Spring 2019

Am I My Sister's Keeper?

Every Thursday from 21st March to 23rd May
expert speakers offer their insights into the some of the ways we help our fellow women
and consider what is required of us.

Focus lecture: Muna Killingback

Advocating for Women's Rights

Nada Mustafa Ali

lecturer of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and
 Human Rights at UMass, Boston, author of
 Gender, Race and Sudan Exile Politics

11.30 am: Film: The Immigrant

Filmed locally, this is the narrative story of a young Bosnian immigrant as she faces social, cultural and economic challenges in new surroundings.

12.45 pm: Discussion with Sanja Zdjelar, the award-winning filmmaker

Focus lecture: Maria Muti

Responding to the Challenges Facing Women Immigrants

Anita Sharma

executive director of Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project which provides free legal services to asylum seekers & detained immigrants

Focus lecture: Virginia Loftus, Susan
 Kains, Marcia Boehlke

Who Cares for the Caregivers?

Anne Keefe and 
 Kris Wiitala

elder care advisors with the Family Caregiver 
 Support Program at Somerville Cambridge Elder Services

Focus lecture: A WomenExplore participant

Sex Trafficking in New England

Heather Thornburg

program director for Amirah, which uses individualized
 approaches to rebuild the lives of survivors of sex trafficking throughout New England

Focus lecture: Luis Ramirez

Caring for Women Around the World

Elizebeth Tucker

principal of Philanthropy & Strategic Engagement for the Grameen Foundation which takes a broad approach to tackling the multiple dimensions of the complex problems of poverty

Focus lecture: Susan Nulsen

Living with Our Global Sisters: Embracing and Resisting Change

Rosalyn Negrón

socio-cultural
 anthropologist at UMass Boston, author of
 Ethnic Identification among Urban Latinos: 
 Language and Flexibility.

Focus lecture: Carol Goldman

Memory Loss: Coping and Caring

Julie Brody Magid

clinical director of the Mclean Memory Disorders Assessment Clinic, instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School.

Focus lecture: Marcia Boehlke

Am I My Sister's Keeper?

Lyn Brakeman

retired Episcopal priest, author of two books and a memoir God Is Not a Boy’s Name. Becoming Woman. Becoming Priest, and a weekly blog.

How Do I Share My Money, Time And Love? — A Woman's Dilemma

11.30 am: A Story Quilt with contributions by everyone attending who wishes.
Bring your stories to share.

Facilitated by Lindsa Vallee