Ending Women's Poverty is a Collaborative Effort!
Women and Economic Security Conference
May 14-16, 2014, University of Michigan, Ann ArborNo cost for U-M faculty, staff and students
Please join us May 14-16, 2014 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for this 3-day conference focusing on potential practice and policy changes enabling women in poverty to seek economic security and mobility and reduce the barriers to good jobs. This event is one of the Michigan Meetings, a series of annual interdisciplinary meetings on topics of national and international significance sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School.
This conference will bring together academics from across the country, including Ruth Milkman, Valerie Polakow, and Barbara Gault; activists such as Saru Jayaraman of ROC United, Kim Bobo of Interfaith Worker Justice, Cindy Estrada of the UAW, Danielle Atkinson of Mothering Justice, Gilda Jacobs of Michigan League for Public Policy, and Ann Ladky of Women Employed.
This multi-sector conference will:
Sheryl WuDunn of Half the Sky Movement will give the keynote address on the evening of May 14, bringing the global perspective of opportunities for women. The keynote is free and open to the public.
Current students, U-M faculty or staff may attend at NO CHARGE. Use coupon code: WES UM
Register at: http://tinyurl.com/
Please forward this announcement to those outside the University who may also have an interest in ending women’s poverty.
Gloria D. Thomas, Director, CEW
Our thanks to TIAA-CREF, our Premier Anniversary Sponsor, for its generous support of all of CEW's 50thAnniversary events. We also thank Event Contributing Sponsors, Morgan Stanley and the Ford Motor Company Fund, and for support of the Michigan Partners Project (MPP), The Ford Foundation. The Sheryl WuDunn lecture is fully supported by the Christobel Kotelawela Weerasinghe Fund of the Center for the Education of Women
May 14-16, 2014, University of Michigan, Ann ArborNo cost for U-M faculty, staff and students
Please join us May 14-16, 2014 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for this 3-day conference focusing on potential practice and policy changes enabling women in poverty to seek economic security and mobility and reduce the barriers to good jobs. This event is one of the Michigan Meetings, a series of annual interdisciplinary meetings on topics of national and international significance sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School.
This conference will bring together academics from across the country, including Ruth Milkman, Valerie Polakow, and Barbara Gault; activists such as Saru Jayaraman of ROC United, Kim Bobo of Interfaith Worker Justice, Cindy Estrada of the UAW, Danielle Atkinson of Mothering Justice, Gilda Jacobs of Michigan League for Public Policy, and Ann Ladky of Women Employed.
This multi-sector conference will:
- focus on identifying and combating barriers that women living in poverty face
- have national researchers and practitioners join U-M faculty in discussions
- bring multiple perspectives to this complex concern
- seek policy recommendations as the expected outcome
Sheryl WuDunn of Half the Sky Movement will give the keynote address on the evening of May 14, bringing the global perspective of opportunities for women. The keynote is free and open to the public.
Current students, U-M faculty or staff may attend at NO CHARGE. Use coupon code: WES UM
Register at: http://tinyurl.com/
Please forward this announcement to those outside the University who may also have an interest in ending women’s poverty.
Gloria D. Thomas, Director, CEW
Our thanks to TIAA-CREF, our Premier Anniversary Sponsor, for its generous support of all of CEW's 50thAnniversary events. We also thank Event Contributing Sponsors, Morgan Stanley and the Ford Motor Company Fund, and for support of the Michigan Partners Project (MPP), The Ford Foundation. The Sheryl WuDunn lecture is fully supported by the Christobel Kotelawela Weerasinghe Fund of the Center for the Education of Women
