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[(Xenia Markowitt)]

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National Women's Studies Association
Women's Centers Pre-Conference
"Women's Centers within the Institution: Resisting Hegemonies" 
June 19, 2008
NWSA conference
Resisting Hegemonies: Race and Sexual Politics in Nation, Region, Empire
June 19-22, 2008
Millennium Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio 
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Hello!

The Women's Centers' Committee of the National Women's Studies Association 
will host a pre-conference prior to the NWSA annual conference.  This 
day-long event offers Women's Centers professionals, student leaders and 
Women's Studies faculty an opportunity for professional development as well 
as a supportive environment in which to explore the successs and challenges 
of our work.

Below you will find the schedule for this year's pre-conference.  Thanks for 
all the help from the planning committee! It's going to be a great 
conference! 

We hope to see you there.

To sign up, please visit

http://www.nwsa.org/myconference/

Information about membership/registration and NWSA more broadly can be found 
at
NWSA.org

See you in June!

Xenia

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Xenia Markowitt
Chair, NWSA Women's Centers' Committee
Director, Center for Women & Gender, Dartmouth College
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National Women's Studies Association
Women's Centers Pre-Conference
"Women's Centers within the Institution: Resisting Hegemonies" 
June 19, 2008


8:00-10:00 am   Registration

8:00-8:30 am    How NWSA Works
Early-morning session to find out how to get involved and understand how NWSA 
works.
Executive Director, Allison Kimmich and representatives of the Governing 
Council of NWSA.

8:30-9:15 am    Breakfast & Intro to the Day
Welcome; networking; introductory remarks; welcome to new Women's Centers' 
Committee Chair 
A light breakfast is provided.

9:15-11:45 am   An Insider's Job: Developing Leadership/Transforming 
Institutions
                Keynote speakers: Michelle Meyers & Giavanna Munafo, LLC
Addresses opportunities and challenges for women (and some men) who are in, 
or aspiring to, leadership positions in higher education today. Will  foster 
leadership development specifically for women's center professionals, and it 
pursues this goal by focusing on the importance of developing a structural 
analyses of the institution while strategically engaging in institutional 
processes and systems.
  

12:00-1:00 pm   Lunch with table conversation topics
(Lunch costs are covered in the registration fee.)


1:15-2:15 pm    Concurrent Sessions: 

        *       Starting From Scratch: Building a New Woman's Center
This paper will focus on the practical and real politics involved in starting 
a new women's center.
Susanne Dietzel, Ohio University
        
        *       "I Hate My Body!": Addressing Body Dissatisfaction Among 
College Women 
This workshop will briefly review current research, discuss programming and 
facilitate discussion on ways we can effectively challenge this growing trend.
Lisa Rismiller, University of Dayton; Kathy Rose-Mockry, University of Kansas

        *       "Inside Out: Women, Prison and Performance" 
This panel including Women's Center staff, WGST Faculty, a student and a 
former inmate, will provide a guide on how to develop a program grounded on 
community-based learning with students and inmates.  
Megan Fallon, Patricia Hernández, Lindsay Davis, Dartmouth College; Kathy 
Costello. 


2:30-3:30 pm    Concurrent Sessions:

        *       Being Real about our "Dream Jobs": Exploring Past & Future 
Career Paths in Women's Centers  
This roundtable will address career paths to and from women's centers.
Amber L Vlasnik, Wright State University; Claire Robbins, University of 
Maryland, College Park; Chimi L. Boyd, North Carolina Central University; 
Brenda Bethman, University of Missouri, Kansas City

        *       Women's Centers providing H.O.P.E. through mentoring 
This workshop will provide strategies used in implementing a mentoring 
program at a local high school with the focus on senior female students.
Monica Porter, University of Michigan.

        *       Are Feminist Principles Being Applied in Our Centers?: 
Examining Our Efforts 
Through an examination of feminist models of leadership and the CAS Standards 
for Women Student Programs and Services, this experiential workshop will lead 
participants through a self-examination of their Center structure, goals and 
leadership in order to evaluate how feminist principles are being enacted
Alexa Priddy, Old Dominion University; Michelle N. Issadore, Lehigh 
Univeristy; Leslie N. Ferrer, University of Vermont; Anitra D. Cottledge, 
University of Minnesota
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3:45-4:45 pm    Concurrent Conversations:

        *       I Am The Man: The Institutionalization of Social Protest 
(Xenia Markowitt, Dartmouth College)
This conversation will explore the dissonance that can arise in our work in 
women's centers around a dual set of responsibilities that are often in 
conflict: to represent the institution as well as to support student voices 
and teach critical thinking and activism toward social change.

        *       Strategic Diversity Planning for Women's Centers (Michelle 
Meyers & Giavanna Munafo)
This interactive session explores what might be called a women's center-ed 
approach to diversity strategic planning . We emphasize the value to women's 
centers of a  planning process that is inclusive, strengthens internal and 
external partnerships and alliances, and lays the groundwork for successful 
implementation of a resulting plan. We also share best practices for 
producing an effective plan document. Please bring best practices models from 
your institutions and, if available, copies of related materials. 
        
        *       White Privilege in Women/Gender Centers' work (Facilitator 
TBA)
The NWSA Women's Centers Committee has had a long-standing commitment to 
including conversations and sharing of best practices regarding white 
privilege in women's centers' work as an integral component of our 
pre-conference.  This conversation, facilitated by one or more women's center 
staff, will provide space for continuing this important conversation.

5:00-5:30       Closing ­ Last thoughts; evaluations; planning for dinner(s)