We Can Do It

We Can Do It is for women who want to grow in self esteem, financial savvy, networking expertise ad physical safety. This empowerment series is offered by the Women's Center at the County College of Morris.

For information: Registration is required and can be done by calling the Women's Center (973) 328-5025 or email womenscenter@ccm.edu

3rd Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersexed, and Ally Student Leadership Conference

The LGBTIQA Leadership Conference will include panels and workshops on Religious LGBT Organizations, Transgender, Bisexuality, Intersex, LGCT Relationships, and Coming Out On Campus. The conference is sponsored by the Women's Center at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ.

For information: Registration is required, preferably befor Oct 1, and can be done by emailing your name, email address, and phone number to womenscenter@wpunj.edu or by mailing the information to WPUNJ Women's Center, 300 Pompton Rd. Wayne, NJ 07470 or by faxing the information to (973)720-3644.

Women, War, and Peace

Women, War, and Peace focuses on all aspecs of women in war and peace. It will seek to promote interaction among academics, community leaders, activists, professionals, artists, and others interested in Women and War and Peace studies. The conference is presented by the Women's Studies Program at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT.

For information: Call (203)392-6133 or contact www.southernct.edu or email womenstudies@southern.edu.

13th International Conference on Sexual Assault and Harassment on Campus

The Conference on Sexual Assault and Harassment seeks to bring individuals, campus organizations, schools, government agencies, and community institutions together in the effect to reduce the insult and effects of sexual assault and harrassment. The conference is organized by the Safe Schools Coalition, Inc. and will be held at the Hyatt Orlando Hotel in Kissimmee, Florida.

For information: Registration is required, preferably before Oct 1. Call (800) 537-4903 or contact www.thesafeschools.org or email ssc@tampabay.rr.com.

13th Annual Women & Society Conference

The 13th Annual Women & Society Conference at Marist College is an inter- and multi- disciplinary feminist conference that allows academics and practioners to share theories, information, and ideas on all aspects of women and gender. The conference will be held at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY.

For information: Registration is required. Email JA.Myers@Marist.edu

All Day Conference on Black Feminisms

Keynote speaker: Ann duCille, Chair, African American Studies/Director, Center for African American Studies, Wesleyan U. The conference will be held at CUNY, NYC.

For information: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/womenstudies or (212) 817-8895

From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom

The 18th Annual Conference at Hampshire College has a broad understanding of reproductive rights, encompassing the struggle for racial equality, economic justice, civil liberties, gay/lesbian/bisexaul/transgender rights, environmental justice, peace, freedom from violence, access to education, healthcare and childcare,welfare rights, and immigrants' rights. The aim is to make the connection between reproductive rights and other social justice movements in order to enliven our mutual efforts for justice and equality for everyone. The conference will be held at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.

For information: http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~clpp or (413) 559-5416

Women of Spirit 8: Spirituality Transforming the World

Session topics include: "Changing the Mind, Changing the Brain, Changing the Mind: Neuroscience and Spiritual Transformation;" "Transforming Action: Ecotheology and the Enduring Relevance of Teilhard de Chardin;" and "Finding Hope: The Role of Spirituality in Responding to Trauma." The symposium will be at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY.

For more information: (516) 678-5000 ext. 6302

3 Days of Gender Politics, Strategy, & Policy
4th National Conference on Gender

Keynote speakers: Kimberle Crenshaw, acclaimed critical race theorist and expert on Civil Rights and Constitutional Law; Kenji Yoshino, professor of Law who is taking a radical new approach to civil rights and shaking up the legal field; Michael Kimmel, sociologist and author who has received international recognition for his work on men and masculinity

For information: www.gpac.org/ncg

Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality:
11th Annual Women Fighting Poverty Conference

In the current economic and political climate, the probability is that women will suffer ever greater obstacles to obtaining their right to affordable child care, decent housing, adequate health care, and living wage jobs. This conference brings together speakers who will address how women can work together to challenge
these trends, providing practical and political approaches. It will take place at New York University.

For information: www.nyu.edu/fas/gender.sexuality

1st Annual Tranforming Feminism Conference

This conference at SUNY New Paltz will explore the intersections between the transgender and feminist movements. Questions to be addressed include: How can communities and organizations include and recognize trans-folks? How do trans-folks learn and act our misogyny and sexism? How do feminists reinforce the binary gender system?

For more information: www.transformfeminism.com

National Women's Studies Association's 25th Annual Conference:
Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections

The keynote panel, Generations of Feminism (Gerda Lerner, Lisa Jervis, Ellen Bravo, Barbara Smith), will examine the many waysin which feminism has developed, been produced, reproduced, and proliferated over the years, and will explore the multiple, dynamic, and evolving meanings of feminism. The plenary sessions are titled Feminist Uses of Science and Technology (Rita Arditti, Ariane Fugh-Berman, Cynthia Pearson) and Women and Globalism (Cynthia Enloe, m. Jacqui Alexander). The conference will take place at the Hyat Regency in Milwaukee, WI.

For information: www.uwm.edu/Dept/CWS/nwsa

Women's Rights History Tour: Riding Through Women's History

A bicycle expedition, tracing significant historical sites of the Women's Rights Movement in upstate NY. This is an exploration of the history of women's efforts to vote, own property, to be educated and hold work in any occupation. The tour will travel from Rochester, NY to Poughkeepsie, NY riding along the Erie Canal, back country roads and through the Adirondack Mountains.

For more information: www.compassroseconsulting.com/expeditions.htn or (973) 948-7426

Keeping Our Faculties III: Recruiting, Retaining, and Advancing Faculty of Color

This symposium will present scholarly research; share best practices from the academy, and from public and private sector organizations; engage institutional leadership teams in the development of action plans and strategies for their campuses; and provide activities that will energize and empower people as well as break down barriers. The conference will take place at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

For more information: www.cce.umn.edu/KOF