Debunking the Myth: Why Gender Equality Benefits Everyone
April 5, 2016 -
507 Larkfield Rd, East Northport, NY
5:30pm -
$85
Contact Info:
Phone: Val Manzo, 516-456-4672, Nancy Burner 631 941-3434 or Kim Smith: 631-849-5790
It takes a Village to raise a child…and it takes a community to implement a workplace culture where both men and women cooperate to achieve a healthy work/life balance. To advance that mission, on April 5, 2016, the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association is hosting a dynamic event.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Michael Kimmel, Ph.D. Author, Lecturer, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Stony Brook University, founder and Executive Director of the Center for Men and Masculine Studies. Stony Brook is one of ten universities around the world to join the U.N. WOMEN’S initiative, “HeForShe.” HeForShe partners are committed to taking bold game-changing action to achieve gender equality within and beyond their institutions. TED TALK
PANELISTS :
Hon. A. Gail Prudenti, former Chief Administrative Judge for the State of New York and Executive Director of the Center for Children, Families and Law and Special Advisor to the Dean at Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Hofstra University
Jacqueline Paige Flug- WBASNY President-Elect, General Counsel for NYS Liquor Authority, Vice President Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA)
Katherine Heaviside, among Long Island’s “Top 50 Influentials” for the last four years (L. I. Press), President of Epoch 5 Public Relations, full-service communications firm.
Domenique Camacho Moran Esq. (Partner at Farrell Fritz) ;- Moderator
Together we can share the best practices and report on gender equality in the workplace- where we are and where we need to be. Audience participation is encouraged!