Complementary Maternal Mental Health 101 Webinar - 2020mom.org

Learn about the various Maternal Mental Health Disorders, the differences between them, risk factors and treatment options.  The course is designed for providers, administrators and public health employees, though all are welcome.  CEUs/CMEs are not available for this event.


RSVP for one of the sessions. You will be sent instructions with the webinar link after registering.

Faculty:
Birdie Gunyon Meyer, RN, MA, CLC
Postpartum Support International Training Director and Past President
Wendy N. Davis PhD.
Executive Director of Postpartum Support International
Joy Burkhard, MBA
Founder & Director 2020 Mom Project

February 11, 2016 – 10:30 AM-12 noon PST

Register here

"Sweet Dreams". A Special Film Screening at the YWCA of Brooklyn

The New York Times calls this film "FASCINATING. SUBTLE and DRAMATIC" in its portrayal of Rwanda's first ever ice cream shop created by a group of women drummers who emerge from the devastation of genocide to create a new future for themselves.  This film brilliantly captures how with help from Brooklyn's own Blue Marble Ice Cream these women fulfill their Sweet Dreams. 

Tickets available now at

ywcabkdrummingupdreams.eventbrite.com

 

Division of Women’s Issues (DOWI) - Outstanding Dissertation Award $500

The Division of Women’s Issues (DOWI) of the NY State Psychological Association is pleased to announce its award for an Outstanding Dissertation to a student or recent graduate.

The dissertation or doctoral project should be on a feminist topic pertaining to women and girls and must have been completed in 2015 by November 1, 2015. Completion is defined to mean all requirements are accepted and signed off by the applicant’s institution.

Each nominee must submit a three- page abstract including statement of purpose, hypotheses, methods (including participants, measures, and procedure), results and discussion. In addition to the three pages, selected references should be included.

A panel designated by DOWI based on criteria of will judge all submissions:

  • Significance to the field
  • Relevance to women’s issues
  • Clarity and quality of the research

A monetary amount of $500 comes with the award. The winner will be announced at the annual NYSPA Convention, have the opportunity to present her/his paper, and receive a one-year membership to DOWI. Please send submissions and questions to Vanessa Li:

vanessali@mail.adelphi.edu

Comedy Night at Gotham Comedy Club to benefit the NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault

Invite from Kim Baranowski, Co-Chair of the NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault's Associated Board.

Every year we host a Comedy Night at Gotham Comedy Club to benefit the Alliance and all of the incredible work the organization does to prevent sexual assault and reduce the harm it causes to individuals, families, and society.

This year, our Comedy Night will be held on Tuesday, October 20th at 6:30pm at the Gotham Comedy Club (208 West 23rd Street). Admission is $32 and tickets can be purchased at www.svfreenyc.org.


First Volume of Little Women Is Published: Everett Cafe TC 9/30

News Display: First Volume of Little Women Is Published

Little Women: or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868), is Louisa May Alcott's first bestseller, beloved children's classic, and semi-autobiographical account of childhood in Concord, Massachusetts. The first volume of Alcott's novel was published on September 30, 1868, with a run of 2,0000 copies, and its immediate success prompted Alcott to write the second volume, Good Wives (1869), which was afterwards published together with Little Women.

Sequels successfully followed: Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (1871) and Jo's Boys: and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men" (1886).

This newspaper exhibit showcases the life and literary career of one of America's best-known authors, Louisa May Alcott, also known by her nom de plume, A. M. Barnard.

Need to keep current, look to the past, teach a topic? The Everett Cafe features daily postings of headlines from around the world, as well as wide-ranging educational news displays.

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IRWGS Columbia University Graduate Student Open House 5pm - Sept. 29th

The Columbia Institute for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is holding our graduate student open house at 5:00pm on TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29.

This event is an excellent opportunity to connect with new and old colleagues while exploring the many resources IRWGS has to offer. Students new to Columbia and IRWGS are especially encouraged to attend. We will be available to answer questions about our courses, events, and graduate certificate program, as well as soliciting works-in-progress for our graduate student colloquium. Please stop by for snacks, drinks, and conversation with a vibrant and supportive community of scholars working in feminist and queer studies across academic disciplines. Also, CHILDREN ARE VERY WELCOME at this event!

WOMEN & THERAPY CALL FOR PAPERS

SPECIAL ISSUE: Trauma and Well-Being among AAPI Women

 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 1st, 2015

Special Issue Editors: Khanh T. Dinh, Ph.D., Ivy K. Ho, Ph.D., & Yuying Tsong, Ph.D.

