Women and girls play a critical role in advancing both peace and development.

 

Research shows that families, communities and nations prosper when girls have the opportunity to participate fully in every aspect of society. Empower Peace’s Women2Women International Leadership Program (W2W) builds a network of promising young women (ages 15-19) from around the globe, engages them in the issues that define their lives and provides them with the tools, relationships and opportunities required to lead.

 

Conference Schedule

August 4, 2007 -  August 10, 2007

 

Saturday, August 4, 2007          Bus Travel & Airport Travel

 

8:00 AM – 10:30 PM

International Participant Arrival

 

5:30 PM – 7: 30 PM

Dinner, White Hall

 

Sunday, August 5, 2007          Briefing, Networking and Motivation

 

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Continental Breakfast, White Hall

 

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Check In

Upon arrival participants will check in and receive lodging information and conference materials.

 

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch, White Hall

 

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Welcome Reception, White Hall

 

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Conference Orientation and Overview, Alumni Hall

Participants will be briefed on the conference schedule and hear from conference Co-Chairs Diane Caldwell and Shahid Khan and conference organizers Rick Rendon, Tricia Raynard and Asad Butt.

 

Rev. Gloria Hammond, Keynote Address

 

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Ice Breakers, Alumni Hall

 

Monday, August 6, 2007          Government

 

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast, White Hall

 

8:45 AM – 10:00 AM

Dr. Joseph B. Moore, President, Lesley University,  Alumni Hall

 

Keynote Speaker, Victoria Budson, Executive Director, Women and Public Policy, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Alumni Hall

 

10:00 AM – 10:50 AM

Travel to The State House

 

10:50 AM –11:35 AM

Tour of the State House

Participants visit the Boston Massachusetts State House, the oldest in the nation.  The tour will teach you about the architecture and history of the State Capitol.  You will see the House and Senate Chambers and even learn about our state insect; the ladybug!

 

11:35 AM – 12:55 PM

Lunch , Grand Staircase

Participants will have lunch at the grand staircase of the State House.

 

Keynote Speaker: Juliette Kayyem, Secretary of Homeland Security in Massachusetts.

 

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Women in the Government, Senate Chamber

Participants will participate in an important discussion regarding the role of women in Government. Women elected officials will speak about their successes and roadblocks as females in a traditionally male- dominated field.

 

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break

 

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Women and Public Policy, Senate Chamber

 

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Judge Joyce Alexander, Senate Chamber

 

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Travel to Lesley University

 

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Dinner, White Hall

 

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Cultural Presentations, Alumni Hall

(Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Lebanon, Israel, Kuwait)

 

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Ice Cream Social, White Hall

Enjoy new friends and socialize over a scoop of America’s favorite frozen treat!

 

Night Activities, Student Center

Hip Hop class and games

 

Tuesday, August 7, 2007          Leadership Development

 

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast, White Hall

 

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Arden O’Connor, Rediscovery House, Alumni Hall

 

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Travel to Harvard University

 

9:45 AM – 11:15 AM

The Art of Negotiation, Harvard University

Susan Hackley, Managing Director, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School

 

Being a skilled negotiator can give you the confidence to ask for what you need and the ability to get the results you want-in your community, at work and at home.  Learn why negotiation is a core leadership skill and how you can be a better negotiator.  The workshop will include negotiation exercises and a discussion of the process of preparation and process in negotiation.  You will learn skills and strategies you can put to use right away.

 

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Travel to Lesley University

 

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Networking, Vicki Donlan, Alumni Hall

 

Learn the importance of networking.  The competition for jobs today can be alleviated though practical networking skills.  Learn to utilize the contacts you have right now to help you in to the future.

 

12:20 PM – 1:00 PM

Lunch , White Hall

 

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Women in Business Alumni Hall

 

Hear from a hand picked group of highly successful women.  Panelists will share their experiences in the work place as a woman and what it took to get to where they are today.

 

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM

Finding the Source of your Creative Leadership Power: An Intimate Exchange

Saphira Linden, Alumni Hall

 

Using the arts, participants will discover the source of their strength and creativity through a meditative visualization, drawing, writing, movement, sound and story-telling.

