Agenda

Second Annual 4W Summit on Women, Gender and Well-being and 40th Wisconsin Women and Gender Studies Conference

TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION: Equity, Sustainability, Empowerment

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Pre-conference Thursday, April 27, 2017

3:00 * GWS Colloquium: Ellen Samuels, “Yvonne and Yvette McCarther: Race, Sex, Class, Conjoinment.” Auditorium

Thursday, April 27, 2017

4:00 * Soffa Lecture and 4W Keynote: Vandana Shiva ~ Women Lead the Way: From violence to Non violence, from greed to sharing, from hate to love Alumni Lounge
6:30 * Gerda Lerner Film and director’s talk: “Why Women Need to Climb Mountains” Alumni Lounge

Friday, April 28, 2017

8:00-4:00 Conference Registration
8:00-9:00 Session 1 (concurrent sessions)
9:15-11:45 * Summit Plenary I: Transformative Transnational Feminism: Theory and Praxis for the Future of Feminism Alumni Lounge
*nf/speakers.html#PlenaryII Summit Plenary II: Democracy, Gender and Transformative Education in Europe: The Case of Spain Alumni Lounge
12:00-12:45 Lunch (Lowell Hall Dining Room)
1:00-2:00 Session 2 (concurrent sessions)
2:15-3:15 Session 3 (concurrent sessions)
3:15-3:30 Refreshments (AT&T Lounge)
3:30-4:30 Session 4 (concurrent sessions)
4:45-5:45 Session 5 (Poster Session I)
6:00 * 40th Anniversary Gender and WS Librarian Office Reception 3rd Floor East
7:00 * Step by Step: Building a Feminist Movement, 1941-1977 Rooms 325 & 326

Saturday, April 29, 2017

8:00-4:00 Conference Registration
8:00-9:00 Session 6 (concurrent sessions)
9:15-10:30 * Summit Plenary III: African American Women Beyond the Stereotypes: Mental health, Resilience, and Sustainability Alumni Lounge
10:45-11:45 Session 7 (Poster Session II)
12:00-12:45 Lunch (Lowell Hall Dining Room)
1:00-2:00 * Summit Plenary IV: Social Transformations to End Exploitation and Trafficking for Sex (STREETS): Survivor and Educator Perspectives on Human Trafficking Education Alumni Lounge
2:15-3:15 Session 8 (concurrent sessions)
3:15-3:30 Refreshments (AT&T Lounge)
3:30-4:30 Session 9 (concurrent sessions)
4:45-6:15 * Summit Plenary V: Multiple Ways of Knowing: Insights Grounded in Indigenous Experiences Alumni Lounge
(All events in Pyle Center unless otherwise indicated) * Indicates Free and Open to the Public

Conference Co-chairs:

Lori DiPrete Brown, Director, UW–Madison 4W Initiative Helen Klebesadel, Director, UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Special Thanks to the Summit Planning Committee

Summit Contacts:

Helen Klebesadel, Director UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Email: hrklebesadel@wisc.edu, Phone:  608-262-3056 Dace Zeps, Program Administrator Center for Research on Gender and Women, UW–Madison dazeps@wisc.edu, Phone: 608-263-2053

The 4W Summit co-convenors and sponsors are honored to be holding this conference under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing, and a Culture of Peace as part of a global United Nations Platform on education, science, and culture.