Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Saturday, August 9, 2008 Arrival / Settling In
2:00 PM – 7:00 PM Check In, McKenna Student Center
Upon arrival participants will check in and receive lodging information and conference materials.
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner, White Hall
Dinner will be available to all participants.
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Ice Cream Social, White Hall
Enjoy new friends and socialize over a scoop of America’s favorite frozen treat!
Sunday, August 10, 2008 Touring and Orientation
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Breakfast, White Hall
10:00 AM – 12:00 AM Boston Trolley Tour / Boston Duck Tour
Participants will visit various Boston landmarks, as well as have an opportunity to shop at local retailers.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch, White Hall
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM FREE TIME
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM W2W Group Meeting, Alumni Hall
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Dinner, White Hall
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Conference Orientation and Overview, Marran Theater
Participants will be briefed on the conference schedule and hear from Conference Co-Chairs Diane Caldwell, Shahid Khan and Todd Patkin, as well as conference organizers Rick Rendon, Tricia Raynard, Kari Johnston and Asad Butt.
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Ice Breakers, Alumni Hall
8:30 PM – 9:30 PM Performance by Sharon Katz and Peace Train, Marran Theater
Monday, August 11, 2008 Leadership in Conflict Negotiation
6:30 AM – 7:45 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Welcome Address, President Joseph Moore, Lesley University, Alumni Hall
Conference Review, Rick Rendon & Todd Patkin, Alumni Hall
Conference Co-Chair Todd Patkin and Rick Rendon will pose the question of the day to the participants.
“Name three of your favorite musicians or rock groups”
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Break
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM Keynote Speaker, Victoria Budson, Alumni Hall
Executive Director, Women and Public Policy, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Andrea Friedman, Alumni Hall
Vice President & Senior Counsel, Global Justice Center
The Global Justice Center works to: target the entrenched political and cultural norms that perpetuate male dominated decision-making bodies and constrain women use human rights and international law as tools to restructure societies in ways that enable women to take their rightful place in national and transitional justice processes; identify activists, leaders, judges, and policymakers and train them in the affirmative use of women's human rights and international law as tools for constructing new democracies, governments, and transitional bodies; and transform the operational definition of democracy to one that is truly representative.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch , White Hall
W2W Conference Live, Alumni Hall
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Andrea Friedman, Workshop, Alumni Hall
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Break
2:45 PM – 5:45 PM Learning to Lead Through the Use of the Arts, Vivien
Marcow Speiser, Phillip Speiser and Sharon Katz, Alumni Hall
Using arts activities from the DecisionArts program, participants will explore how personal and group similarities and differences can be transformed into personal empowerment and community connection and action. This workshop will be facilitated by staff from Lesley University, The Peace Train and the Whittier Street Health Center, as well as teen participants from the DecisionArts program.
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner, White Hall
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM Who Does She Think She Is? Documentary, Marran Theater
Directed by Pam Boll
FILM DESCRIPTION
Who Does She Think She Is? is a feature length documentary exploring the lives of five women artists who are also mothers. In the film, each of the women sustains the competing claims on her heart despite financial hardship, institutional disinterest and lack of support. Historically, women have not been able to mother and make art – neither pay. So, how do these women do it? And why should it matter to us? Who Does She Think She Is? tells the story of ordinary women who pursue their calling – at a price – but for whom art has the power to transform their lives, and perhaps ours into a deeper experience of living.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Compromise, Respect & Team Building
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Conference Review, Rick Rendon & Todd Patkin, Alumni Hall
Conference Co-Chair Todd Patkin and Rick Rendon will pose the question of the day to the participants.
“How are weddings celebrated in your country?”
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Keynote Address, Attorney General, Martha Coakley, Alumni Hall
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Travel to Harvard University
10:00 AM –12:00 PM 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.
