Gathering at the Well Forum Summaries

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.

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

• 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

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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

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

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

• 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
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

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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

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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, Vice Chancellor for Facilities

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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

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• 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

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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 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

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Spring 1999 Forum
Women and Work in the 21st Century

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

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