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2011 - The Economic Crisis

2011 Women and Girls in Georgia Conference

Zell B. Miller Learning Center

Saturday, October 8, 2011

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Saturday, October 8, 2011

8:15-9:00am

Check-In & Coffee

9:00-10:15am

Morning Concurrent Sessions (A)



A1. Challenges to Access: Health and Human Services

Reproductive Justice in the Economic Downturn

Elizabeth Barnard, April Greene, Natania Joiner & Kelly Wegel, Georgia Reproductive Justice Access Network (GRJAN)

Weeding men out: Welfare recipient's views of TANF policies and men

Laurel P. Richmond, University of Georgia

Women of Bethel

Linda Davis & Ovita Thornton, Ladies of Bethel & Venzella Stowers, Georgia Clients Council

Session Chair: Kelly Happe, University of Georgia

 

A2. PANEL: Childcare as an Issue of Economic Justice

Featuring:

Lisa Bledsoe, Quality Care for Children

Janet Frick, University of Georgia

Amariah Love, Kelli's Childcare Collective of Atlanta

Susan Mattern Parkes, University of Georgia

Brooke Schueneman, University of Georgia

Moderated by: Pamela Voekel, University of Georgia

 

A3. PANEL: Critical Georgia Policy Issues and What We Can Do About Them

Featuring:

Alan Essig, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute

Senator Nan Orrock, Georgia General Assembly, Women Legislators' Lobby

Deborah Scott, Georgia Stand Up

Cindy Zeldin, Georgians for a Healthy Future

Session Chair: Taylor Houston, University of Georgia

 

A4. WORKSHOP: Enhancing Your Skills During Economic Uncertainty

Lead by:

Stephanie Laster, SisterLove

Mamiya Langham, SisterLove

Session Chair: Elizabeth Whittenburg Ozment, University of Georgia

 

10:30am-11:45am

Keynote: Kim Bobo

Executive Director and founder of Interfaith Worker Justice,

Chicago, Illinois



"Thou Shalt Not Steal: Worker Justice in 2011"

Welcome by: Juanita Johnson-Bailey, University of Georgia

Introduction by: Bethany Moreton, University of Georgia

12:00-1:15pm

Lunch

 

1:30-2:45pm

ROUNDTABLE (plenary): Mobilizing for Economic Justice



Kim Bobo joins local activists to discuss how the economic crisis directly affects the state of Georgia.

Featuring:

Clothilda Barnette, Economic Justice Coalition

Jane Doe, Georgia Undocumented Youth Alliance

Sarah Jackson, UGA Campus Kitchen

Julie Knowlton, former Director of Interfaith Hospitality Network

Linda Lloyd, Economic Justice Coalition

Penny Mills, Bread for Life

Joan Prittie, Project Safe

Ovita Thornton, Economic Justice Coalition



Session Chair: Wanda Wilcox, University of Georgia

3:00-4:30pm

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions (B)



B1. WORKSHOP: We Count!: Voter Empowerment to Impact Budgets

Lead by:

Bobbie Paul, Georgia WAND

Featuring:

Senator Nan Orrock, Georgia General Assembly, Women Legislators' Lobby

Kim Karris, HelpAge USA

Carolyn Monden, Georgia WAND

Session Chair: Elizabeth Barnard, University of Georgia

 

B2. Hope for Georgia: Education and Economic Justice

Youthanazia II: What's Wrong with Girls Studies?

Jolene England, Alejondro Venegas-Steele, Sam Affholter, & Susan Talburt, Georgia State University

Education, Women and Economic Justice: A Facilitated Dialogue inspired by Jeannette Rankin

Heather Cummings, April Greene, Sue Lawrence & LaTrena Stokes, Jeannette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund

"WE ARE NOT THE CRISIS": Women, Immigration, and the Student Fight-Back Against Austerity in Georgia

Keish Kim, Allie McCullen & Gina Perez, Georgia Students for Public Higher Education (GSPHE)

Session Chair: Cecilia Herles, University of Georgia

 

B3. Markets and Their Discontents

Women's Constructions of Cooperatives and Deep Democracy

Carolyn Medine, University of Georgia

The U.S. Sex Market: How Demand Reduces Visibility and Research

Camille Gregory, University of Georgia

The Basic Need for Nonparental Childcare as a Function of Political Economy: A Georgia Case Study

Chris Cuomo, University of Georgia

Session Chair: Jamie Palmer, University of Georgia

 

B4. WORKSHOP: Justice on the Job

Lead by:

Charmaine Davis & Vanessa Faraj, 9to5

Tina Pippin & DeAnna Tipton, Agnes Scott College

Session Chair: Brooke Schueneman, University of Georgia

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