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.

 

1. Algeria

2. Bahrain

3. Cape Verde

4. Chad

5. China

6. Egypt

7. Iraq

8. Libya

9. Morocco

10. Niger

11. Palestine

12. Saudi Arabia

13. Spain

14. Sudan

15. Syria

16. Tunisia

17. United States

 

 

 

 

Conference Schedule

 Saturday, August 10 to August 17, 2013

 

Saturday, August 10                                       Arrival / Settling In

 

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM       Breakfast/Brunch will be available, Campus Center

                                          NOTE:  Wheelock College serves brunch from 10:00 AM to

                                          2:00 PM on weekends.

 

12:00 PM – 7:00              PM Check In (Peabody Hall)

                                          Upon arrival participants will check in and receive lodging

                                          information and conference materials.

 

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM         Dinner, Campus Center

                                          Dinner will be available to all participants.

 

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM          Dessert Social, Campus Center

                                          Meet new friends and socialize over cake!

 

Sunday, August 11                                        Touring and Orientation

 

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM       Breakfast/Brunch will be available, Campus Center Dining

                                          NOTE:  Wheelock College serves brunch from 10:00 AM to

                                          2:00 PM on weekends.

 

9:00 AM – 12:30 PM        Free Time! Take advantage of this time! Get out and explore the city!

 

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM          W2W Ice Breakers!, Campus Center

 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM          Conference Orientation and Overview, Campus Center

                                          Participants will be briefed on the conference schedule and hear

                                          from Conference Chairs Karen McLaughlin and Lisa Wong as well as

                                          conference founder Rick Rendon.

 

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM          What is an Action Plan?, Campus Center

                                          As you know, you will be expected to develop and implement an

                                          action plan about an issue you care about when you return home.

                                          W2W Alumnae will share their action plans and experiences and

                                          answer any questions you may have.

 

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM          Dinner, Campus Center Dining Facilities

 

6:15 PM – 7:00 PM          Todd Patkin, Campus Center

                                          Philanthropist and Author

 

 

Monday, August 12                     Global Overview – Laying the Groundwork

 

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM         Breakfast, Campus Center Dining Facilities

 

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM         Conference Announcements and Reminders, Campus Center

 

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM         Travel to Harvard University

 1651 Massachusetts Avenue

 Wasserstein Building, 2019 Milstein West A

 

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM     Victoria Budson

                                          Executive Director, Women and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy

                                          School

                                          - Issues impacting women throughout the world

                                          - The important role women play in shaping our societies

                                          - Introduce Action Plans

                                          - Break into discussion groups

                                          - Report out on issues

                                          - Develop sample action plan with group

 

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM      Lunch, 2036 Milstein East B

 

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM          The Art of Negotiation, Harvard Law School

                                          Susan Hackley, Managing Director, Program on Negotiation

                                          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. You will

                                          learn skills and strategies you can put to use right away.

 

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM          Break

 

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM          Human Rights, A New Agenda

                                          Sharmila Murthy, Assistant Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law

                                          School

 

4:30 PM – 6:15 PM          Harvard Square and Dinner

 

6:15 PM – 7:15 PM          Meet the Mason Fellows, Harvard Kennedy School

                                          The Mid-Career Master in Public Administration Edward S. Mason

                                          Program (Mason Program) is the Harvard Kennedy School’s flagship

                                          international program. Each year, 75 to 80 demonstrated leaders

                                          from developing, newly industrialized and transitional economy

                                          countries participate in this intensive one-year master’s degree

                                          program designed to prepare them to address the world’s most

                                          compelling development challenges. The emphasis of the program is

                                          on developing the broad range of analytical and leadership skills

                                          required to initiate and implement major political, social or economic

                                          change.

 

7:30 PM – 8:00 PM          Travel back to Wheelock College

 

Tuesday, August 13                           Wheelock College

 

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM         Breakfast, Campus Center

 

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM         Margaret McKenna, Campus Center

 

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM       Women Making Change, Campus Center

                                          Meet the women who are making positive changes in their

                                          community and country.

 

                                          Moderated by Molly Lomenzo, W2W 2009

                                          - Christina Bain, Babson Social Innovation Lab, Babson College

                                          - Abbagail Geroux, Women’s Bar Association

                                          - Karen McLaughlin, W2W Chair, Policy Advisor, Program on

                                          Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, Harvard University

 

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM      The Basics of Public Speaking, Campus Center

                                          Marianne Adams, M.Ed., Instructor, Wheelock College

 

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM        Lunch, Campus Center Dining Facilities

 

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM          Charlie Rose, Senior Vice President and Dean, City Year

 

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM          Team Meetings

 

2:45 PM – 4:15 PM          Putting the ACTION into Your Plan, Campus Center

                                          How does one develop an action plan? What are the important

                                          components you must consider? Whether your plan is big or small,

                                          hear first hand from professional campaign operatives about what

                                          you need to do to create and conduct your plan. Organizing, media

                                          relations, social media and fundraising could be elements of your

                                          effort. Share your ideas, ask questions, seek advice and suggestions.

                                          Learn from some of the best about what it takes to make a difference!

 

                                          Priti Rao, Executive Director, Massachusetts Women's Political

                                          Caucus

 

                                          Julia Frederick, Campaign Manager, Ayanna Pressley for Boston City

                                          Council at Large

 

                                          Samantha Washburn-Baronie, Associate Director, Massachusetts

                                          Women’s Political Caucus

 

4:30 PM – 5:15 PM          The Leader in You, Campus Center

                                          Chahrazad Bekkaoui, 2010 W2W Alumna

                                          “The Leader in You” will focus on defining leadership and will give

                                          you a clear vision of what it means to be an effective leader. This

                                          workshop will enable you to recognize the different types of

                                          leadership and will help you determine the type of leader you are!

