Women's Center
New England Women's Centers Conference (NWCC) 2011
About the conference
This fall the Lesley University Women's Center will host a two day conference on November 4th and 5th for sister centers from the New England region. The inaugural conference last year, hosted by Harvard University, was a tremendous success.
NEWCC is an opportunity to share collective knowledge from women's centers and to keep building on the important themes which emerged in discussions last year. This year NEWCC will focus on issues unique to collegiate women's centers such as:
- The Role of a Women's Center Outside the Academic Setting.
- Effective Mentoring Models
- Doing More with Less Funding
- Effective Grant Writing
- Education for Violence Prevention on Campuses
- The Evolving Role of Centers as Gender Inclusive Communities.
- Cross Collaboration within Campus
- Title IX and Sexual Assault
Keynote:
The keynote address will be delivered by three students, chosen from different institutions, who will discuss perspectives on contemporary feminism and leadership on campus.
Screening:
We're delighted to screen an early cut (work in progress) of the documentary Left on Pearl, which chronicles the battle of women's rights activists, in 1970, to occupy a Harvard building and open a women's center. Screening Left on Pearl is a celebration of a victory for women's rights here in our own backyard with a message that rings true for all centers, even forty years later. Left on Pearl was shown to a sold-out crowd at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge.
Left on Pearl will be shown Nov 4th at 7:30pm at University Hall Amphitheater, followed by Q&A.
Conference Dates and Time:
Friday November 4th- 4pm to 9pm
Saturday November 5th- 9am to 5pm
Location:
University Hall, Porter Square Campus, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Lesley University, Cambridge MA
Parking:
Porter Square Campus has a large parking lot behind the building and some spots might be available with notice at our Doble campus. Massachussetts Ave has two hour metered parking spots. If you need parking please let contact us at womenscenter@lesley.edu
Lodging:
We have compiled a list of different lodging options which range both in price range, size and type. Most of these places have working rates available to Lesley University through some of our PhD and graduate residency programs (GSASS). We have noted a contact person when applicable on the location links in the map. Please email dstrassm@lesley.edu if you have any questions.
See the map below for list of available lodging options.
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Conference Schedule
Friday, Nov 4
3:00pm Welcome and Registration
5:20pm Session 1
Title IX and Sexual Assault: New Paradigms for Prevention and Response and Discussions About the "Dear Colleague Letter."
6:30pm Dinner
7:30pm Documentary: Left on Pearl
Saturday, Nov 5
9:00am Welcome and Breakfast
9:10am
Round Table: Best Practices Discussion
10:10am Session 2
a. Community Women's Centers and Women's Centers in Higher Education.
b. Working Within Tight Budgets and Creating Assessesment Evaluations for Existing Programming.
11:30am Keynote
Students from Harvard University, Lesley University and Tufts University, comment on Contemporary Feminism.
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Session 3
Workshop. Grants: Proposal Writing Made Easy.
3:10pm Session 4
a. Who's Included in our Women's Center? Women, Gender and Intersectionality.
b. Effective mentoring and Women's Centers
4:20pm Conference wrap-up
5:00pm Closing.
Registration
- $50 Regular attendee
- $25 Students
- Please register online. When you receive confirmation of your registration, please mail payment to this address
Lesley Women's Center
29 Everett Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 02138Payment will also be accepted upon arrival at the conference. Please make payments in the form of a check payable to Lesley University.
