Gathering at the Well Forum Summaries
Spring 2012 Forum
April 12, 2012, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Presented by the Center for Women & Work
and the Gender Studies Program
"The F Word": How Feminism Fits
Featured Speaker:
Jaclyn Friedman, Author, What You Really Really Want:
The Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety.
Previous Forums
Spring 2010 Forum - April 8, 2010
Gray Hairs, Golden Opportunities: Older Women and Work that Matters
Featured Speakers:
Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Ph.D., Brandeis University
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ph.D., Boston College
Storytellers:
Charlotte Crockford, Media Producer; Mentor; Philanthropist; Activist
Olyce Moore, Volunteer Health Insurance Counselor, Amesbury Senior Center
Elizabeth Alvarez Torres, Student, Middlesex Community College; Intern, Lowell Transitional Living Center & Lowell Seniors Count
Rosemary Werner, Former Executive Director of Our Neighbor's Table
Splash Award Winners:
Roseanne DiStefano, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley
Lynne Brown-Zounes, Home Away From Home Adult Day Health Center
Frances B. Peters (posthumously)
Read our recap of this event!
Spring 2009 Forum - April 2, 2009, 8:30 - 12:30
Working Against Gender Based Violence: Coordinating Community Chang
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 - 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, 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 – 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 & UMass Lowell
Ajahn Mangkone, Wat Buddhabhavana
Rita Ofori-Frimpong, MCC
Paula Rayman, CWW
Panel Discussion:
Mignon Duffy, CWW & UMass Lowell, Chair
Rebecca Gutman, 1199SEIU
Marian Weisenfeld, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
Alice K. Wolf, Massachusetts State Representative
Spring 2006 Forum – April 6Does 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.
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. & UMass Lowell Class of 1984 Alum
Oneida Blagg, UML Director of Affirmative Action
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Spring 1999 Forum – April 23
Women and Work in the 21st Century
Featured Speaker:
Paula Rayman, Radcliffe Public Policy Institute
Panel:
Sandra pincenzo, Guidance Counselor, Chelmsford High School,
Elisinia Nunez, MassCOSH,
Anita Moeller, Acre Family Daycare,
Sue Beaton, Enterprise Community,
Paula Alexander, Eastman Gelatine Company.