 

The Special Issue will focus on various aspects of trauma and wellbeing, including physical health, mental health, social health and other important life outcomes among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women.  The various aspects of trauma may include the effects of war trauma, migration trauma, sexual violence/harassment trauma, domestic violence trauma, childhood sexual abuse trauma, economic trauma (poverty), discrimination trauma, and other kinds of trauma.  In other words, this special issue seeks to capture comprehensively the research and clinical knowledge regarding the effects of trauma in the lives of AAPI women. 

 

The editors invite abstract submissions of quantitative and/or qualitative works. We also invite abstract submissions of theoretical pieces, review papers, and best practices.  Submitted abstracts should contain original and unpublished work and must be written in English.  Preferences in the selection and review process will be given to potential manuscripts that attend to contexts and critical analysis/integration of the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender, as well as other marginalized statuses in understanding trauma and outcomes of well-being.  Furthermore, manuscripts will be evaluated on their incorporation of principles from feminist theories and clinical practice, including feminist approaches in working with AAPI women on issues of trauma.

 

Submission Instructions: Interested authors should submit (1) a title page and (2) a 2 to 4-page abstract to the special issue editors at http://tinyurl.com/WT-AAPIW-Trauma-Submission by December 1st, 2015 (early submissions are welcome).  Submissions should follow APA style (6th Edition).  The special issue editors will review abstracts and select 12-15 for further development.  Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to develop full papers.  In addition to review by the special issue editors, papers will be subjected to the regular W&T peer-review process.  Questions about special issue may be directed to editors at WT_Trauma@uml.edu.

Call for Instructors - Teachers College, Reproductive & Maternal Well-Being Curriculum

Dreaming of Motherhood - Carmel Jenkins

Dreaming of Motherhood - Carmel Jenkins

Call for Instructors:

Teachers College, Columbia University is launching their new Reproductive & Maternal Well-Being curriculum in 2015-2016 as part of the Sexuality, Women, and Gender Project.

This specialization will address the increased need for graduate training in this burgeoning field through: (1) didactic courses and colloquia (2) intensive research training and mentoring, and (3) fieldwork in community-based organizations.  The overarching goal is to create an educated workforce able to address the much-needed and complex questions arising from the changing procreative lives of 21st century women and families locally and globally.

 

We are currently recruiting experts to teach the following courses (names may be changed). Multidisciplinary perspectives are welcome:

1.      Menstruation to Menopause: Developmental Implications of Reproduction

2.      Perinatal Mental Health: Clinical and Counseling Perspectives

3.      Family Systems: Varieties of Parenting Experiences (e.g. LGBT parenting, fatherhood, adoption, single mothers by choice)

4.      Special Topics: advanced seminar in a topic of your expertise (e.g. infertility, grief/loss, reproductive psychiatry, maternal mortality, prenatal mind-body practices)

If you are interested in a one-time speaking engagement or are a fieldwork site interested in participating in our program, please also contact us. Prospective students are also welcome to learn more about our program.

Please send your CV along with a cover letter of interest to Aurelie Athan:

ama81@columbia.edu

 

Assistant Director, Women's Center, Minnesota State University

The Women’s Center provides educational programs on gender and women’s issues, and offers related services, advocacy, and referrals, to all students. The Assistant Director has the responsibility to spearhead, plan, market and assess educational programs supporting the mission and goals of the Women’s Center. The Assistant Director will also provide supervision to graduate students, interns, and volunteers. Additionally, the position will have purview over a designated portion of the Women’s Center’s budget to implement programming. Further, the Assistant Director will provide direct service to students through advocacy, mentoring, support groups and leadership development. 

Additional information on The Women's Center and Minnesota State University, Mankato can be found at: http://www.mnsu.edu/wcenter/ & http://www.mnsu.edu.
 

Application Procedures: To apply for this position, please continue the process via this website or directly at: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/mankato/default.cfm. A complete online application will include the following attachments. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed by the search committee.

  • Cover Letter
  • Resume/Curriculum Vitae
  • Contact information for three (3) references
  • Unofficial Transcript(s) of your highest completed degree

Contact Information:
Megan Heutmaker, Search Committee Chair
Multicultural Center
Minnesota State University, Mankato
SU 269
Mankato, MN 56001
Email: megan.heutmaker@mnsu.edu
Phone: 507/389-5230
TTY: 800-627-3529 or 711

Hearing on Meeting Physical Education Requirements and Int. 644

The City Council’s Education Committee, chaired by Council Member Daniel Dromm, will hold an oversight hearing, “Oversight: Meeting Physical Education Requirements” as well as to consider Int. 644.  Below is information regarding the upcoming hearing:

