Printer FriendlySpring 2007 Forum – March 29
Who Cares? The People, Policies & Politics of Carework
Featured Speaker:
Lisa Dodson, Boston College
Portraits of Elder Care in the United States:
Susan Thomson, CWW & Middlesex Community College (MCC), Chair
Rosenie Dorce, MCC & UML
Ajahn Mangkone, Wat Buddhabhavana
Rita Ofori-Frimpong, MCC
Paula Rayman, CWW
Panel Discussion:
Mignon Duffy, CWW & UML, Chair
Rebecca Gutman, 1199SEIU
Marian Weisenfeld, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
Alice K. Wolf, Massachusetts State Representative
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Spring 2006 Forum – April 6
Does Slavery Still Exist? The Trafficking of Women and Children
Featured Speakers:
Jean Pyle, CWW Senior Associate and Professor Emerita, Dept. of Regional Economic Social Development,
Carol Gomez, Trafficking Victims Outreach and Services Network (TVOS),
Kyla Mitsunaga, Master’s Candidate, Harvard University.
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Spring 2005 Forum – April 14
Are Women Getting Even? Women, Men and Wages
Featured Speakers:
Evelyn Murphy, Founding President of WAGE Project, Inc. Resident Scholar, Brandeis Women Studies Research Center & former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Commentators:
Susan Tucker, MA State Senator,
Lisa Brothers, VP & COO Judith Nitsch Engineering Inc. & UML Class of 1984 Alum
Oneida Blagg, UML Director of Affirmative Action
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Spring 2004 Forum – April 15
Creating a Caring Workplace: Trends and Visions
Featured Speaker:
Kathleen Bailey, Dept. of Regional Economic Social Development
Panel:
Kristen Esterberg, Associate Provost,
Joyce Taylor Gibson, Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for Academic Services,
Louise Griffin, Vice Chancellor for Administration & Finance,
Diana Prideaux-Brune, Vice Chancellor for Facilities.
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Spring 2003 Forum – April 11
Technology in Women’s Lives: Labor Saving or Enslaving?
Featured Speakers:
Roslyn Feldberg, Massachusetts Nursing Association
Maria Papesh, Lowell National Historical Park
Sivan Daniels, CWW
Panel:
Susan Goodwin, UML Vice Chancellor, Admin. and Finance
Rita Mercier, Mayor of Lowell
Jeanne Osborn, Dir., Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce
Maureen Ridge, Public Services Director, SEIU Local 285
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Spring 2002 Forum – April 11
How Are Women Changing the World? Activists Bridging Differences:
Featured Speakers:
Dorothy Burlage and Sue Thrasher, Civil rights activists in the 1960’s and two co-authors of Deep in Our Hearts: Nine White Women in the Freedom Movement,
Ann Brodsky with Alicia Lucksted, Author of “With All Our Strength: The Story of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan”
Stories from Local Activists:
Bory Kem, Cambodian Women’s Organization
Maria Cunha, Middlesex Community College
Nancy Moore Diaz, Local Back Network 2000
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Spring 2001 Forum – March 29
Can Women Work and Have a Life Too?
Featured Speakers:
Randy Albelda, UMass Boston,
Lotte Bailyn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Community Discussants:
Ivette Rosario, Middlesex Community College,
Lowell Brady, Lowell Community Health Center,
Osvalda Rodrigues, Mass Alliance of Portuguese Speakers,
Vichenny Keo-Sam, Casey Family Services.
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Spring 2000 Forum – April 14
Is Discrimination Bad for Your Health?
Featured Speaker:
Karen Messing, University of Quebec,
Diana Hughes, New York University
Community Dicussants:
Pov Ye, CMAA Jobs Program,
Bernadette Rivera, CBA Environmental Programs,
Shirley Alejandro, Enterprise Community,
Susan Moir, Construction Occupational Health Program.
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Spring 1999 Forum – April 23
Women and Work in the 21st Century
Featured Speaker:
Paula Rayman, Radcliffe Public Policy Institute
Panel:
Sandra DiVincenzo, Guidance Counselor, Chelmsford High School,
Elisinia Nunez, MassCOSH,
Anita Moeller, Acre Family Daycare,
Sue Beaton, Enterprise Community,
Paula Alexander, Eastman Gelatine Company.