WOMEN IN TODAY'S CULTURE:
Issues We Face & How We Deal with Them
The Theological Opportunities Program
Half-Day Conferences Thursday Mornings at 10AM
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September 18, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran "THE SECOND SEX: WOMEN AS "OTHER" IN THE MALE WORLD Setting the issue: Kathleen Armstrong* Lecture by Susan Lanser, former chair Women's and Gender Studies, Brandeis September 25, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran HOW ARE WE WOMEN COMPLICIT IN THE SOCIAL CODE OF MALE SUPERIORITY? Setting the issue: Elizabeth Dodson Gray* Lecture by Judith Jordan, psychotherapist, dir Stone Center, Wellesley College October 2, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran THE TENSION BETWEEN CARING FOR MYSELF & DOING FOR OTHERS Setting the issue: Pat Morris* Lecture by Susan Bailey, dir Wellesley Centers for Women October 9, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran THE HIGH COST OF BEING FEMALE IN TODAY'S ECONOMY Setting the issue: Reita Collins Ennis* Lecture by Patricia Deyton, dir Center for Gender in Organizations, Simmons School of Management October 16, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran THE ECONOMIC DILEMMA: CHOOSING BETWEEN NOW & THE FUTURE Setting the issue: Martha A.L.B. Nielsen* Lecture by Jill Stein, MD, founder Mass. Coalition for Healthy Communities, former Green Party candidate |
October 23, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran WOMEN'S JUGGLING ACT: CAN WE REALLY "DO IT ALL"? Setting the issue: Sarah O'Gara Lecture by Meredith Michaels, co-author of The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women October 30, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran HOW CAN WE LOVE, HONOR & RESPECT OUR BODIES IN THIS CULTURE? Setting the issue: Carol Staszewski* Lecture by Sharlene Hesse-Biber, prof Sociology, Boston College; author The Cult of Thinness November 6, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran AS WE GO THROUGH LIFE: CHANGE THAT HELPS, CHANGE THAT HURTS, & THE NEED FOR RESILIENCE Setting the issue: Susan Brown* Lecture by Linda Weltner, community activist, former Boston Globe columnist November 13, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran THE MIXED BLESSINGS OF NOT HAVING OR HAVING FAMILY: GIVING VOICE TO THE COMPLEXITIES Panel: Helen Barron,* Charlene Brotman,* Paula Chandoha,* Erica Kenny,* Carol Staszewski,* Joan Yates* November 20, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran "COME SING A SONG WITH ME": WOMEN'S NEEDS FOR INTIMACY, COMPANIONSHIP & SELF-EXPRESSION Lecture and singing by Carolyn McDade, composer, singer, choral director *- Advisory Committee member |
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Thursdays 10AM-1PM at University Lutheran Church, Cambridge MA - while Rockefeller Hall at HDS is being renovated. University Lutheran Church is at 66 Winthrop St, just east of JFK St near the Kennedy School. For more info: TOP, 4 Linden Sq, Wellesley MA 02482 • 781-235-5320 |
| May 2008 • TOP, 4 Linden Sq, Wellesley MA 02482 • 781-235-5320 |