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Institute for Women and Girls
Graduate School of Social Service
Educational Activities
ANNUAL SYMPOSIA FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
HISTORICAL TRAUMA, DISPLACEMENT AND WELL-BEING OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN, March 6, 2007
Keynote Speaker:
Karina Walters, Ph.D., William B. and Ruth Gerberding Endowed Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work
Discussants:
Elizabeth Meddeb, Ph.D., Former Chair, Women's Studies, York College, CUNY
Elizabeth Cooper, Esq., Fordham University Law School Clinic
Smita Ekka Dewan, Fordham University Graduate Social Service
HUMAN TRAFFICKING: A GLOBAL AND LOCAL WOMEN'S ISSUE, March 8, 2006
Keynote Speakers:
Wenchi Wu Perkins, Program Director, Vital Voices, Washington, DC
Nadra Qadeer, Director, Anti Trafficking Program, Safe Horizon, NYC
Discussants:
Susan Berger, Ph.D. (Political Science, Art and Sciences)
Patricia Brownell, Ph.D. (GSSS)
Gemma Solimene, Esq. (Law School)NYC
WOMEN AND AIDS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, March 8, 2005
Keynote Speaker:
Cynthia Poindexter, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work, Fordham University
Discussants:
Elizabeth Cooper, JD (Law School)
Abigail Harris, Ph.D.(GSE)
Tonya Perry, Ph.D.(GSSS)
Irma Watkins-Owens, Ph.D.(African-American Studies)
WOMEN, POVERTY & MENTAL HEALTH, March 8, 2004
Keynote Speaker:
Mindy Thompson Fullilove, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public Health, New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia.
CONFERENCES
CHANGING HEALTH CARE 2008: INFORMATION LEADING TO ACTION, Jan 28 & March 6, 2008
Why does our health care system need to be reformed? Why now? Why do we need to be involved? What will happen to our coverage, even if it is employment-based or through Medicare if there isn't fundamental change? This series answers these questions and more as it aims to inform and encourage increased public support for universal health coverage. This conference is presented by Women's City Club of New York and co-sponsored by the Institute for Women and Girls. Details and conference registration information can be found HERE.
GEMS CONFERENCE, June 16, 2007
The Institute for Women and Girls co-sponsored a conference with GEMS (Girls Education and Mentoring Services) for young women ages 15-21 who are vulnerable to abuse and sexual exploitation. Fordham social work students and teen leaders conducted empowering and creative workshops addressing domestic violence, dating violence and sexual exploitation.
TOGETHER WE CAN! A DIALOGUE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM SOCIAL WORK AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES,Oct 30, 2006
Marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month, this half-day conference was co-sponsored by the Institute for Women and Girls and the Urban Justice Center's Domestic Violence Project. Julie Ross, LCSW, presented the keynote and Madeline Garcia Bigelow, JD, and Anindita Bhaumik led an interactive discussion.
SOCIAL WORK CURRICULUM PROJECT
Institute Faculty are reviewing the Foundation social work curriculum in the Graduate School of Social Service in order to determine how best to integrate knowledge of the development and needs of women and girls.
FUNDRAISING FOR CHINESE MIGRANT STUDENTS
In collaboration with the Council of Overseas Chinese Service (COCS) and the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA), the Institute sponsored a cultural and charity event on January 13, 2007. The event, which featured an experimental theater performanceand a concert, raised funds to improve the educational chances of migrant workers and their children in two rural townships in China.
STUDENT LEADERSHIP COMMITTEEOF THE INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS
Students are invited to join a committee to raise awareness of women and social justice issues. Currently being developed, the Student Group will plan events or activities thatare relevant to, or intended to benefit, women and girls. This group will foster leadership skills and will also be a forum for students to hear about faculty and seasoned social workers' professional histories and career paths.
For more information contact: Dr. Rachelle Kammer at kammer@fordham.edu or Julie Ross at juross@fordham.edu.
LEARNED LUNCHES
The Institute sponsors Learned Lunches (lunchtime lectures) for graduate social work students. Topics have included: Role Strain in Female Students in Graduate Social Work Education-Culturally Competent Organizational Responses; Understanding the Experiences of Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren; An Ecological Perspective-Mississippi Rural Development and the Employment of Women; Definitions, Causes, and Prevention of Burnout Among Helping Professionals; Innovative Programs for Servicing Young Girls in NYC; Using Postmodernism to Break Stereotypes of Hispanic Women; Welfare and Employment in the Context of Welfare Reform; Partner Violence among Military Women; Reconciling work and family—an International Perspective; Domestic Violence and Older Women; and Self-esteem in Hispanic Girls.
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