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Pembroke Center Associates Events
Women in Politics: An Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Election
Please join the Pembroke Associates at the home of Nancy Gidwitz'70 for drinks, light fare, and a lively discussion about the 2008 election and the particular challenge faced by women in politics.
Professor Lawless will discuss the outcome of the 2008 election, the role gender played, and how the contested Democratic primary affected the general election, congressional races, and women's emergence as candidates. Professor Lawless will talk about her research into political ambition and the manner in which gender affects the decision to run for office. She is co-author (with Richard Fox) of the recent book, It Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (Cambridge University Press, 2005), based on the data from the Citizen Political Ambition Survey, a national survey she conducted of almost 3,800 potential candidates. Her research found that women, even in the highest tiers of professional accomplishment, are substantially less likely than men to seek elected office, be recruited to run for office, or express a willingness to run for office in the future. Lawless also will speak from her own experience as a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Rhode Island's second congressional district in 2006.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Time to be announced.
1843 North Fremont Street, Chicago, IL
Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
Please contact the Pembroke Associates of Brown University to register. Kindly provide your name, address, phone number, class year and names of any guests you plan to bring.
Phone: (401) 863-3433
E-mail: Pembroke_Associates@brown.edu
About Jennifer Lawless
Jennifer L. Lawless received her Ph.D. from Stanford University. She isan assistant professor of political science at Brown University, with a courtesy appointment at the Taubman Center for Public Policy. Her teaching and research focus on gender politics, electoral politics, and public opinion. She is the co-author of It Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (Cambridge University Press, 2005); and has also published numerous articles in academic journals, such as The American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Women and Politics. Dr. Lawless has become a nationally recognized expert and speaker on the subject of women candidates. In 2006, she ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Rhode Island's second congressional district.
Beyond Borders: Innovative Approaches to Combat
Human Trafficking in the United States and Abroad
Commencement Forum
May 24, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
List Art Center Auditorium, 64 College Street, Providence
According to the United Nations, over 12 million people worldwide are trafficked for forced labor or sexual exploitation every year. In the United States, an estimated 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked annually, and an estimated 200,000 American children are at high risk for trafficking into the sex industry each year. Despite the grim statistics, much progress is being made to prevent human trafficking, serve the needs of those who have been trafficked, and prosecute traffickers and their customers. Learn what is meant by the term “human trafficking” and how non-governmental organizations, academics, and the public are addressing this vast and complicated problem.
Sponsored by the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, the forum features Katherine Chon’02, co-founder and President of the Polaris Project, and Kay Warren, the Charles B. Tillinghast Jr.’32 Professor of International Studies, Professor of Anthropology, and Director of the Politics, Culture, and Identity Program at the Watson Institute for International Studies.
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Kay Warren |
Katherine Chon |
For more information, please contact the Pembroke Center Associates:
Phone: (401) 863-3433
E-mail: Pembroke_Associates@brown.edu
Leadership for Change Through Education
Award Presentation and Reception
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H. Terri Adelman (L), and Margot Stern Strom |
At the core of the Pembroke Center’s mission is its belief in the necessity and power of education. The Pembroke Center Associates, a group of alumnae/i who have long supported the Center and its programs, affirm their commitment to that educational mission through the establishment of an award recognizing Leadership for Change through Education. The award honors women in any field who, both nationally and at the grass-roots level, succeed in changing lives by helping others to see the world differently and offering new ways of thinking about seemingly unsolvable problems. A donation of $5,000 is made to an organization selected by each recipient.
H. Terri Adelman
Executive Director
Volunteers in Providence Schools
Under Adelman's leadership, Volunteers in Providence Schools has grown tremendously and offers eight comprehensive educational support programs during and after school that serve 10,000 Providence Public School students each year.
Margot Stern Strom
Founder and Executive Director
Facing History and Ourselves
Strom’s international non-profit organization provides resources to teachers worldwide so they can lead their students in a critical examination of history, with particular focus on genocide and mass violence. For example, Facing History and Ourselves is providing teachers with tools to teach students the history of the Armenian Genocide. In another initiative, they are providing digital storytelling technology and training to Boston Public Schools