The public is welcome to attend any of the following events. No reservation is required.
Monday, May 26
The Role of Women’s Leadership in Post-conflict Societies
Mount Holyoke College, Gamble Auditorium
10 a.m.–noon
Opening remarks: Mount Holyoke President Lynn Pasquerella (MHC ’80)
Speakers include: Mona Sutphen (MHC ’89), partner, Macro Advisor Partners; Radhika Coomaraswamy, former special rapporteur on violence against women and UN under-secretary-general; Rangita de Silva de Alwis, director, Global Women’s Leadership Initiative; Melanne Verveer, executive director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Panel discussion includes: Sochua Mu, MP-elect, Cambodia National Rescue Party; Erin Ennis (MHC ’92), U.S.-China Business Council; Farah Pandith (Smith ’90), resident fellow, Institute of Politics, Harvard University
Tuesday, May 27
Film Screening: I Am
Mount Holyoke College, Gamble Auditorium
7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
A documentary by Sonali Gulati (MHC ’96)
Thursday, May 29
Principled Leadership in Action
Visit to the Massachusetts State House
Gardner Auditorium
11:45 a.m.–1 p.m.
Opening remarks: John Scibak, state representative; Ellen Story, state representative; Samantha Washburn-Baronie, executive director of the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus
Panel discussion includes: Suzanne Bump, state auditor; Fernande R. V. Duffly, associate justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; Lynda Connolly (moderator), chief of staff, Simmons College
Monday, June 2
Activism and Change: Archives, Memory and Strategies for Policy Reform and Personal Development
Smith College, Weinstein Auditorium
9 a.m.–noon
Opening remarks: Smith President Kathleen McCartney
Featured speaker: Gloria Steinem (Smith ’56), author and activist
Panel discussion includes: Sara Gould, activist-in-residence, Smith College; Darcy Buerkle, associate professor of history, Smith College