
Presented by Worcester Women's History Project
Highlights Schedule of events
"Angels and Infidels" An historical dramatization of the 1850 women's rights convention
Workshops Continue the dialogue begun in 1850
Pre-Conference for Teachers Curriculum ideas for gender equity
Speakers
Musical Events
Memorabilia
Online Press Packet
Photos from the Conference
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Highlights
Women 2000 is a call to action to continue the dialogue begun in 1850,
To provide a forum for discussion on the present status of women,
And to explore the challenges and opportunities for the future.
Friday, October 20th |
12:00 - 4:30pm | Pre-Conference for Teachers, College of the Holy Cross. (Additional fee required.) PDP's available. Call Alliance for Education, 508-754-9425, ext. 28. |
3:30 - 8:00pm | Registration, Mechanics Hall |
6:30 - 8:00pm | Opening Session, Mechanics Hall
Welcome, opening remarks
John McClymer: The Significance of the 1850 Convention
Keynote speaker: Jill Ker Conway
Performance by Master Singers of Worcester |
8:00 - 10:00pm | Musical Event: Sol y Canto
A Latin Musical Group with Rosie Amador |
Saturday, October 21st |
8:30 - 10:00 | Workshops, Centrum Centre |
10:15 - 11:45 | Workshops, Centrum Centre |
12:00 - 2:15pm | Keynote Panel and Luncheon, Centrum Centre
Plenary on current issues and challenges facing women
Meizhu Lui, Boston Health Access Project
Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, Supreme Judicial Court
Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO co-founder and officer
Blenda J. Wilson, President & CEO of Nellie Mae Foundation
Moderated by: Emily Rooney, Host of WGBH Greater Boston
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2:30 - 4:00pm | Workshops, Centrum Centre |
4:00 - 5:30pm | Keynote event, Centrum Centre
Poetry reading: Marge Piercy
co-sponsored with Worcester County Poetry Association |
8:00pm | Historical dramatization: "Angels & Infidels," Mechanics Hall |
Sunday, October 22nd |
8:00 - 9:00am | YWCA for Fun Run |
9:00 - 10:15am | Update On Women's Health
sponsored by the Women's Faculty Committee, University of Massachusetts
Medical School
Focus: Women's health issues are unique, and new information is rapidly
emerging. In this session, a diverse panel of women physician experts will
update you regarding what you need to know to care for your health
and for the health of those you love. A question and answer period will
follow the presentation.
Panel:
Marianne Felice, M.D., Professor, Department Chair of Pediatrics - Adolescent issues
Nancy Fontneau, M.D., Associate Professor, Clinical Neurology - Neurological issues
Kathleen Miller, EdD, RN, CS, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiac
Surgery - Cardiovascular concerns
Judith Ockene, Ph.D., M.Ed., Professor, Department of Medicine and
Director
for the Division of Preventative and Behavioral Medicine, Associate Vice
Chancellor for Faculty Administration - Prevention of current women's health issues
Panel Moderators:
Julie Jonassen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology
Phyllis Pollack, M.D., Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics |
10:30am - Noon | Keynote event, Mechanics Hall
Panel of Biographers:
"What Inspired Our Foremothers and How Do They Inspire Us?"
Andrea Moore Kerr, author of Lucy Stone: Speaking Out for Equality
David Gollaher, author of Voice for the Mad, the Life of Dorothea Dix
Elizabeth Turner, Clara Barton and the Civil War
Jane Dutton, playwright, "Abby" --based on the life of Abby Kelley Foster and Stephen Foster
Moderator: Joyce A. Berkman, professor of History, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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Noon - 1:00pm |
Table by Topics (Mechanics Hall) - Purchase a brown bag lunch and join a table!
- Twenty Years and Still Meeting: How to Begin a Women's Group and Keep
it Going Successfully
Presenters: Laura Menides, WPI; Arlene Vadum, Assumption College; Susan
Vogel, UMass Medical School
- Women Poets: Dead and Alive
Presenters: Karen S. Tipper, English Professor at Nichols College; Angela Dorenkamp, teacher, writer and Elizabeth Bishop Researcher; and Judith Ferrara, Poet and Painter
- Our Image Ourselves
A photo display and discussion about The ARTSWorcester Gallery exhibit which
opened October 19 at the Aurora Hotel's Arts Worcester Gallergy. The photos
reflect a variety of artists working in a variety of media (from painting to
photography, from textiles to ceramics to installations) as they explore the
spirit of contemporary women.
Presenter: Ruth Penka, Executive Director ARTSWorcester
- Violence of the Himalaya
Presenter: Nirmala Mahat, Women Development Coordinator, Karnali Integrated
Rural Development and Research Center, Jumla, Nepal
- Women at the Millennium: Reflections and a History of the Worcester
County Poetry Association's Worcester Review
Presenters: Diane Prennat, Professor of American Literature, Marion College
Editor of the Worcester Review's Vol. XXI Feature: "Women at the Millenium:
Reflections"; and Rodger Martin, Keene State College, Editor, The Worcester
Review.
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2:00 - 4:30pm | Closing
Musical Event: Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Grammy Award-winning a cappella group of African American women's voices |
7:00pm | Historical dramatization: "Angels & Infidels," Mechanics Hall |
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