 

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM          Dinner, Campus Center

 

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM          Girls Rising Screening, Campus Center

                                          Debuted in March, 2013, Girl Rising is a groundbreaking film by

                                          10x10, directed by Academy Award nominee Richard Robbins,

                                          which tells the stories of 9 extraordinary girls from 9 countries,

                                          written by 9 celebrated writers and narrated by 9 renowned

                                          actresses. These girls have experienced trauma, poverty,

                                          discrimination, and violence, yet they have persevered. Girl Rising

                                          showcases the strength of the human spirit and the power of

                                          education to change the world. It demonstrates that if you invest in a

                                          girl, she will do the rest.

 

8:00 PM                            Conference Announcements and Reminders, Campus Center

 

                                          Work on your Action Plans!

 

Wednesday, August 14                                               Babson College

 

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM         Breakfast, Campus Center Dining Facilities

 

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM         Travel to Babson College

 

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM     Welcome & Introductions

                                          Susan Duffy, Center for Women’s Leadership,  Babson College

 

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM     Entrepreneurial Thought & Action, Heidi Neck, Associate Professor,

                                          Entrepreneurial Studies, Babson College

                                          Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® (ET&A) is an action-oriented

                                          methodology for navigating environments that are increasingly

                                          uncertain and unpredictable.  The ET&A methodology requires

                                          quick and smart action in order to gather real data, experiment, and

                                          accept that the opportunity will change and evolve with every action

                                          and iteration. The framework of ET&A addresses desire to take

                                          action, starting with means at hand, understanding the nature of

                                          risk, co-creating with others, and learning from early and smart

                                          action.

 

12:00 PM  – 12:30 PM     Lunch, Cafeteria at Babson College

 

12:30 PM – 12:45 PM      Travel to Chapel

 

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM        Made by Survivors: A Case Study of ET&A in Practice, Elizabeth

                                          Goldberg, Professor, Babson College

 

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM          “Starting” through Design Thinking, Heidi Neck

 

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM          Travel to Wheelock College

 

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM           Dinner, Campus Center Dining Facilities

 

6:30 PM – 7:00 PM          Travel to The Esplanade for the Landmark Concert

                                          Featuring the Longwood Symphony

 

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM          Concert on the Esplanade

 

9:00 PM – 9:30 PM          Travel to Wheelock College

 

Thursday, August 15                      Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

 

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM         Breakfast On The Go!, Campus Center Dining Facilities

 

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM         Travel to Fletcher School at Tufts University

 

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM       James Stavridis, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

 

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM       Using Social Media for Social Change, Campus Cente

                                          Christopher (Rusty) Tunnard, MA, MALD, PhD, Fletcher School of

                                          Law and Diplomacy

                                          We have seen how social networks and social media have been used

                                          successfully in bringing down long-time democratic dictatorships,

                                          most recently in Tunisia and Egypt.

 

                                          But can they be as effective in building up institutions and civil

                                          society? One promising solution lies in the creation of action-

                                          oriented issue networks in countries throughout the regions you

                                          represent. There’s no better time to start than now, while you’re all

                                          together in Boston.

 

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM         Lunch

 

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM          Travel to Wheelock College

 

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM A Discussion With Best Selling Novelist, Claire Messud, Campus Center

 

                                          Moderated by, Jane Christo, Edward R. Murrow Center at

                                          The Fletcher School

 

                                          The New York Times calls her latest novel. "...Brilliant and

                                          beautiful...but the real achievement of this novel is to imbue every

                                          chapter with thought-provoking questions surrounding the place of

                                          women in literature, society and-most importantly-their own

                                          minds."

 

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM          Dinner, Campus Center Dining Facilities

 

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM          Cultural Presentations, Campus Center

 

 

Friday, August 16                               Action Plan Presentations

 

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM         Breakfast, Campus Center

 

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM        Conference Review, Campus Center

                                          Rick Rendon & Tricia Raynard

 

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM         Elizabeth Cafferty, Senior Advocacy Officer, Women’s Refugee

                                          Commission

 

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM     Action Plan Development, Campus Center

 

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM      Lunch, Campus Center

 

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM        Travel to Massachusetts State House

                                          NOTE: You are not allowed to bring food or drink into the State

                                          House.  The State House is usually very cold. Please dress

                                          accordingly.

 

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM          Women2Women Action Plan Presentations, Massachusetts State

                                          House

                                          Delegates will present their action plans to a panel of local leaders.

                                          Presentations will be five minutes in length. Panelists will offer

                                          feedback based on the presentations and knowledge of the issues.

 

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM          Travel to Wheelock College

 

4:00 PM – 6:30 PM          Free Time! Shopping!

 

6:30 PM – 9:30 PM          Dinner and Final Night Party, Campus Center

 

Saturday, August 17             Travel Day

 

Empower Peace staff members will provide delegates with the airport travel schedule. Delegates must check out and return dorm keys prior to departure. There will be a $25 charge for lost keys and $25 charge for lost key cards.

 

5:00 AM – 10:00 PM        Travel to Logan Airport for Departure

 

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM       Brunch, Campus Center

                                          NOTE:  Wheelock College serves brunch from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

                                          on weekends.

 

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM          Dinner, Campus Center