Conference Location
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747
The closest airport is TF Green in Providence, RI. Providence is also the closest train terminal.
Parking
Follow signs to Parking Lot 5
Local Lodging
Resident Inn Comfort Lane Inn
181 Faunce Corner Rd. 171 Faunce Corner Rd.
N. Dartmouth, MA N. Dartmouth, MA
(508) 984-5858 1(800) 992-2694
Mention UMass Dartmouth for our special rate!
Food
Campus food outlets will be open for lunch on Saturday and breakfast & lunch on Sunday.
Dinner will be provided on Saturday night for all registered.
Lunch will be provided for UMass students attending the curriculum training on Sunday, September 29th
Conference Outline
#Educating4Change
Saturday, September 28th
Registration 8-9am Campus Center
Welcome 9-9:30am Main Auditorium
Dr. Juli Parker, Director, Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Dr. Divina Grossman, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Workshop Session I 9:40 - 11:10am
1. Social Justice Media Literacy, Media Bias, Sexist Themes and Issues in the Media, and Tools to Combat these Representations LARTS 210
(Kristal Brent Zook)
2. Consciousness-raising: Speaking Up and Out for Ourselves & Others LARTS 209
(Janet Freedman & Hailey Magee)
3. Social Media Content Strategy: Being Awesome Online LARTS 210
(Lovette-Luvvie-Ajayi)
4. Standing up to Media Bias and Human Rights LARTS 214
(Cristina Finch)
Workshop Session II 11: 20am – 12:50pm
5. Adjusting Your Fattitude: A Look at How the Media “Miss Represents” Female Fatness LARTS 206
(Lindsey Averill)
6. How Modern Family and Parenthood Represent Equal Parenting LARTS 209
(Samantha Coffin)
7. Backlash Bingo: Media Literacy Meets MST3K LARTS 210
(Jennifer Pozner)
8. (Way) Beyond Ms. Pac-man: Women and Video Games Today LARTS 214
(Nina Huntemann)
Lunch 12:50 – 1:20pm The Marketplace
Plenary 1:30 – 2:50pm Main Auditorium
Leaders from Women in Media & News, The Women’s Media Center, SPARK, FAAN Mail, & The Free Press discuss their histories, their missions, and their strategies for media reform.
Workshop Session III 3:00 – 4:30pm
9. Making a Difference with Your Message: Media & Social Justice LARTS 206
(Cara Lisa Berg-Powers)
10. Feminist Media and Reproductive Justice LARTS 209
(Jen Baumgardner & Amy Richards)
11. Activism in Media: Take Back the Media LARTS 206
(Jamia Wilson)
12. SPARKing Change: Girls Taking Action to End Sexualization in the Media LARTS 214
(Dana Edell & Calliope Wong)
Workshop Session IV 4:40- 6:10pm
13. Where are the Women Behind the Curtain? The Lack of Women Playwrights & Directors LARTS 206
(Juli Parker)
14. The Aim to Be Heard: Women In Music LARTS 209
(Debbie Southwood-Smith & Candace Clement)
15. Women and the Power of Blogging LARTS 210
(Debbie Hines)
16. Why 700 Word Arguments Still Matter: How to Write & Place Op-Eds LARTS 214
(Rachel Larris)
Cocktail Mingle Time 6:10 – 7:00pm Woodland Commons
Dinner 7:00 – 8:00pm Woodland Commons
Keynote (Caroline Heldman) 8:00 – 9:00pm Woodland Commons
Screening of Miss Representation 9:00 – 10:30pm CVPA, 153
Sunday, September 29th
Women & Politics Panel 10:00 – 11:30am Woodland Commons
Curriculum Training & Lunch* 11:45am – 1:45pm Woodland Commons
This two hour training will train college student facilitators the expanded From Miss Representation to Mass Representation: Educating for Change curriculum, which they will take into their area middle and high schools. (Alexis Ladd & Allison Butler)
*For University of Massachusetts students only.
Conference Ends
