Welfare Reform: Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going?
An Action/Research Conference at Bryn Mawr College
February 28-March 1, 2002
Co-Sponsored by
the Graduate School of
Social Work and Social Research and the
Center for Ethnicities, Communities, and Social Policy
Plenary Speakers include:
U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink (D-HI)
Eloise Anderson
Director of the Program for the American Family
Claremont Institute
Frances Fox Piven
Distinguished Professor, Graduate Center City University of New York
Gwendolyn Mink
Professor of Women Studies, Smith College
Cheri Honkala
Kensington Welfare Rights Union
and
Peter Edelman
Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Other participants include:
Susan Gooden, Director, Race and Social Policy Research Center, Virginia
Tech
Gary Delgado, Executive Director, Applied Research Center, Oakland,
California
Diana Pearce, School of Social Work, University of Washington at Seattle
Randy Albelda, Graduate Program in Public Policy, University of Massachusetts
at Boston
Jacqueline Payne, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
State Sen. Allyson Schwartz
Heather Boushey, Economic Policy Institute
Kent Weaver, Brookings Institution
Don Jose Stovall, Executive Director, Community Services Department,
Philadelphia County Assistance Office
Students, alums, activists, policymakers, and consumers of welfare services will be represented in breakout sessions.
Thursday 2/28 Location Social Work
7:30-9:00 pm keynote speaker Frances Fox Piven, responders: Kent Weaver and Gary Delgado (introduction by President Nancy Vickers)
Friday 3/1 Location Thomas Great Hall
8:30-9:00 am conference registration, meet with invited speakers, coffee, etc.
9:00-10:15 am speaker Eloise Anderson, responders: Susan Gooden and Randy Albelda (introduction by Dean Ruth Mayden)
10:15-10:30 am break
10:30-11:30 am speaker Cheri Honkala, responder: Don Jose Stovall
11:30-12:30 pm speaker, Gwendolyn Mink, responders: Diana Pearce and Jacqueline Payne
12:30-1:15 pm lunch
1:30-2:30 pm speaker Peter Edelman, responder: Heather Boushey
2:30-3:30 pm breakout sessions
(Each of several breakout sessions has a student convenor and a panel that includes an alumnus, a responder, and others involved in the welfare reform process. The panel facilitates open discussion with the audience with the goal of coming up with recommendations for policymakers concerning welfare reform.)
3:30-3:45 pm break
3:45-4:45 pm plenary, speaker Rep. Patsy Mink (introduction by State Sen. Allyson Schwartz)
4:45-5:30 pm closing (reports from breakout groups, responses from presenters
and responders, open discussion)
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For a copy of Rep. Mink's proposed legislation regarding welfare reform reauthorization:
Click here for Rep. Mink's Welfare Reform Bill
For Rep. Mink's remarks in the Congressional Record regarding the bill:
Click here for Rep. Mink's remarks
For background on welfare reform reauthorization:
Click here for additional resources on Welfare Reform Reauthorization
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For directions to Bryn Mawr College:
For map of Bryn Mawr College:
For parking:
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The conference is free and open to the public. Lunch is available if pre-paid. Pre-Registration is encouraged.
To register for the Conference, please contact:
Karen Sulpizio, 610-526-5030 <ksulpizi@brynmawr.edu>
To printout the registration form to mail in:
Click here for mail-in registration form
For other inquiries, please email us at:
welfarereform@brynmawr.edu
For complete Conference program: