Ms. Foundation for Women: YOUTH, GENDER & VIOLENCE: Exploring the Connections

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Please join the Ms. Foundation for Women at our upcoming symposium

YOUTH, GENDER & VIOLENCE: Exploring the Connections

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
9 AM- 5 PM (breakfast and lunch will be provided)
Cocktail Reception at 5 PM

Location:
NYU Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Symposium: Room 914
Cocktail Reception: Rooms 405 and 406

Confirmed Speakers include:

Lyn Mikel Brown
Co-creator, Hardy Girls, Healthy Women
Professor of Education and Human Development
Colby College
Co-author, Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters’ From Marketers’ Schemes

Loren Harris
Program Officer
Ford Foundation

Rickke Mananzala
Co-Director
FIERCE

Don McPherson
Executive Director
Sports Leadership Institute
Adelphi University

Monique Mehta
Executive Director
Third Wave Foundation

Maya Thornell Sandifor
Program Officer
Women’s Foundation of California

Deborah Tolman
Director
Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality
Professor of Human Sexuality Studies
San Francisco State University
Author, Dilemmas of Desire: Teenage Girls Talk about Sexuality

Riki Wilchins
Executive Director
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition

RSVP is required. If you would like to attend, please contact:
Sarah Covert at scovert@ms.foundation.org or 212-709-4405.