 Hearing on:    Oversight: “Meeting Physical Education Requirements” and Int. 644

Date:  Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Time: 1:00 p.m.  (*public testimony is estimated to begin at or after 3:00pm)

Place:  Council Chambers – City Hall

According to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as many as 40% of elementary school children in New York City are overweight or obese and less than half of NYC children meet physical activity guidelines.  Despite the alarming obesity rates among City school-age children, and the documented benefits of physical activity and physical education (PE) for children’s health and academic achievement, City public schools are not meeting State PE mandates.  The American Heart Association completed a study in 2013 demonstrating the lack of adequate PE in the City’s public schools.  On May 5, 2015, the Comptroller’s Office released a report, “Dropping the Ball: Disparities in Physical Education in New York City Schools,” revealing that 32% of City schools lack a full-time, certified physical education teacher; 28% lack a dedicated physical fitness space; and nearly 10% of schools lack both a full-time, certified PE teacher and a physical fitness space.

The Committee will also hear testimony on the following:

Int. 644-2015 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to report information on physical education in New York City schools.

The full text of Int. 644-2015 can be found at the following link on the Council’s website: http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2170477&GUID=2682A7A6-EE35-49F7-947A-4DC6FC69B2E2&Options=Advanced&Search=

We invite members of Community Education Councils, parents, students, educators, advocates, and all other stakeholders and interested members of the public to testify at this hearing.  Testimony will be limited to 2-3 minutes per person to allow as many as possible to testify.  Although the hearing starts at 1:00 p.m., the Administration (Department of Education), as well as other witnesses (such as elected officials) have been invited to testify and answer questions from Council Members at the outset, so we do not expect to hear from others until approximately 3:00 pm or later.  Please make sure you fill out a witness slip on the desk of the Sergeant-at-arms if you wish to testify.  If you plan to bring written testimony, please bring at least 20 copies.  If you are unable to attend the hearing and wish to submit written testimony, please email your testimony to jatwell@council.nyc.gov.

 

A Critical Moment: Sex/Gender Research at the Intersection of Culture, Brain, & Behavior

A Critical Moment: Sex/Gender Research at the Intersection of Culture, Brain, & Behavior

October 23-24, 2015  - Early Registration Ending June 30

UCLA, Los Angeles, California

WEBSITES

http://www.thefpr.org/conference2015/

http://www.thefprconference2015.org

Confirmed Keynote Speaker is Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling, Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita of Biology and Gender Studies, Brown University, and author of the pioneering books, Sex/Gender: Biology in a Social World (2012) and Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality (2000). 

Some of Our Many Talks:

The Maternal Mystique: Constructing the Biosocial Body at the Maternal-Fetal Interface (Sarah Richardson)

Recent Discoveries and Opportunities for Improved Understanding of Sex-Biasing Biological Factors (Art Arnold)

A Life History Theory Perspective on Neural, Hormonal, and Genetic Correlates of Variation in Human Paternal Behavior (James Rilling)

Social Neuroendocrinology and Gender/Sex: Asking Hormonal Questions with Social Construction and Evolution in their Answers (Sari van Anders)

Where Does Sexual Orientation Reside? (Lisa Diamond)

Early Androgen Exposure and Human Gender Development: Outcomes and Mechanisms (Melissa Hines)

Naturalizing Male Violence and Sexuality (Matthew Gutmann)

Panel discussions and question/answer sessions with the audience throughout this 2-day event. Don’t Miss Out.

Discover the latest findings on sex/gender, from an interdisciplinary perspective. All at UCLA this October 23-24, 2015.

REGISTER NOW. Our last two conferences sold out before the end of Early registration.

EARLY REGISTRATION (lower cost)  ENDS  June 30, 2015

http://www.thefpr.org/conference2015/registration.php

CFP - Demeter Press: The Music of Motherhood / EXTENDED

CALL FOR PAPERS

Seeking submissions for an edited collection

The Music of Motherhood

Co-editors: Martha Joy Rose, Lynda Ross, and Jennifer Hartmann

Music operates as a language in cultures around the world, but employment of its articulations and interpretations are varied. Whether used as a rallying cry, an anthem, a hymn, a lullaby, or a pop song, music anchors memories and relationships, disrupts complacency, and calls to the spirit. This collection aims to focus on the power of music as a force for transformation and a tool for amplifying issues that concern us all. Publication Date: Fall 2016

The Mothernists Conference June 5/6/7

THE MOTHERNISTS
5/6/7 JUNE
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

The Mothernists is a three-day-long transatlantic conference, bringing together the work and thought of practicing international artists, art historians, educators, curators and writers on the topic of caring labour and cultural re-production. The Mothernists attempts to open up philosophical, political, aesthetic and social questions made visible through the co-existing practices of mothering and cultural re-production, bringing these into the diverse discourses that the participants professionally as artists, writers, philosophers, curators, historians and educators are part of. 
 
