celebrating the sunlight - workshops

the william smith

women’s collective

Text Box: programs & events

from the roots to the future,

building an inclusive women’s movement

Text Box: Workshop Offerings Workshop Session 1 (1:30 - 3:00) Building Inclusive Communities - Dr. Susan Pliner, Director of CTL & Dr. Cerri Banks, Professor of Education, HWS (Stern 117) Reproductive Rights for Women of Color - Loretta Ross, National Coordinator for Sistersong (Stern 103) The Natural Birth Movement - Lauren Korfine & Sandra Lodino, doulas & Linda Schutt, midwife (Stern 201) How Big, Bad and Bold Do You Want to Be? It’s Your Life ! - Dr. Norma Burgess, Professor of Child and Family Studies, Syracuse University (Stern 203) Setting the Stage: Integrating Research and Performance Creation - Seonagh Odhiambo, Fisher Center Pre-Doctoral Fellow, HWS (Winn Seely Studio) Feminist Theologies, the Power of the Feminine Divine - Carolyn Roncolato, masters student, Chicago Theological Seminary (Stern 204) Unseen America - Zoeann Murphy, artist and organizer for Unseen America (Stern 217) Workshop Session 2 (3:15 - 4:45) Art That Heals, The Potential of Art Therapy - Corey Brenesien WS ‘98, Resident Artist, Brooklyn Hospital (Stern 103) The Challenges of Reproductive Rights and Justice and Relationships to Economic and Environmental Sustainability, Emme Edmunds, midwife, nurse practitioner and PHD student, Cornell University (Stern 117) Men in the Women’s Movement - Nick Cream, H’07 & Professor Steven Lee (Stern 203) LGTBQ Student Panel - Kathy Collins (WS’09), Valdora Estridge (WS’08), Jodi Kreines (WS’10) Bo Randall (H’07), (Stern 204) Peace Now, Creative Activism in America Today - Nancy Macais, Peace Campaign Coordinator for CODEPINK (Stern 201) Are there Gender Biases in Science/Engineering? - Gina Lee Glauser, Associate Vice President for Research and Director of the CASE Center at Syracuse University (Stern 217) Domestic Violence 101 - Jen Thorne, William Smith Alum & Victims Services Specialist, Family Counseling Service of the Finger Lakes (Stern 303) please see workshop descriptions below: Workshop Session 1: Building Inclusive Communities (Stern 117) Dr. Susan Pliner, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Dr. Cerri Banks, Professor of Education This will be an interactive workshop examining and understanding social identity and the impact it has on creating communities committed to social justice and action. It will examine what it means to have multiple identities, explain ways we can create an empowered, inclusive community in the midst of stereotypical representations and deconstruct notions of power and privilege. Reproductive Rights for Women of Color (Stern 103)
Loretta Ross, National Coordinator for Sistersong, Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective Loretta Ross is one of the founding members of Sistersong and has since become the National Coordinator of this activist organization. She will give a workshop exploring the ways in which we need to rethink issues of reproductive health and the notion of inclusivity in the women’s movement. The Natural Birth Movement (Stern 201)
Lauren Korfine & Sandra Lodino & Linda Schutt, Doulas & Midwives, Ithaca, NY A practicing midwife and two practicing Doulas from Ithaca, NY will talk about why hospital births are not designed for women and alternatives to the traditional hospital mode of birthing. How Big, Bad and Bold Do You Want to Be? It’s Your Life! (Stern 203)
Dr. Norma J. Burgess, Professor of Child and Family Studies, Syracuse University This workshop examines strategies for women’s empowerment. The responsibility for success is often spread around to many who may not have your interest at heart, including the goals that you set, the choices that you make, and the decisions, which will always confront you. We discuss strategies that enhance your self-image, self-esteem and self-empowerment and help you to define and determine who you are, will become and want to be! Setting the Stage: Integrating Research and Performance Creation (Winn Seely Studio)
Seonagh Odhiambo, Fisher Center Pre-doctoral Fellow, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Come and see how your thoughts, research and personal history can be explored in movement. Both performers and non-performers are welcome to attend a movement development workshop. Odhiambo will help you stretch to your potential. Participants will work together in a relaxed atmosphere to develop movement and explore techniques for movement development. Feminist Theologies, The Power of the Feminine Divine (Stern 204) Carolyn Roncolato, masters student, Chicago Theological Seminary Carolyn is a masters student of feminist theology and will be conducting a workshop which delves into current topics in feminist theology including examining the effects of patriarchal religion, the legacy of women in current traditions, goddess traditions, reappropriating scripture, the role of experience in theology, and more. Both men and women crave new ways of looking at the divine yet often space is not provided for these conversations to take place. This workshop will provide an introduction to a process of liberating spirituality and religious existence.
