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

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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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:

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?

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?

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

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.