SPEAKERS: Lise Haller Baggesen Ross (DK) /Dr. Rachel Epp Buller (USA) / Christa Donner, (USA) / Andrea Francke (UK) / Renske Janssen (NL) / Courtney Kessel (USA) / Dr. Natalie S, Loveless (USA) / Irene Pérez (ES) / Shira Richter (IL) / Miriam Schaer (USA) / Esmé Valk (NL) / Mirjam Westen (NL)
 
EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Guy Ben-Ner, (IL) / Irene Pérez (ES) / Ane Hjort Guttu, (NO) / Lise Haller Baggesen Ross (DK) / Courtney Kessel (USA) / Elżbieta Jablońska (PL), Vasiliki Sifostratoudaki (GR) / Barbara Philipp (AT) / Adam Rzepecki (PL)

For full conference program please see www.mothervoices.org

Faculty Lecturer position Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies McGill U

The Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at McGill University is hiring for a full-time, non tenure track contract Faculty Lecturer. Deadline for Applications is June 8, 2015.  


Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies - IGSF
The Women Studies Program at McGill University Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) invites applications for a Faculty Lecturer position to begin in August 1, 2015.  This is a renewable, non-tenure stream, 12-month contract (academic staff position).The successful candidate will have completed a PhD in a field pertinent toWomen and/Gender Studies and a proven record of excellence in teaching.

Candidates should be able to engage actively with scholars and students across a wide range of research interests and be willing to play a role in the further development of McGill University Women Studies programs, which are currently being integrated with our teaching program in Sexual Diversity Studies. Candidates will also be expected to actively participate in the intellectual life of the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies.  Office space will be provided at IGSF.

The teaching load is normally eight, 3-credit (undergraduate and graduate) courses per year, spread over fall, winter and summer teaching terms. Courses to be taught include Introduction to Women Studies, Feminist Theory and Research, and other core and special topics courses in the curriculum. We are particularly interested in candidates with additional teaching expertise in at least one of the following areas: critical race feminism, indigenous feminisms, transnational feminisms, queer theory and sexuality studies, and social justice studies. In addition to teaching, other responsibilities include participation on the Women=92s Studies Advisory Committee and relevant sub-committees, participation in events at IGSF and some student advising.
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and in keeping with the salary scale for Faculty Lecturers at McGill University. Applications must include: a cover letter, CV, a teaching dossier including outlines of courses taught and relevant student evaluations, a sample of written work, and three confidential letters of reference sent under separate cover by the applicant referees.  All materials, including referees letters of recommendation, must be submitted electronically to https://academic

Deadline for receipt of all complete applications, including letters: June 8, 2015.

CFP I-4 Conference in NY: "STEAM Toward Equity"

WMST Community:

Please see our RFP invitation below.  The organizers are particularly
interested in work that engages innovations in accessibility, gender
equity, economic equity, rehabilitation and sustainability through STEAM
methods or within traditional STEM that imaginatively engages aesthetics
and/or the arts.


The website and a pdf of the RFP are also available here:
*http://www.cnr.edu/i-4/STEAM* <http://www.cnr.edu/i-4/STEAM>
 

Field Trip #10: Deep Listening Walk

Mother's Day Family Special: Deep Listening Walk with the Arnhem based, North American musician, educator, certified deep listening trainer and Associate Editor of The Journal of Sonic Studies Sharon Renee Stewart

For more information on the Deep Listening and Sonic Meditations methods as developed by Pauline Oliveros can be found here. For practical information on the day's program and how to get there, please see the m/other voices Facebook page and m/other voices website.

Children under 6 need two supervisors so that all m/others can fully join in the activities for at least an hour. 

PLEASE RESERVE: mothervoicesfoundation@gmail.com

From International to Transnational: Transforming the Psychology of Women

Society for the Psychology of Women International Summit

August 4th & 5th 2015 BEFORE the APA Convention

Radisson Hotel Admiral Toronto-Harbourfront 

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

 The goal of this International Summit is to foster new directions in the psychology of women through exploration and awareness of international perspectives. The Summit’s programming will include speakers, work groups, symposia, and a poster session social hour. Continuing education credit will be available. What makes this Summit unique is its action-oriented approach—Work groups comprised of women in different stages in their careers will be formed to develop specific products (e.g., a book,  special journal issue, undergraduate and graduate curriculum, policy, best practices guide, etc.) and long-term goals that promote the transformation of the psychology of women. Questions? Contact intlpsychwomensummit@gmail.com . Registration will open soon!