Unseen America (Stern 217) Zoeann Murphy, Artist and organizer for Unseen America Zoeann will lead a workshop which explores photography as a medium for activist work. She will discuss her work with non-profit organization, Unseen America, which is a project that gives cameras to working people, allows them to work with each other and a professional photographer, and asks them to go out and document their lives. The images the workers produce convey to us what is important to them. Unseen America makes working people the creative subject of the images rather than the passive object of a professional photographer’s lens. Their images reveal lives and a humanity and creativity almost completely hidden in America. workshop session 2: Art that heals, the potential of Art Therapy (Stern 103)
Corey Breneisen, Resident Artist, Brooklyn Hospital Corey is a William Smith Alum, class of 98. She was very involved with the women’s collective during her time here, and now works in the Cancer Center at Brooklyn Hospital. She will conduct a workshop on art therapy and the power that she has found in art as a means of healing. The Challenges of Women's Reproductive Rights and Justice and relationships to Economic and Environmental Sustainability (Stern 117)
Emme Edmunds, Midwife, Nurse Practitioner and Phd student, Cornell University Emme Edmonds is midwife, and nurse practitioner in women's health has worked in family planning for many years at a planned parenthood, and is the 2nd midwife at home births, helped run FDA clinical trials for in women's health, and is now in a doctoral program here at Cornell in Development sociology. During her workshop she will be exploring the ideas of environmental sustainability and women’s rights as they intersect on both a national and international level. Men in the Women’s Movement (Stern 203) Nick Cream (H’07) and Dr. Steven Lee, Professor of Philosophy, HWS This workshop will be discussing the male role in the women's movement. Asking questions like: what is the nature of patriarchy? How does patriacrchy oppress men as well as women? One take is that men should stay silent throughout the women's movement, and that this is the best course of action for men if they want to support the women's movement; is this the right course of action? Is the male role within the women's movement impossible as Stephen Heath proposes? If so, how should men react positively to support women, but not take over a movement that is not their own? Do men always carry the burden of the oppressor even if they are trying to help women? We will try to answer questions like these and more throughout our workshop in an effort to better understand the way that men can be involved in the women's movement. Speak Out, LGTBQ Student Panel (Stern 204) Kathy Collins (WS ‘09),Valdora Estrdige (WS ‘08), Jodi Kreines (WS’10) & Bo Randall (H’07) Hobart and William Smith students will speak out and tell of their experiences being LGTBQ on this campus, in the Geneva community and in society more generally. They will also discuss the intersections of the LGTBQ and women’s movements and all social justice movements. Peace Now, Creative activism in a America today (Stern 201)
Nancy L. Mancias, Peace Campaign Coordinator for CODEPINK As a representative of the national organization CODEPINK, Nancy will do a workshop on how feminism and peace activism intersect. It will be a interactive workshop helping students and community members to think about creative ways of having their voices heard. Are there Gender Biases in Science/Engineering? (Stern 217) Gina Lee-Glauser, Associate Vice President for Research and Director of the CASE Center at Syracuse University
This workshop will explore chilly environments for women in science and engineering and the options that are available. It will specifically address gender similarities and differences and why enter into male dominated fields and strategies to combat gender biases. Gina Lee-Glauser will engage in discussions with you to promote women in science and engineering. She will make an economic sense if nothing else.
Domestic Violence 101 (Stern 303) Jen Thorne & Amy Hickey, William Smith Alums & Victims Services Specialists, Family Counseling Service of the Finger Lakes
This workshop will be discussing the dynamics of domestic violence and connected forms of abuse, the response to this social issue by the state and not-for-profit sector and how service providers try to help through education and prevention. As advocates we look forward to sharing what we are tying to do locally to help victims and look forward to hearing from participants their ideas on how to try to minimize the occurrence of domestic violence and abuse.