UPCOMING EVENTS

Presenting with Pizzazz, with Diane Ripstein

Tuesday, January 22, & Thursday, January 24, 6:00pm – 8:30pm

Chancellor’s Conference Room, Quinn Administration Building
Open only to students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate Program for Women in Politics & Public Policy, McCormack Graduate School, UMass Boston

Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe Columnist
Gender, Race and Presidential Politics 2008:
From Iowa to “Super Tuesday”

Thursday, February 7, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

UMass Boston Campus Center, Room 3540
Open only to students, faculty and staff of the McCormack Graduate School, UMass Boston, and invited guests

Women Mayors of Massachusetts
A Reception and Panel Discussion to Celebrate
International Women’s Day and the Center’s
25th Women’s Research Forum

Tuesday, March 11, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

UMass Boston Campus Center Ballroom A
Open to the Public
RSVP to cwppp@umb.edu or 617.287.5541

Social Work and Social Justice
Keynote Address by Center Director, Carol Hardy-Fanta
National Association of Social Workers LEAD 2008
Legislative Education and Advocacy Day

Tuesday, March 25, 9:30am to 10:30am

Massachusetts State House
National Association of Social Workers Event
Click here for details.

Carol Hardy-Fanta, Center Director
Cleavage, Cackles and Cookies: Analyzing News Coverage of
Hillary Clinton and the 2008 Presidential Election
Women, Action and the Media (WAM!) Conference

Friday, March 28 – Sunday, March 30

MIT Stata Center
Click here to register.

External Advisory Board Meeting

Wednesday, April 2, 5:00pm – 7:00pm

University of Massachusetts Club
225 Franklin Street, Boston
Open to Board Members only. Call 617.287.5541.

Graduation Celebration
Class of 2008, Graduate Program for Women in Politics and Public Policy

Thursday, May 22, 6:00pm – 8:30pm

UMass Boston Campus Center Ballroom
Open to graduates and invited guests.

Save the Date!
Women’s Policy Conference: Women, Work and Wages

Monday, June 9, 8:30am – 5:00pm

UMass Boston Campus Center
Women still make just 77 cents on the dollar that men make, even in full-time jobs. Women of color and immigrant women make even less. Find out what you need to know and how to take action to gain wage equality for yourself and women across the Commonwealth!
Check back soon for details.

Fall 2007 Events

Wednesday, November 7, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Findings from the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Survey
Carol Hardy-Fanta, Director of the Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, will join her fellow Principal Investigators at the national release of these in Washington, D.C. Call 617.287.5541 to find out more. In D.C. and plan to attend? Click here to RSVP.

To watch the LIVE Webcast of the event starting at 2:00pm on Wed., Nov. 7th., click on the banner below.

Thursday, November 15, 2007, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Women of Talent: A Benchmark Report on Gender and Government Appointments in Massachusetts, 2002–2007

Please join us at UMass Club Boston for the release of this exciting report by the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy and the Massachusetts Government Appointments Project (MassGAP). Contact info@massgap.org for more information.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 2:30pm – 4:30pm

Engendering 24th Women’s Research Forum: Quality and Equity in Mental
Health Services for Women and Families of Color

Presentations by Prof. Ester Shapiro and Celeste Atallah-Gutierrez; Moderated by Prof. Connie Chan. Chancellor’s Conference Room, 3rd floor, Quinn. Refreshments served and all welcome!