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Harvard University Tour
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch, White Hall
W2W Conference Live
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Susan Alexander, Executive Vice President, General Council, Biogen Idec, Alumni Hall
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM OPEN, Alumni Hall
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM “Path to Leadership” Panel Discussion, Alumni Hall
Panel members will share their personal path to leadership, including the personal and professional challenges they faced in their struggle for women’s rights and the opportunities they found to make a genuine impact.
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM Break
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM Rehearsal Time - Peace Train, Marran Theater
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM Free Time
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Dinner Reception at Swanee G. Hunt’s Home
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 New Media / Cause Media
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Travel to Porter Square
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Conference Review, Rick Rendon & Todd Patkin, Porter Square
“Name your favorite television shows”
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM James Glassman, Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Videoconference, Porter Square
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 AM – 11:30 PM Presidential Politics, Lesley University, Porter Square
The panel will discuss the dynamics of American presidential politics, focusing on the 2008 election. Topics to be discussed may include: national and international implications for the 2008 presidential race, the role of faith in politics, and the historical and current picture of women’s participation in American politics. Our goal is to provide these dynamic young women with a substantive debate and dialogue on presidential politics and women’s leadership.
11:30 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch, White Hall
W2W Conference Live
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM “A Piece on Peace” Directed by Lesley University Staff
Alumni Hall
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Break
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM Media Coverage and Media Relations, Alumni Hall
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Keeping Girls Safe and Strong!, Girls’ LEAP, Alumni Hall
Girls' LEAP Self-Defense, Inc trains at-risk girls aged 8-18 in verbal and physical safety skills and self-awareness. LEAP helps girls develop a diverse set of responses to violence, beyond the extremes of passivity and escalation.
LEAP's physical skills techniques maximize girls' options and help girls to make safe decisions in spite of fear. The self-reflective skills strengthen girls' ability to say "no" in difficult situations, to create safe and constructive boundaries, and to identify and trust their own feelings.
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM Dinner, White Hall
6:15 PM – 6:30 PM Travel to Harvard University, Mason Fellows Program
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Harvard University, Mason Fellows Program and Reception
Thursday, August 14, 2008 Leadership in Government
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Conference Review, Rick Rendon & Todd Patkin, Alumni Hall
“What are the most important lessons you learned this week?”
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM James Roosevelt, Jr., President and CEO, Tufts Health Plan, Alumni Hall
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Break
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Women’s Rights, Group Presentations/Rehearsal, Alumni Hall
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch, White Hall
W2W Conference Live, Alumni Hall
12:45 PM – 1:15 PM Travel to Massachusetts State House
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Tour of the Massachusetts 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!
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Women2Women Presentation of Women’s Rights, House Chamber
Participants will share their thoughts the rights they believe are most important to them as women. Presentations will include their strategies to secure and nurture women’s rights in their own communities.
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Rehearsal Time
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM State Room, 60 State Street
Participants will be treated to a welcome reception hosted by Senate President Therese Murray and Senate Majority Whip Joan Menard.
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM Travel to Lesley University
Friday, August 15, 2008 Leadership in Community Service
7:30 AM – 8:15 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Travel to Community Service Project
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Community Service Project – The Greater Boston Food Bank
The Greater Boston Food Bank's mission is to help end hunger in eastern Massachusetts. To achieve their mission, The Food Bank feeds more than 320,000 people annually in nine counties in eastern Massachusetts. They're poor to middle-class people who can't make ends meet. The Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England and one of the largest food banks in the country.
Community Service Project – Tufts Medical Center
Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children serve as the principal teaching hospitals for Tufts University School of Medicine, which ranks in the top five percent of institutions nationwide receiving National Institutes of Health research funding.
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch, Location TBD
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Travel to Wrentham Outlets
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Shopping at The Wrentham Outlets
Get ready to shop ‘till you drop! Participants will enjoy some free time for shopping at The Wrentham Shopping Outlets
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Travel to Reception
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Final Night Reception
Alumni Presentation
Closing Remarks
Saturday, August 16, 2008 Conference Closing Remarks/Travel
7:45 AM – 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
Airport Travel
11:30 AM Lunch, White Hall
Airport Travel
2:00 PM – 7:00 PM Check In, McKenna Student Center
Upon arrival participants will check in and receive lodging information and conference materials.
