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Conference 2008
MULHER - The evolving world of Portuguese-speaking women
The conference will be in English. Conference Agenda is tentative and subject to change.
We have applied for continuing education credits for social work and nursing
Detailed Agenda
Welcome Remarks, 9:00 – 9:15 AM
Dawna Thomas, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Board Member, Institute for Leadership and Change, Simmons College
Paulo Pinto, MPA, Executive Director, MAPS
Panel 1, 9:15-10:30 AM: Breaking Into New Fields
Moderator:
Aldegundes Tolentino Tavares (Gunga), Journalist and Cultural Attaché, Consulate General of Cape Verde in Boston.
Panelists:
- Eugenia de Carvalho, Ph.D, Research Scientist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, Coimbra University
From rural Portugal to a career as a research scientist: a woman's journey into science
- Claire Andrade-Watkins, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Visual and Media Arts (Filmmaker), Emerson College.
Challenges Of Gender And Race In The Fields Of Education And Media
- Maria Pacheco, Ph.D., Director, Equity and Diversity, The Education Alliance, Brown University.
Portuguese Professional Women: Negotiating Career, Familial and Community Expectations and Responsibilities
- Dawna Thomas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Africana Studies and Women’s Studies, Simmons College.
The Cape Verdean Women's Project
Panel 2, 10:45-12:00 PM: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Circumstances
Moderator:
Heloisa Galvao, MA, Co-Founder and President of the Brazilian Women's Group
Panelists:
- Nadejda Marques, Writer, Ph.D. Candidate, Human Rights and Development, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Book Presentation "I Was Born Subversive"
- Helena Santos, Ed.D., Dean of Advising and First Year Programs
The Socialization Experiences of Cape Verdean, Latina and Portuguese Women Faculty at Four-Year Institutions in Southern New England
- Maria de Lourdes Serpa, Ed.D., Professor at the Lesley University School of Education
Fatima and her Legacy
- Rhea Tavares, Federation for Children with Special Needs
Living with Special Needs
- Martha Vasconcellos, M. Ed. Mental Health Counseling, Domestic Violence Advocate, MAPS
MAPS Domestic Violence Program
Boston Portuguese Festival 12:00 – 12:15 PM
Dr. Manuela Bairos, Cônsul-General of Portugal in Boston
Lunch Panel, 12:15 – 1:15 PM: Testimonials
Moderator:
Ana Nava, Ph.D., Cambridge Health Alliance, MAPS
Director, Conference MULHER
Panelists:
- Sussen Miller, MA, Medical Interpreter, Cambridge Health Alliance
Interpreter – In search of a face for a voice
- Kathleen Leitão, R.N., C.N.O.R.
The Path to a Nursing Career
- Daurene Vitorino, Entrepreneur, The Vida Verde Housecleaners
Vida Verde Co-op Housecleaners Experience
Panel 3, 1:15-2:30 PM: Caring For Ourselves as we Care for Others
Moderator:
Maria Magalhães, LICSW, Clinical Social Worker, Cambridge Health Alliance
Panelists:
- Arnaa Alcon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Social Work, Bridgewater State College
Money in the Middle: Adult Children as their Portuguese Speaking Parents' Emissaries to the World of Personal Finance
- Pieter Cohen, MD, Associate Director, Cambridge Health Alliance Internal Medicine and Harvard Medical School
Brazilian immigrants health and the high prevalence of use of amphetamine-based diet pills imported from Brazil in the US.
- Maria Evora Rosa, MSW, Program Coordinator for the Chronic Disease Prevention and Promotion Programs, Massachusetts Department Of Public Health.
Stigmas That Surround Mental Health in the Cape Verdean Community: The Generational Effects on the Community Both in the US and in the Cape Verdean Diaspora
- Jeanne Costa, BA
Misunderstanding Cultural Differences And Its Negative Impact On Children And Families
- Helena Santos-Martins, MD, Medical Director, East Cambridge Health Center, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Author, Ana Nava, PhD
VÓVÓ: The Soul of Our Family
Panel 4, 2:45-4:00 PM: Female Forms of Expression
Moderator:
Shirley Farber, MA, Editor/Publisher Bate Papo Magazine, and TV Show
Panelists:
- Elizabeth Traumman, LICSW, MSW, Portuguese Mental Health Team, Cambridge Health Alliance
Multimedia presentation: Varieties of Immigration Experience; The view from afar
- Claudia da Silva, Poet
Poetry Reading
- Ana Catarina Teixeira, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University
A Portuguese Poet in the Early 20th Century
- Gina Reis, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Portuguese, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Literary Images of Mozambican Women: The Works of Paulina Chiziane
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