August, 2015 – Status of American Women Seminar

August, 2015 – Women’s Seminar

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Tentative Schedule

Seminar on Women’s Status in the USA

Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach Gardens Campus

Friday, August 28, 2015

1:00 – 5:00PM, Room SC 127

1:00     Welcome and Introductions: Dr. Jean Wihbey, Provost and Edward Willey, Dean of Academic

             Affairs

1:15     “Steps toward Equality” – Karen Wilkerson, League of Women Voters, PB County

1:35    “Reproductive Rights” – Joan Waitkevicz, National Organization for Women, PB County

1:55     “Economic Inequality” – Shirley Herman, National Organization for Women, PB County

2:15     “Title IX and Sex Discrimination” – Mareta Iosia-Sizemore, Palm Beach State College

2:35     BREAK

2:50     “Women and Education” – Eliana Mukherjee, Palm Beach State College

3:15     “Women in the Sciences I” – Lilian Jordan, Palm Beach State College 

3:35      “Women in the Sciences II” – Becky Mercer, Palm Beach State College

3:55     “Gender and the Media” – Mary Pernal, Palm Beach State College

4:15     “Breast Cancer” – Ann Fonfa, National Organization for Women, PB County

4:35     “Sex Trafficking in the US” – Rosalie Alborg, National Organization for Women, PB County