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner, White Hall
Dinner will be available to all participants.
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Ice Cream Social, White Hall
Enjoy new friends and socialize over a scoop of America’s favorite frozen treat!
Sunday, August 10, 2008 Touring and Orientation
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Breakfast, White Hall
10:00 AM – 12:00 AM Boston Trolley Tour / Boston Duck Tour
Participants will visit various Boston landmarks, as well as have an opportunity to shop at local retailers.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch, White Hall
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM FREE TIME
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM W2W Group Meeting, Alumni Hall
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Dinner, White Hall
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Conference Orientation and Overview, Marran Theater
Participants will be briefed on the conference schedule and hear from Conference Co-Chairs Diane Caldwell, Shahid Khan and Todd Patkin, as well as conference organizers Rick Rendon, Tricia Raynard, Kari Johnston and Asad Butt.
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Ice Breakers, Alumni Hall
8:30 PM – 9:30 PM Performance by Sharon Katz and Peace Train, Marran Theater
Monday, August 11, 2008 Leadership in Conflict Negotiation
6:30 AM – 7:45 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Welcome Address, President Joseph Moore, Lesley University, Alumni Hall
Conference Review, Rick Rendon & Todd Patkin, Alumni Hall
Conference Co-Chair Todd Patkin and Rick Rendon will pose the question of the day to the participants.
“Name three of your favorite musicians or rock groups”
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Break
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM Keynote Speaker, Victoria Budson, Alumni Hall
Executive Director, Women and Public Policy, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Andrea Friedman, Alumni Hall
Vice President & Senior Counsel, Global Justice Center
The Global Justice Center works to: target the entrenched political and cultural norms that perpetuate male dominated decision-making bodies and constrain women use human rights and international law as tools to restructure societies in ways that enable women to take their rightful place in national and transitional justice processes; identify activists, leaders, judges, and policymakers and train them in the affirmative use of women's human rights and international law as tools for constructing new democracies, governments, and transitional bodies; and transform the operational definition of democracy to one that is truly representative.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch , White Hall
W2W Conference Live, Alumni Hall
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Andrea Friedman, Workshop, Alumni Hall
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Break
2:45 PM – 5:45 PM Learning to Lead Through the Use of the Arts, Vivien
Marcow Speiser, Phillip Speiser and Sharon Katz, Alumni Hall
Using arts activities from the DecisionArts program, participants will explore how personal and group similarities and differences can be transformed into personal empowerment and community connection and action. This workshop will be facilitated by staff from Lesley University, The Peace Train and the Whittier Street Health Center, as well as teen participants from the DecisionArts program.
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner, White Hall
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM Who Does She Think She Is? Documentary, Marran Theater
Directed by Pam Boll
FILM DESCRIPTION
Who Does She Think She Is? is a feature length documentary exploring the lives of five women artists who are also mothers. In the film, each of the women sustains the competing claims on her heart despite financial hardship, institutional disinterest and lack of support. Historically, women have not been able to mother and make art – neither pay. So, how do these women do it? And why should it matter to us? Who Does She Think She Is? tells the story of ordinary women who pursue their calling – at a price – but for whom art has the power to transform their lives, and perhaps ours into a deeper experience of living.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Compromise, Respect & Team Building
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Conference Review, Rick Rendon & Todd Patkin, Alumni Hall
Conference Co-Chair Todd Patkin and Rick Rendon will pose the question of the day to the participants.
“How are weddings celebrated in your country?”
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Keynote Address, Attorney General, Martha Coakley, Alumni Hall
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Travel to Harvard University
10:00 AM –12:00 PM 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.
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Harvard University Tour
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch, White Hall
W2W Conference Live
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Susan Alexander, Executive Vice President, General Council, Biogen Idec, Alumni Hall
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM OPEN, Alumni Hall
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM “Path to Leadership” Panel Discussion, Alumni Hall
Panel members will share their personal path to leadership, including the personal and professional challenges they faced in their struggle for women’s rights and the opportunities they found to make a genuine impact.
