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EL PASO
CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN
FEBRUARY 8-9, 2008
CENTENNIAL CLUB, BIGGS AIRFIELD
PROGRAM & EVENTS
Friday, February 8, 2008
5:30-6:30: Opening Reception:
Networking,
Cash Bar and Seated Dinner
Entertainment: Girls Mariachi Band from Bowie
High School, El Paso, TX Emcee: Pat Graham-Casey,
ED, FWF
Posting of the Colors: Eastwood High School
JROTC All Girl Color Guard
Welcome:
Mayor John Cook and First Lady, Mrs. Tram Cook
Welcome: Anna Mattersdorf, 2008 Conference Chair
Program:
“Women in Business” featuring successful local
entrepreneurs
Panel: Lorraine Wardy, Kristi Romack-Eddings,
Patty Holland-Branch, Tish Times
Moderator: Terri Reed, EP Hispanic Chamber
Location: Main Ballroom, Centennial Club
Preview of
Exhibits
Close
Saturday, February 9, 2008
8:30-9am:
REGISTRATION, MAIN LOBBY
Registration:
Main Lobby
Continental Breakfast, Open Exhibits
9-10 OPENING
SESSION
Emcee: Dr.
Sandra Braham, CEO, YWCA
Featuring: Rosa Guerrero, Artist, Educator,
Humanitarian
Program: Presentation and exhibition.
Location: Dome
Let’s Get Connected…. (See color-coded sessions)!
Connecting with Yourself: Self-Actualization
Connecting with Work and Money
Connecting with Community
Connecting with the Arts
Connecting with Educational Opportunities
SEMINAR – SESSION I: 10:00-11:00A.M.
Latina Leaders in Texas
Presenter: Dr. Irasema Coronado, Assoc. Dean
College of Liberal Arts UTEP
Location: Dallas
Equity is Still an Issue: Women Making Change
Presenter: Lisa Maatz, Director Public Policy,
American Association for University Women, Washington,
DC
Location: Ultima
Getting in touch with your Activist Voice;
Addressing Violence against women
Panel: UTEP Student Leaders and Allies
Location: Pub
Next
Generation Networking:
Presenter: Alicia Rascon, CEO Latinas (On-Line)
Magazine for Women & Girls
Location: Beaumont
Families Engaging with Public Schools-Panel
Panel: Mary Avila, Ft. Bliss; , UTEP; Lupe
Rivera, PTA;
Paul Pearson, Principal EPCC Early High School Program
Valle Verde
Moderator: Dr. Kathy Staudt
Location: Houston
Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
Presenter: Sister Maureen, Centro de Mujeres
Location: Abilene
From
Backstage to Boardroom; Using Stage Techniques to
Present Yourself in Business
Presenter: Jan Wolfe, Artist, El Paso Playhouse
Location: Laredo
Gaining Human Rights and Lives Free of Violence
Presenter: Judge Regina Arditti
Location: El Paso
SEMINAR–SESSION II: 11:15-12:15P.M.
Getting Connected with your Faith
Presenter: Rev. Felicia Hopkins, St. Mark’s
Methodist Church
Location: Houston
Getting Connected with Education
Presenter: Nina Cano, El Paso Community College
Location: Beaumont
Connecting with your Cultural Identity and Civil Rights
Panel: Dr. Maceo Dailey, African American
Studies, UTEP; Dawn Thurmond, YWCA Racial Justice; Gabby
Garcia, Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project; and Danny
Steel, Sun City Pride Parade
Moderator: Dr. Kathy Staudt
Location: El Paso
Women Investing in Women - Scholarships and Grants
Panel: Azuri Ruiz, Women’s Fund of El Paso and
Pat Graham-Casey, Frontera Women’s Foundation
Location: Dallas
Getting In Touch with your Body
Panel: Sarah Adleman Spier, Whole Health Yoga,
and Luis Prieto Tia-Chi
Location: Dome Room
Next
Generation-Making a Difference
Panel: Vivian Hernández, FMLA; Alejandera Davila-Olivas,
V.P., Amnesty International; Priscilla Moreno, Students
for Reform; Desiree Cioci, Student Government EPCC
Moderator: Dr. Brenda Risch
Location: Ultima
Create the Life You Want
Presenter: Aliana Apodaca, President, Positive
Directions
Location: Laredo
Latinas Networking 101
Panel: Las Comadres para las Americas in El Paso:
Dr. Guillermina Gina Nuñez-Mchiri, Anthropology
Professor, UTEP, Pat Castillo, Rosa Celis-Rodriguez,
Margie Adame Brickey
Location: Abilene
LUNCH - 12:15-1:15P.M.
