Women 2000 - 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
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
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.
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