Event Title & Description:
3rd Annual Reproductive Justice Career Networking Event.
Featuring Keynote Speaker: Lindsey Pollak Writer, Editor,
& Speaker.
Friday, April 13, 2007 10-4:30
p.m.
Topics: Brand YOU: Marketing Yourself
to Potential Employers; Legislative Advocacy: Using Your Voice;
Getting to Know YOU: How to Network in Women’s Health and
Beyond; Being a Leader In Your Community; Starting Your Own
Thing and Leading Initiatives; Possibilities in the World
of Reproductive Health and Rights
Food*Raffles*Lunch* Fun give aways.
Organization(s) Involved:
This is a Planned Parenthood of Connecticut event in partnership
with Southern Connecticut State University’s Women’s Center,
Southern Connecticut State University’s Women’s Studies Department,
and the Young Women’s Leadership Program of the Permanent
Commission on the Status of Women. The Young Women’s Leadership
Program is a steering committee of young women who are leaders
in their various professions across the state of Connecticut.
Our goal is to inspire and empower young women in high schools,
vocational schools, colleges, and beyond to emerge as leaders.
Location: Southern CT State
University, New Haven, CT Michael J. Adanti Student Center
(Theater), 345 Fitch Street For Directions Visit: http://www.southernct.edu/aboutscsu/map
Further Information: For
more information or to reserve a spot, please contact Shanta
L. Evans at shanta.evans@ppct.org
or by calling (203) 865-5158.
Date & Time: April 14th,
2007
Event Title & Description:
Transgender Health and Legal Conference - Connecticut's
first conference specifically addresses the health and legal
needs of the transgender and gender variant community.
Organization(s) Involved:
Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective, CWEALF, CT TransAdvocacy
Coalition, Gay and Lesbian, Advocates and Defenders and Planned
Parenthood of Connecticut.
Past Events: On January
18, 2006, the Anti-discrimination Coalition hosted an educational
forum at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. The purpose
of the forum was to provide education about the current protections
offered education to transgender people in Connecticut and
ways to enhance those protections. Over 70 people attended.
Stay tuned for additional activities and forums.
CWEALF facilitates the Anti-discrimination
Coalition comprised of national, regional and state agencies
committed to ending discrimination based on gender. Current
members are: ACLU of Connecticut; Anti-Defamation League (ADL);
Gay, Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD); Connecticut TransAdvocacy
Coalition; Hartford Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
(PFLAG); Love Makes a Family; National Gay & Lesbian Taskforce;
People of Faith for GLBT Civil Rights; Permanent Commission
on the Status of Women (PCSW); Rainbow Center, UConn.
The
Campaign for a Working Connecticut (CWCT)
is a coalition with an aligned vision for Connecticut: To promote the state's
economic competitiveness through the development of sustainable, effective workforce
solutions to increase workers' skills and advance families to self-sufficiency.
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