Keynote Address
Presenter: Col. Heidi Brown, Ft. Bliss
Emcee: Dr. Jeanne Foskett
Location: Main Ballroom
Entertainment: Burgess High School Girls Choir,
Director, Gina Valverde
SEMINAR SESSION III – 1:45-2:45P.M.
Getting Connected with Yourself: Empowerment Begins with
You
Presenter: Dr. Sandra Braham, CEO, YWCA
Location: El Paso
Images of Women in Art
Presenter: Adair Margo, Owner, Adair Margo
Gallery
Location: Ultima
Young Leaders Making a Difference
Panel: Susie Byrd, EP City Council
Representative; Verónica Escobar, EP County
Commissioner; Dr. Brenda Risch, Director of Women’s
Studies, UTEP.
Moderator: Dr. Irasema Coronado
Location: Houston
Getting Connected with Education – UTEP
Panel: Dr. Dorothy Ward, Josie Carmona, Dr. Maggy
Smith
Location: Dallas
Making a Living Wage in a Low-Wage Community
Panel: Tish Times, Business Owner; Teresa Valles,
Tres Manos; Martha Parton, Project Arriba; Maria Luisa
Picard-Ami, El Puente CDC/La Mujer Obrera
Moderator: Dr. Kathy Staudt
Location: Laredo
Getting Inspired: Pioneering Women
Speaker: Judge Guadalupe Rivera
Location: Abilene
Presenting Yourself - Assertiveness and Effectiveness
Presenter: Dr. Stacey Sowards, Communication
Professor, UTEP
Location: Beaumont
ROUNDTABLE: Students meet with Lisa Maatz
Facilitator: Lisa Maatz
Location: Dome
3:00
PM
CLOSING SESSION- MAIN BALLROOM
Emcee: Dr. Kathy Staudt
Closing Address: Lolis Garcia-Baab, AM Radio
Personality
The Ladies Room with Lolis
Drawing/ Raffle
Enjoy Exhibits!
THANKS &
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FANCY
ADAMS, SANDRA BRAHAM, MARY ANN CONTRERAS, TRAM COOK,
HARRIAT DORGAN, JEANNE FOSKETT, PAT GRAHAM-CASEY, ZULEMA
LAZARIN,, ANNA MATTERSDORF, ERIKA PORTILLO, TERRI REED,
BRENDA RISCH, SIRIA ROCHA, KATHY STAUDT, CECY VAZQUEZ
EPCW
PLANNING COMMITTEE
AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, COALITION AGAINST
VIOLENCE TOWARD WOMEN AT THE BORDER, THE EL PASO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE FRONTERA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION, THE
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR
WOMEN BORDERLANDS, THE PASO DEL NORTE YWCA, UTEP CENTER
FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, UTEP WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER, UTEP
WOMEN'S STUDIES, THE WEST TEXAS FOOD BANK, THE WOMEN'S
BUSINESS BORDER CENTER, THE WOMEN'S FUND OF EL PASO,
WOMEN FOR AN ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT IN EL PASO, MRS. JENNY
LENNOX, FORT BLISS
SPONSORS
LOGOS
EL PASO
TIMES, COGNENT LAW OFFICE OF RICHARD MATTERSDORFF,
COSTCO, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION, FACILITIES
CONNECTION, STATE NATIONAL BANK, BANK OF AMERICA,
THOMASON HOSPITAL, TVO NORTH AMERICA, EL PASO EMPLOYEES
FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, BANK OF THE WEST, CONDE, INC., EL
PASO COSMETIC & PLASITC SURGERY CENTER, EXPRESS JET,
PENCIL CUP OFFICE, THE EL PASO HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROJECT,
SMALL BUSINESS CONSORTIUM, CENTRO SANTA CATALINA, LEAGUE
OF WOMEN VOTERS, WOMEN’S BUSINESS COUNCIL SOUTHWEST, EL
PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FRONTERA WOMEN’S FOUNDATION |
