Conference Program and Summary

2014
Friday, November 7th
9:00 AM

Check-in at Registration Table, Breakfast and Networking

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM

Welcome

MarDee Xifaras, Emcee, University of Massachusetts Boston, Board of Trustees
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, City of Boston
J. Keith Motley, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Boston
Thomas J. Putnam, Director, John F. Kennedy Library and Museum

10:00 AM

Welcome from Conference Planning Committee: Purpose, Theme and Goals

Ann Bookman, Director, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, John W. McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

10:00 AM
10:30 AM

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Honorable Evelyn F. Murphy, Former Lt. Governor of Massachusetts, Founding President of The Wage Project, Inc.

10:30 AM

Keynote Address

Dr. Julianne Malveaux, President and Founder, Economic Education

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM

FIRST PLENARY - New England’s Challenges and Opportunities: Moving the Dial on Women’s Economic Security

Teresa Younger, Plenary Moderator, Ms. Foundation for Women
Sylvia Ferrell-Jones, YWCA Boston
Marcy Reed, National Grid of Massachusetts
Elizabeth H. Roberts, Lieutenant Governor, State of Rhode Island
Kristin Smith, University of New Hampshire

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM

BREAK—please pick up lunch boxes in Smith Foyer and return to your table

12:00 PM
12:15 PM

A Welcome from Dean Ira A. Jackson

Ira A. Jackson, John W. McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

12:15 PM

Greetings to the New England Women’s Policy Conference

Secretary Rachel Kaprielian, Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development

12:15 PM

The “Call to Action”: Purpose and Process

Ann Bookman, Director, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, John W. McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

12:15 PM
12:30 PM

Facilitated discussions of “Call to Action” at luncheon tables

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM

BREAK

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM

SECOND PLENARY - Innovative Approaches & Best Practices: Learning from the States

Ellen Bravo, Plenary Moderator and Executive Director, Family Values @ Work
Cary Brown, Vermont Commission on Women
Gayle Goldin, State Senator, Rhode Island
Sylvia B. Larsen, State Senator, New Hampshire
Jessica Maurer, Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Cathy E. Minehan, Simmons College School of Management and Boston Women’s Workforce Council
Carolyn Treiss, Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, Connecticut

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM

COFFEE BREAK & MOVE TO BREAK OUT SESSIONS

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM

BREAK OUT SESSION - Leveraging Philanthropy for Policy Action

Marcia Coné, Moderator, Marcia Coné Consulting and Women’s Fund of Rhode Island
Elizabeth Barajas-Roman, Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts
Arianne Corrente, Women's Fund of Rhode Island Board and Policy Chair
Kate Murray, NH Women’s Foundation
Cynthia Nimmo, Women's Funding Network
Suzanne B. Peters, The Fund for Women and Girls/ Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
Sarah Ruef-Lindquist, Maine Women's Fund

2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

BREAK OUT SESSION - New England State Paid Leave Policies: How to Organize Successful Campaigns and Coalitions

Cary Brown, Moderator, Vermont Commission on Women
Catherine Bailey, Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund
Lindsay DesLauriers, Main Street Alliance of Vermont
Lindsey Farrell, Connecticut Working Families
Deb Fastino, Raise Up Massachusetts
Gayle Goldin, State Senator, Rhode Island

2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

BREAK OUT SESSION - Older Women’s Economic Security

Ellen A. Bruce, Moderator, University of Massachusetts Boston
Karen D. Friedman, Pension Rights Center
Emily Shea, Commission on Affairs of the Elderly, City of Boston
Carolyn Villers, Mass Senior Action Council

2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

BREAK OUT SESSION - Women in Political Leadership

Mary Ellen Hettinger, Moderator, New Hampshire Women’s Foundation
Jennifer Alford-Teaster, Gender Research Institute at Dartmouth
Stefany Shaheen, Portsmouth City Councilor
Katie Wells Wheeler, Former State Senator, New Hampshire

2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

BREAK OUT SESSION - Women in Poverty: Living in Maine

Holly Stover, Moderator, Maine Commission on the Status of Women
dee Clarke, Homeless Voices for Justice and Preble Street Anti-Trafficking Coalition
Fatuma Hussein, United Somali Women of Maine
Eliza Townsend, Maine Women’s Policy Center

2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

BREAK OUT SESSION - “Win-Win” Policies for Children, Working Parents and Employers

Joan Wasser Gish, Moderator, Massachusetts Board of Early Education and Care; Policy Progress
Representative Sarah Buxton, Vermont House of Representatives
Michelle Kang, Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Marie St. Fleur, Bessie Tart Wilson Initiative for Children

2:50 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM

BREAK & RECONVENE IN SMITH HALL

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM

An Introduction

Jacqueline Cooke, Regional Administrator, Women’s Bureau Region One, United States Department of Labor

4:10 PM

Engagement and Next Steps: Winning Through State and Regional Action

Latifa Lyles, Director, Women’s Bureau, United States Department of Labor

4:10 PM

The “Call to Action” Round Table

Ann Bookman, Director, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy
Jill E. Ashton, Director, Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women
Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
Arianne Corrente, Vice Chair, Policy Chair, Women’s Fund of Rhode Island Board of Directors
Eliza Townsend, Executive Director, Maine Women’s Policy Center
Carolyn Treiss, Executive Director, Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, Connecticut
MaryJo Brown, Chair, New Hampshire Women’s Foundation

4:10 PM
5:00 PM

"Women Who Dared to Run: A Post-election Celebration of Women Candidates"

RECEPTION, The Pavilion, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, located one flight downstairs from Smith Hall

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM