Monday, March 8: ● Women in Politics Panel ○ Session I - 11am-12pm (Virtual) ■ Democratic Panel ● Swati Dandekar, former IA State Legislator and former U.S. Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank a Democratic member of the Iowa Utilities Board ● Ruth Ann Gaines, IA State Representative District 32 ● Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, IA State Representative District 45 ● Jackie Norris, Former CEO & President of Goodwill of Central IA & former Assistant to President Obama & Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama ■ Moderator ● Eliana Crabb, Student Government Director of Outreach ○ Session II - 2-3pm (Virtual) ■ Republican Panel ● Holly Brink, IA State Representative, District 80 ● Joni Ernst, United States Senator for Iowa ● Megan Jones, IA State Representative, District 2 ● Carrie Koelker, IA State Senator, District 29 ■ Moderator ● Morgan Fritz, Student Body President ● Opening Session ○ Great Hall of the Memorial Union ○ Women in Business Vendors 5:30-6:30pm ○ Opening Session and Videos 6:30-7pm ● Morgan Fritz, Student Body President ● Wendy Wintersteen, Iowa State University President ● Women’s Week Video ● Keynote Speaker (7-8pm) ○ “Women’s Rights and Women’s Wrongs in the Me Too Era” ■ Gloria Allred, Women’s Rights Attorney & National Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee ● Livestream via Webex in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union ○ Moderator ■ Anna Olson, Student Government Senior Director of Communications
Tuesday, March 9: ● Violence Against Women and Women’s Health Panel ○ 11am-12pm (Virtual) ■ Dr. Monic Behnken, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and the Director of Leadership Studies Program ■ Margo R. Foreman, Assistant Vice President Equal Opportunity and ISU Title IX Coordinator ■ Dr. Adrienne Lyles, Associate Director of Equal Opportunity and Senior Deputy Title IX Coordinator ■ Emily Miller, Health Promotion Coordinator: Green Dot and Sexual Health ■ Dr. Alissa Stoehr, Women and Gender Studies Assistant Teaching Professor ○ Moderator ■ Sophie Young, Director of Health and Wellness ● Keynote Speaker (7-8pm) ○ Women in the Criminal Justice System from a FBI Victim Specialist's Perspective ■ Karen Gale, FBI Mobile Victim Specialist ● Livestream via Webex in the Sunroom of the Memorial Union ○ Moderator ■ Anna Olson, Student Government Senior Director of Communications
Wednesday, March 10:
● Diversity and Inclusion Panel ○ 2-3pm (Virtual) ■ Cheltzie Miller-Bailey, Assistant Director of the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success ■ Dr. Ruxandra Marcu, Director of Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity ■ Dr. Rita Mookerjee, Assistant Teaching Professor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program ■ Dr. Toyia K. Younger, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs ○ Moderator ■ Lauryn Perk, Student Government Director of Diversity and Inclusion ● Keynote Speaker ○ “No Way Out: Severely Abused Latinas, Intimate Terrorism, and Killing to Survive” 7-8pm ■ Dr. Shannon Harper, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Sociology ● Livestream via Webex in the Sunroom of the Memorial Union ○ Moderator ■ Leslie Lona, Student Government Finance Committee and Engineering Senator Thursday, March 11:
● International Perspectives on Women’s Rights Panel ○ 1-2pm (Virtual) ■ Meghann Hall, IRIS Exchange Student from South Africa ■ Dr. Dorothy Masinde, Lecturer for Global Resource Systems ■ Ndeenga Shamata, IRIS Exchange Student from Tanzania ■ Valeria Volkogonova, IRIS Exchange Student from Belarus ○ Moderator ■ Alejandra Flores, International Student Council President ● Keynote Speaker ○ 7-8pm ■ “From a Kenyan Village School to an American University: One Woman’s Journey” ● Dr. Ebby Luvaga, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University ○ Livestream via Webex in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union ○ Moderator ■ Eliana Crabb, Student Government Director of Outreach
Friday, March 12:
● Closing Ceremony ○ ISU Leadership Panel 5-6:30pm (In-Person) ■ Great Hall of the Memorial Union ● Sharron Evans, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students ● Bria Felix, President of the Womxn of Colour Network ● Alejandra Flores, International Student Council President ● Abigail Fowler, Former President of First-Year Council ● Morgan Fritz, ISU Student Body President ● Rachel Junck, Ames City Council Ward 4 Representative ● Dawn Bratsch-Prince, Associate Provost for Faculty ● Kay McClelland- Collegiate Panhellenic Council President ● Lynette Pohlman, Director and Chief Curator, University Museums ■ Moderator ● Jennifer Seth, Student Government Director of Sustainability ○ Thank you to our donors and supporters luncheon - 6:30-7pm ○ Keynote Speaker ■ “What Men can do to Prevent Gender Violence, and How They Play an Active Role in Counteracting this Behavior” 7-8pm ● Jackson Katz, author, educator and co-founder of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program at Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society ○ Livestream via Webex in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union ■ Moderator ● Jacob Schrader, Student Body Vice President