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM Break
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM Rehearsal Time - Peace Train, Marran Theater
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM Free Time
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Dinner Reception at Swanee G. Hunt’s Home
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 New Media / Cause Media
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Travel to Porter Square
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Conference Review, Rick Rendon & Todd Patkin, Porter Square
“Name your favorite television shows”
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM James Glassman, Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Videoconference, Porter Square
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 AM – 11:30 PM Presidential Politics, Lesley University, Porter Square
The panel will discuss the dynamics of American presidential politics, focusing on the 2008 election. Topics to be discussed may include: national and international implications for the 2008 presidential race, the role of faith in politics, and the historical and current picture of women’s participation in American politics. Our goal is to provide these dynamic young women with a substantive debate and dialogue on presidential politics and women’s leadership.
11:30 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch, White Hall
W2W Conference Live
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM “A Piece on Peace” Directed by Lesley University Staff
Alumni Hall
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Break
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM Media Coverage and Media Relations, Alumni Hall
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Keeping Girls Safe and Strong!, Girls’ LEAP, Alumni Hall
Girls' LEAP Self-Defense, Inc trains at-risk girls aged 8-18 in verbal and physical safety skills and self-awareness. LEAP helps girls develop a diverse set of responses to violence, beyond the extremes of passivity and escalation.
LEAP's physical skills techniques maximize girls' options and help girls to make safe decisions in spite of fear. The self-reflective skills strengthen girls' ability to say "no" in difficult situations, to create safe and constructive boundaries, and to identify and trust their own feelings.
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM Dinner, White Hall
6:15 PM – 6:30 PM Travel to Harvard University, Mason Fellows Program
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Harvard University, Mason Fellows Program and Reception
Thursday, August 14, 2008 Leadership in Government
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Conference Review, Rick Rendon & Todd Patkin, Alumni Hall
“What are the most important lessons you learned this week?”
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM James Roosevelt, Jr., President and CEO, Tufts Health Plan, Alumni Hall
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Break
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Women’s Rights, Group Presentations/Rehearsal, Alumni Hall
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch, White Hall
W2W Conference Live, Alumni Hall
12:45 PM – 1:15 PM Travel to Massachusetts State House
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Tour of the Massachusetts 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!
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Women2Women Presentation of Women’s Rights, House Chamber
Participants will share their thoughts the rights they believe are most important to them as women. Presentations will include their strategies to secure and nurture women’s rights in their own communities.
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Rehearsal Time
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM State Room, 60 State Street
Participants will be treated to a welcome reception hosted by Senate President Therese Murray and Senate Majority Whip Joan Menard.
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM Travel to Lesley University
Friday, August 15, 2008 Leadership in Community Service
7:30 AM – 8:15 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Travel to Community Service Project
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Community Service Project – The Greater Boston Food Bank
The Greater Boston Food Bank's mission is to help end hunger in eastern Massachusetts. To achieve their mission, The Food Bank feeds more than 320,000 people annually in nine counties in eastern Massachusetts. They're poor to middle-class people who can't make ends meet. The Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England and one of the largest food banks in the country.
Community Service Project – Tufts Medical Center
Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children serve as the principal teaching hospitals for Tufts University School of Medicine, which ranks in the top five percent of institutions nationwide receiving National Institutes of Health research funding.
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch, Location TBD
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Travel to Wrentham Outlets
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Shopping at The Wrentham Outlets
Get ready to shop ‘till you drop! Participants will enjoy some free time for shopping at The Wrentham Shopping Outlets
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Travel to Reception
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Final Night Reception
Alumni Presentation
Closing Remarks
Saturday, August 16, 2008 Conference Closing Remarks/Travel
7:45 AM – 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast, White Hall
Airport Travel
11:30 AM Lunch, White Hall
Airport Travel
Women2Women
Cultural Connection & Leadership
Program