The Scholar and the Feminist XIX:
Women as Change Makers: Building and Using Political Power – April 24, 1993

Conference Program (PDF, 324 KB)

Morning Session

Welcoming Remarks:
Ellen V. Futter, President, Barnard College
Introduction:
Leslie J. Calman, Director, Barnard Center for Research on Women

Morning Plenaries

Marie C. Willson, President, Ms. Foundation for Women
Eleanor Smeal, President, Fund for the Feminist Majority
Faye Wattleton, Former President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Prof. Catharine R. Stimpson, Rutgers University
Tanya Melich, President, Political Issues Management

Afternoon Panels

1. Power for Women in Cities
   Carrie Saxon Perry, Mayor, Hartford, Connecticut
   Ruth Messinger, President, Borough of Manhattan
   Digna Sánchez, Assistant Commissioner, New York City Community Development Agency
   Ronnie Eldridge, New York City Council Member
   Prof. Ester Fuchs, Barnard College
2. Health and Reproductive Rights
   Julia R. Scott, National Black Women’s Health Project
   Eugenia Acuna, Director Reproductive Rights Education Project at Hunter College
   Barbara P. Gimbel, Board Member, New York State Republican Pro-Choice PAC
3. Women Lawmakers
   Prof. Ruth Mandel, Director, Center for the American Women and Politics, Rutgers University
   Nita Lowey, Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-NY)
   Babette Josephs, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
   Ruth Nemzoff, former New Hampshire State Representative
   Candice L. Straight, Co-Founder, WISH List
4. Women as Judges
   Betty Ellerin, Judge, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division
   Carol Berkman, Judge, New York State Supreme Court
   Elizabeth M. Schneider, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
5. What Do Women Want?: Polling and Politics
   Dr. Kathleen A. Frankovic, CBS News
   Prof. Robert Shapiro, Columbia University
   Mandy Grunwald, Grunwald, Eskew, & Donilon
6. Women, Girls, Education, and the State
   Linda Y. Peng, Chair, Chancellor’s Asian American Advisory Council, New York City Board of Education
   Prof. Sunita Parikh, Columbia University
   Prof. Barbara L. Jackson, Fordham University
7. Health Strategizing in New York City
   Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner, New York City Health Department
   Evelyne Longchamp, Senior Management Consultant, Office of Women’s Health, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
   Prof. Terry Rogers, Barnard College
   Elise Rackmill, Maternal/Child Health Advocate
8. Workshop in Building Political Careers
   Mary Beth Lambert, Political Director, National Women’s Political Caucus
   Cecile D. Singer, New York State Assemblywoman (R-Westchester)
9. Women, Poverty, and Welfare
   Barbara J. Sabol, Administrator/Commissioner, New York City Human Resources Administration
   Prof. Andrew Hacker, Queens College
   Prof. Cecilia Conrad, Barnard College
10. We are sorry that the panel on Lesbian Legal Empowerment has been cancelled. The date for The Scholar and the Feminist was set last August, long before the date for tomorrow’s march for gay, lesbian, and bisexual rights in Washington, DC was announced. Our panelists both found they needed to be in Washington in important support capacities for the march, as did a number of other potential panelists we approached. The Center for Research on Women regrets the scheduling conflict and wishes all the marchers success.
11. Women and Philanthropy
    Alison Bernstein, Director, Education and Culture Program, Ford Foundation
    Prof. Eleanor Brilliant, Rutgers University
    Kathleen McCarthy, Director, Center for the Study of Philanthropy, CUNY Graduate School
12. Strategies for Fighting Violence Against Women
    Helen Neuborne, Executive Director, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
    Martha L. Raimon, Senior Staff Attorney, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation
    Sujata Warrier, Coordinator, Coalition for Battered Women’s Advocates
    Prof. Lynn Chancer, Barnard College
13. Women and Housing
    Marsha A. Martin, Director, Mayor’s Office on Homelessness and SRO Housing
    Maria Foscarinis, Founder and Director, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
    Prof. Susan Saegert, CUNY Graduate Center
    April G. Tyler, Coordinator, TIL/City-owned Building Coalition
14. Media Coverage of Women
    Maria Hinojosa, WNPR
    Laura Flanders, Coordinator, The Women’s Desk at Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
    Prof. Michael Delli Carpini, Barnard College
15. The Power of Women in the Media
    Susan Zirinsky, Producer, CBS
    Alexis Gelber, Assistant Managing Editor, Newsweek
    Prof. Marcia Rock, NYU Graduate School of Journalism
16. The Politics of Direct Action
    Hope Forstenzer, WHAM! (Women’s Health Action Mobilization)
    Tracy Ann Essoglou, Women’s Action Coalition
    Sarah Safford, Carnival Knowledge
    Vernice Miller, co-founder, West Harlem Environmental Action (WHEA ACT)
    Prof. Natalie Kampen, Barnard College

Closing Keynote Speaker

Anna Quindlen, The New York Times

Director and Conference Coordinator

Leslie L. Calman

Manager

Valerie Green

Student Assistants

Nerissa Balkarran, Nancy Bowles, Olga Choromanska, Michelle Ehlinger, Abhaya Kaufman, Alison Riley