 

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

“A Piece on Peace”,  Alumni Hall

Keren Barzilay Schechter and Yousef Al Ajarama

 

With the war in their home country waging on, the authors of this short play found themselves together in the expressive therapies Ph.D. program at Lesley University - an Israeli Jewish woman and a Palestinian Muslim man. During their studies they used the healing powers of the art and delved together into a journey of self-exploration, from which an interactive theatre workshop has emerged. Engaged in the creative process, they spiraled from the private to the public domain, discovering and expressing their own version of the Israeli - Palestinian situation.

 

5:30 PM – 6:15 PM

Dinner & Free Time, White Hall

 

6:15 PM – 6:30 PM

Travel to Harvard University

 

6:35 PM – 8:00 PM

Global Women Discussion, Harvard University

Institute of Politics, Room I-150

 

8:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Reception

 

8:30 PM – 8:50 PM

Travel to Lesley

 

8:50 PM – 10:30 PM

Games/Free Time, Student Union

 

Wednesday, August 8, 2007          Leadership and Journalism

 

7:30 AM – 8:45 AM

Continental Breakfast, White Hall

 

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Women in Power Workshop, Madeline Yucht, Alumni Hall

 

Although many leadership challenges that men and women face are similar, some are particular to women, and so deserve special attention. The “Women in Leadership Workshop” will explore what it means to be a woman and a leader. This workshop has been designed to be practical, experiential, and personal. The goal is to provide frameworks and skills that will enable participants to have greater agency in their own lives and in the world. This is an opportunity for you to strengthen your relationship with personal and external power as it relates to realizing your life goals.

 

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Travel to Tufts University, Fletcher School of Diplomacy

 

11:15 AM –12:00 PM

Dr. Mishkat Al Moumin, Keynote Address

 

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM

Break

 

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM

Women in the Media, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Diplomacy

 

Women throughout the world continue to make huge strides in the media. Learn from established women professionals about the history of women in media, the strides they have made, and the challenges they face.  Join us in a discussion on the portrayal of women in magazines, newspapers and television.  This is your chance to find out how to enter and be successful in several areas of media and how to use it as a catalyst for change in your community!

 

1:45 PM – 2:15 PM

Lunch, Tufts University

 

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Travel to Walden Woods Project

 

3:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Walden Woods: Community Activism and the Environment, Kathy Anderson, Executive Director

 

Tour, Discussion and Dinner

 

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Travel to Lesley

 

8:00 PM – 8:45 PM

Cultural Presentations, Alumni Hall

(Morocco, Palestine, Pakistan, United States)

 

DESSERT

 

9:00 PM – 10:15 PM

Free Time

 

Thursday, August 9, 2007         Global Community & Cultural Diversity

 

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast, White Hall

 

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Keynote Speaker Jim Roosevelt (grandson of Eleanor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt), Alumni Hall

 

Introductory film presented by founder of Empower Peace, Rick Rendon.  Jim Roosevelt will speak about women who have created change in their world and in particular Eleanor Roosevelt.

 

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

The Power of Change, Sowmya Viswanathan, M.D., Alumni Hall

 

Learn how to create change and have an impact on those around you. This workshop will review our own leadership abilities and help us understand how to create and manage change.

 

11:30 AM  – 11:45 AM

Travel to Charles Hotel

 

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

Jody Adams, Keynote Address, Charles Hotel

Lunch

 

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Dr. Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Keynote Address, Charles Hotel

 

2:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Shopping in Boston

 

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Travel to Lesley University

 

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Break

 

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Final Night Reception BBQ, White Hall

 

8:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Final Night Cultural Presentations, Alumni Hall

(Jordan, Uzbekistan)

 

Friday, August 10, 2007          Conference Closing Remarks/Travel

 

BUS TRAVEL – ALL DAY

 

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast, White Hall

 

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Closing Remarks, Alumni Hall

 

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Global Town Meeting – Featuring YOU!, Alumni Hall

 

12:00 PM

Lunch, White Hall

Airport Travel