NEWSA conference 2005

NEW ENGLAND WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION
In Collaboration with and hosted by:
Norwalk Community College
and the Fairfield County Women's Center

presents:

SPRING CONFERENCE 2006

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MARGE PIERCY
Poet, novelist, and activist,
Marge Piercy writes and lives to promote justice and equality for women.
Visit her website at http://www.margepiercy.com/

8 am to 5 pm Saturday
Saturday, February 25, 2006

with Friday Evening showing of the film
Born Into Brothels
followed by a reception and Q&A with Lina Srivastava, former Executive Director of Kids with Cameras

Norwalk Community College
188 Richards Ave
Norwalk, Connecticut 06854

(DIRECTIONS ) (ACCOMMODATIONS)

Norwalk Community College is HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE and
with FREE PARKING at nearby lots.

Please consider co-sponsoring part of this conference.
See below for details and program for suggestions.

PRESENTORS MUST REGISTER BY: January 19, 2005

REGISTRATION FEE: This is a self-supporting conference; fees are based on the actual costs of organizing the conference. All-day and half-day registration fees include all conference materials and events, sessions, Keynote speech, meals and beverage breaks.

CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO "NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE"

$10.00 Friday: Film - Born Into Brothels, reception, Q&A by Lina Srivastava of Kids with Cameras

$20.00 Saturday: half day of conference, including lunch

$10.00 Saturday: Keynote Speech - featuring Marge Piercy (lunch not included)

$50.00 Saturday: Full day of conference, continental breakfast, keynote, lunch (does not include Friday's film)

$25.00 NCC Faculty/Staff

Students, seniors - all events half price

IMPORTANT NOTE: registration AND payment must be received by the deadline to guarantee a lunch reservation.

HERE'S a marvelous idea! Last year, an anonymous NEWSA member contributed funds to waive registration fees for three economically disadvantaged women.

Join the marvelous idea! Make a similar offer yourself on the conference sponsor page. At the bottom of the form, be sure to tell us in the NOTES section that your contribution is to fund conference registration fees.

Thanks so much to our anonymous donor for creating this two fold opportunity!!

Need a letter of attendance? Please contact Laurel Peterson

Click on the following links to:

     VIEW THE CALL FOR PAPERS
     PROPOSE A PRESENTATION OR PERFORMANCE
     REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE
     MAKE A SPONSORSHIP PLEDGE
     VIEW THE PROGRAM
     OBTAIN DIRECTIONS to Norwalk Community College
     LOCATE ACCOMMODATIONS near Norwalk Community College

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Program

click Program to view our plans so far.

Networking

We have planned several opportunities for networking.

At the morning registration early birds can connect over coffee and snacks in the display hall where materials from various organizations and activity groups will be on display. Click here to submit an application to display materials for your group or activity.

The Friday evening film and the evening in general are all a bonanza of networking time. Friday night will include a reception for all conference attendees and the film Born into Brothels, by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski . This film was the winner of the 77th annual Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York-based photographer, gives each of the children a camera and teaches them to look at the world with new eyes.

Lunch on Saturday, of course, provides another opportunity and is likely to include most conference attendees.

The closing reception will provide the final unstructured networking opportunity.

Sponsorship Opportunity

Funding for NEWSA conferences depends on support from women's studies departments and also from their home institutions. Norwalk Community College has generously stepped up with host facilities and funding, while other colleges and university are providing funds, volunteers and materials. Join us in providing this important forum. A $50 contribution will place your organization's name in our program as a sponsor . Click here to submit a sponsorship pledge.

THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST!

Conference Planning Committee:
Conference chair: Laurel Peterson, Director of Women's Studies, Norwalk Community College
Lisa Dresdner, Norwalk Community College
Kimberly Hamilton-Bobrow, NEWSA Co-coordinator,
Catherine Hoyser, NEWSA Co-coordinator, Women's Studies Coordinatorat St. Joseph College,
Andrea Humphrey, NEWSA webminder, Lecturer, Tufts University

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