April 2009
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 View Policy Research Conference Online
Video recording of presentations now available
When
the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) and the Institute for
Women's Policy Research (IWPR) first conceptualized the Achieving
Equity for Women conference, the aim was to create an opportunity to
work with the new administration and to inform policy that addresses
the pressing economic, social, and health inequalities women face
today. The April 2nd symposium held at the Kaiser Family Foundation's
Barbara Jordan Conference Center in Washington, DC was a tremendous
success.
 The
speakers--key policymakers and leading researchers--shared important
insights and practical applications which the 200+ attendees could use.
Among the speakers were: Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor (pictured upper right), and Tina Tchen,
Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States and Executive
Director, White House Council on Women and Girls (pictured lower right
with Susan McGee Bailey, Ph.D., WCW Executive Director).
Video recordings of the conference presentations have been posted online at: www.wcwonline.org/videoarchive.
Slides are
also available online from most of the presentations. These files and
the complete agenda and speaker list can be viewed at: www.wcwonline.org/dcconference.
Top image (left to right, front row): Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Representative, Connecticut 3rd District; Susan McGee Bailey, Ph.D., WCW Executive Director; and Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., IWPR President, listen to welcoming remarks.
Middle
image (left to right): panelists Rebecca Blank, Ph.D., Robert S. Kerr
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, and Jared Bernstein, Chief
Economist, Office of the Vice President of the United States, respond
to a question posed by moderator Linda Wertheimer, Senior National
Correspondent, National Public Radio.
Bottom image (left to
right): Panelists Danielle Ewen, Director, Child Care and Early
Education Policy, the Center for Law and Social Policy; Mildred Warner,
Ph.D.,  Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University; Nancy Marshall,
Ed.D., Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist, Wellesley
Centers for Women; and moderator Charles Kolb, President, Committee for
Economic Development, listen to comments from an audience member.
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Special Guests Help Recognize WCW's Anniversary
35th Anniversary Kickoff Dinner Celebration Set for May 2nd
 The
Wellesley Centers for Women kicks off its 35th anniversary celebration
with a special dinner in Boston on Saturday, May 2, 2009. The Honorable Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court Judge, District of Massachusetts, will be our special guest speaker and Tyne Daly,
activist and acclaimed actress, will be our mistress of ceremonies.
Both women, good friends of WCW, will share reflections during the
evening.
The dinner will be held at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. Tickets are $100 per person. Further details are posted online. For more information, please call 781-283-2831 or email WCW today.
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Register Today for Summer Trainings
SEED New Leaders' Workshop
The 2009 New Leaders' Workshop of the National SEED Project (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity) will be held July 9-16, 2009 in San Anselmo, CA.
The National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum, a staff-development
equity project for educators, is in its twenty-third year of
establishing teacher-led faculty development seminars in public and
private schools throughout the U.S. and in English-speaking
international schools. A week-long SEED summer New Leaders' Workshop
prepares school teachers to hold year-long reading groups with other
teachers to discuss making school climates and curricula more
gender-fair and multiculturally equitable. This year's program will
enroll approximately 40 new SEED leaders, alone or in teams of two. Registration deadline is fast-approaching! Learn more at www.wcwonline.org/seed.
NIOST Summer Seminars 2009
The National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) will hold its annual Summer Seminars July 13-16, 2009 in Boston, MA.
This program provides professional development training for afterschool
program directors; curriculum and education coordinators; state and
municipal officials; intermediaries and community leaders; technical
advisors, consultants, and supervisors; and other field practitioners.
Programs will address ways to advance school, afterschool, and
community partnerships and implementation of the Afterschool Program
Assessment System. Two seminars will focus on topics for system
builders and quality advisors. Registration closes when sessions are
full or June 30, 2009. Learn more at www.wcwonline.org/niost.
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Preview Newest Issue of Women's Review of Books
 Peruse the table of contents and preview select articles from the newest issue of Women's Review of Books, including Gamer Girls Rising, a review by Latoya Peterson of Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat: New Perspectives on Gender and Gaming, edited By Yasmin B. Kafai, Carrie Heeter, Jill Denner, and Jennifer Y. Sun.
Other articles available online include reviews of A Field Guide for Female Interrogators, by Coco Fusco; review by Jill Dolan;
The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton:Women's Rights and the American Political Traditions, by Sue Davis; Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement, by Sally G. McMillen; and Suffragists in an Imperial Age: US Expansion and the Woman Question, 1870-1929, by Allison L. Sneider; review by Kathi Kern;
Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality, by Regina Kunzel; review by Leila J. Rupp;
Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire, by Lisa M. Diamond; review by Ellyn Ruthstrom.
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If you'd like more information about the Wellesley Centers for Women, I invite you to visit our website at www.wcwonline.org.
Susan McGee Bailey, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Wellesley Centers for Women
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