March 2009
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Achieving Equity for Women:
Policy Alternatives for the New Administration
Registration underway for policy-research conference in DC on April 2
"Achieving Equity for Women: Policy Alternatives for the New
Administration," a one-day conference set for April 2, 2009 in
Washington, DC, will bring key policymakers and leading researchers
together to address critical issues facing American women: retirement,
Social Security, and aging; women in the economic recovery; early care
and education; and health care quality, cost, and access.
Organized
by the Wellesley Centers for Women and the Institute for Women's Policy
Research, the conference will feature expert perspectives and creative
solutions from a dynamic line-up of speakers, including: Jared Bernstein, Ph.D., Chief Economist, Office of the Vice President of the United States; Rebecca Blank, Ph.D., Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Representative, Connecticut 3rd District; Danielle Ewen, Director, Child Care and Early Education Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy; Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, President and CEO, Black Women's Health Imperative; Barbara Kennelly, President and CEO, National Committee to Preserve Medicare and Social Security; Charles Kolb, President, Committee for Economic Development; Gwen Moore, U.S. Representative, Wisconsin, 4th District; and Maya Rockeymoore, Ph.D., President and CEO, Global Policy Solutions.
The conference will be held at the Barbara Jordan Conference Center-Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Preregistration is required. View the agenda and full list of confirmed speakers at: www.wcwonline.org/dcconference. Questions? Email us!
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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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WCW Scholars Share Their Expertise
Variety of conferences and symposia feature WCW experts
Wellesley
Centers for Women (WCW) researchers
and program staff occasionally serve as speakers or trainers for WCW
events and programs sponsored by professional associations and
community
organizations. Below are some of the upcoming events. View the full
listing online at www.wcwonline.org/calendar.
Ellen Gannett, M.Ed., director of the National Institute on
Out-of-School Time at WCW, will be presenting on the Afterschool Program Assessment System and Workforce Issues at the National AfterSchool Association 2009
Convention in New Orleans
next month.
Nan Stein, Ed.D., senior research scientist at WCW, will present What a Difference a Word
Makes--Sexual Harassment or Bullying? What's the Law Got to Do with It? at the
2009 Women's Summit: Achieving Gender Equity for Women and Girls in Education, organized
by the National Education Administration, in Washington, DC next month.
Judith Jordan, Ph.D., director of the Jean Baker Miller Training
Institute at WCW, will present alongside His
Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, on Meditation and Psychotherapy: Cultivating
Compassion and Wisdom at a special symposium in Boston
organized by the Harvard
Medical School
in May.
Missed a recent WCW lunchtime seminar? Many programs are audio recorded and posted on our website: www.wcwonline.org/audioarchive. The newest lectures now available online include:
Hope in Action: Healing Practices of Power and Possibility,
presented March 5th by Maureen Walker, Ph.D., director of Program
Development at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at WCW, and Adolescence to Adulthood:
Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms presented February 26th by Alice Frye, Ph.D., MPH, WCW research scientist. Take a listen!
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 Seeking Equality on-and-off the Court
New blog promotes gender-fair play in sports
Laura Pappano, writer-in-residence at the Wellesley Centers
for Women, has long written about and advocated for gender equity in sports. She now has a new
blog devoted to the topic: www.fairgamenews.com. The site exists to challenge inequities
in athletics and to encourage sports as a tool for equality, not a vehicle for
reinforcing sex-based stereotypes. Comments to the blog are encouraged!
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New Online Training for Out-of-School Time Providers
Accessible, interactive training for evaluation tool
The National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) at the
Wellesley Centers for Women is pleased to announce that interactive online
training for the powerful evaluation tool, Survey of Afterschool Youth Outcomes
(SAYO), is now available for purchase on NIOST's website.
SAYO measures outcomes in eight areas that research suggests
are linked to long-term positive development and academic and life success.
SAYO uses brief pre- and post-participation surveys to collect data from day
school teachers and afterschool staff in a "menu" approach. SAYO and the
Assessing Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT) comprise the Afterschool
Program Assessment System (APAS), which allows users to focus on evaluating
specific, observable practices rather than more general quality characteristics.
SAYO surveys are easy to administer and the SAYO training offers step-by-step
instructions that show program staff how to collect data effectively and
responsibly, and how to analyze, interpret, and use their results for long-term
program improvement.
For more information, visit www.niost.org or call 781-283-2547.
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Susan McGee Bailey, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Wellesley Centers for Women
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