVOS)
Kyla Mitsunaga, Master's Candidate, Harvard University

Spring 2005 Forum
Are Women Getting Even?
Women, Men and Wages

April 14, 2005, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Featured Speaker:
Evelyn Murphy, Founding President of WAGE Project, Inc.; Resident Scholar, Brandeis Women Studies Research Center; and former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Commentators:
Susan Tucker, Massachusetts State Senator
Lisa Brothers, VP & COO
Judith Nitsch Engineering Inc. and UMass Lowell Class of 1984 Alum
Oneida Blagg, UMass Lowell Director of Affirmative Action

Spring 2004 Forum - April 15, 2004
Creating a Caring Workplace: Trends and Visions

Featured Presentations:
Kathleen Bailey, Dept. of Regional Economic and Social Development
Creating a Sense of Community within the Workplace, facilitated by Nina Coppens and the graduate level Community Social Pshychology Practicum
Panel Discussions:
Kristin Esterberg, Associate Provost
Joyce Taylor Gibson, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Services
Louise Griffin, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
Diana Prideaux-Brune, Vice Chancellor for Facilities

Spring 2003 Forum
Technology in Women's Lives:
Labor Saving or Enslaving?

April 11, 2003

Writeup: Reports from UMass Lowell's Shuttle
Featured Speakers:
Roslyn Feldberg, Massachusetts Nursing Association
Maria Papesh, Lowell National Historical Park
Sivan Daniels, CWW Assistant, Department of Psychology
Discussion Panel:
Susan Goodwin, UMass Lowell Vice Chancellor, Administration and Finance
Rita Mercier, Mayor of Lowell
Jeanne Osborn, Director, Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce
Maureen Ridge, Public Services Director, SEIU Local 285

Spring 2002 Forum
How Are Women Changing the World?
Activists Bridging Differences

Writeup: Reports from UMass Lowell's Shuttle
Featured Speakers:
Dorothy Burlage and Sue Thrasher, civil rights activists in the 1960s and two co-authors of Deep In Our Hearts: Nine White Women in the Freedom Movement
Stories from Local Activists:
Maria Cunha, MCC
Nancy Moore Diaz, Local Black Network 2000
RAWA (Revolutionary Association of Women in Afganistan) presentation:
Anne Brodsky and Alisia Lucksted, University of Maryland

Spring 2001 Forum
Can Women Work and Have a Life, Too?

Writeup: Reports from UMass Lowell's Shuttle and Lowell Sun
Featured Speakers:
Randy Albelda, UMass Boston,
Lotte Bailyn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Community Discussions:
Ivette Rosario, MCC
Lou Brady, Lowell Community Health Center
Osvalda Rodriges, Mass Alliance of Portuguese Speakers
Vichenny Keo-Sam, Casey Family Services

Spring 2000 Forum
Is Discrimination Bad for Your Health?

Photos: Photos from 2000 forum
Writeup: Article from UMass Lowell's Shuttle
Featured Speakers:
Karen Messing, University of Quebec
Diane Hughes, New York University
Community Discussions:
Pov Ye, CMAA Jobs Program
Bernadette Rivera, CBA Environmental Programs
Shirley Alejandro, Enterprise Community
Susan Moir, Construction Occupational Health Program

Spring 1999 Forum
Women and Work in the 21st Century