Gathering at the Well Forum Summaries

Spring 2008 Forum - April 3, 2008, 8-30 - 12-30 - Reframing Homeland Security: Building an Agenda for Justice and Care at Home, at Work, and in the Community
 

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

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Spring 2007 Forum - March 29, 2007, 8:30 - 12:30 - Who Cares?  The People, Policies & Politics of Carework
 

• Featured Speaker:
  Lisa Dodson, Boston College
• Panel Discussions: Portraits of Elder Care in the United States 
  Susan Thompson, CWW Associate, Middlesex Community College (MCC),
  Rosenie Dorce, MCC, UMass Lowell,
  Ajahn Mangkone, Wat Buddhabhavana,
  Rita Ofori-Frimpong, MCC
  Paula Rayman, CWW Senior Associate, Department of Regional Economic and Social Development 

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Spring 2006 Forum - April 6, 2006, 8:30 - 12:30 - Does Slavery Still Exist? The Trafficking of Women and Children

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

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Spring 2005 Forum - April 14, 2005, 8:30 - 12:30 - Are Women Getting Even? Women, Men and Wages

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

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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, Vive Chancellor for Facilities

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Spring 2003 Forum - April 11, 2003 - Technology in Women's Lives: Labor Saving or Enslaving?

• 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, UML 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

• Writeup - Reports from UMass Lowell's Shuttle
• Featured Speaker:
  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

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• 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 

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Spring 2000 Forum - Is Discrimination Bad for Your Health?

• Photos - Photos from 2000 forum
• Writeup - Article written for 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

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• Featured Speaker:
  Paula Rayman, Radcliffe Public Policy Institute
• Panel Discussions:
  Sandra DiVincenzo, Guidance Councelor, Chelfford High SchoolElisinia Nurez, MassCOSH
  Anita Moeller, Acre Family Daycare
  Sue Beaton, Enterprise Community
  Paula Alexander, Eastman Gelatine Company
  

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