As the locations for public programs vary, please note where each is held. Please complete and send your Registration Form and nonrefundable payments as soon as possible before the scheduled date to: Women’s City Club of NY, 307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1403, New York, NY 10001. You also may reserve a place by faxing the Registration Form to 212.228.4665, by calling our office at 212.353.8070 x. 200, or by emailing us at info@wccny.org. Please indicate the program you wish to attend and give your name, address, telephone number and email address. Women’s Issues Committee – Speakers: A Better Balancestaff members SHERRY LEIWANT, Executive Director, and NANCY RANKIN, Senior Fellow and steering committee member, NYS Paid Leave Coalition. Description: 57 million Americans – half of all full-time workers in the United States – do not have paid sick days as an employee benefit. SHERRY LEIWANT and NANCY RANKIN will lead a discussion about efforts throughout the U.S. and in New York State to change this. A Better Balance is a legal advocacy organization dedicated to empowering individuals to meet the conflicting demands of work and family without sacrificing their economic security. TRAINING THE PUBLIC SERVICE & LAW Speaker: JEREMY TRAVIS, J.D., President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Description: Perhaps more so than any other college within the City University of New York (CUNY), the educational, research and public service work of John Jay College of Criminal Justice reflects many of our societal problems. President Jeremy Travis will discuss the extent to which the college addresses these issues by creating an environment that trains its students to have “an awareness of the diverse cultural, historic, economic and political forces that shape our society” and “the intellectual acuity, moral commitment and professional competence to confront the challenges of crime, justice and public safety in a free society.” President Travis will discuss how this liberal arts college has re-tooled to better train public service and law enforcement personnel and improve the public service leadership capabilities in the country. He will talk about the how the diversity of the College’s student body, faculty and staff supports its efforts to improve relationships between ethnically diverse communities and the criminal justice system and the ways its curriculum, that balances the arts, sciences and humanities with professional studies, works to inspire the John Jay community to the highest ideals of citizenship and public service. President Jeremy Travis will take questions after his presentation. THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR NEW YORK CITY - Speaker: ALAIR TOWNSEND, Crain’s New York Business Columnist and Former Publisher; member of the Women’s City Club. Description: A prolific writer and speaker on federal and local budgeting, national public welfare policy, local economic development policy and state and local politics, ALAIR TOWNSEND will examine New York City’s prospects for the near- and long-term in light of the economic downturn, the mortgage crisis and other woes. Ms. Townsend will examine New York City’s prospects in light of the economic downturn, the mortgage crisis and other woes. She has written and spoken extensively on federal and local budgeting, national public welfare policy, local economic development policy and state and local politics. TEEN DATING ABUSE IN AN ERA OF TECHNOLOGY: Description: A conference for parents, grandparents, family members and concerned citizens. A new survey of teens and dating violence reveals that an alarming number of teens in dating relationships are being controlled, threatened and humiliated through cell phones and the Internet with unimaginable frequency, while a significant number of parents are completely unaware of this type of dating abuse and the danger facing their children. According to The National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, 75% of parents are unaware that their teen had been physically hurt of bruised by their partner; 69% or parents were unaware that their teen was pressured by their partner to perform oral sex; and 58% of parents were unaware that their teen had been hit, slapped, pushed, punched, kicked or choked by their partner. Moderator: Panelists: •STEPHANIE NILVA, Executive Director, Day One, Building Safe Futures for Youth •ADAM ZION, ADA & IT Director, Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office •SURVIVOR of Teen Dating Abuse Call to Action: Tangible things parents, grandparents, siblings and educators can do to address teen dating abuse in a technological world. Facilitator: JANE RANDEL, Vice President of Corporate Communications at Liz Claiborne, Inc. Co-Sponsors: Women’s City Club of New York, National Council of Jewish Women NY Section, Day One Arts & Landmarks Committee Meeting: Description: MARCI REAVEN, Managing Director of City Lore and Director of placeMATTERS, a joint project with the Municipal Art Society, will talk about efforts to protect and promote places of historical and cultural significance throughout New York City . She will illustrate her talk with photographs as she introduces us to another aspect of landmark preservation in our city. MUMS AND MOORE AT THE NY BOTANICAL GARDEN - TOUR Description: One of the most visually enchanting spaces in our city is the New York Botanical Garden. This year, its 286 acres have been enhanced with a first ever display of Henry Moore's sculptures that have been placed throughout the elegant garden. We will take a train there and a docent-led tram tour through the exhibit. WHAT IF ROE v WADE FELL? Description: There is perhaps no political issue more volatile in the United States than abortion, and no Supreme Court ruling that has been under more constant attack than Roe v Wade. State laws have been enacted to restrict abortion, Congress has passed the first-ever ban on abortion procedures, and anti-choice forces are waiting for the Supreme Court to totally overturn Roe. If this were to happen, what would this mean for New York State and New York State women? Would they be at risk for losing the right to choose? Would we need new legislation? Speakers: • DONNA LIEBERMAN, Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union • KATHERINE GRAINGER, VP for Public Policy at NARAL-Pro Choice NY Co-Sponsors: New York Civil Liberties Union , Public Health Association of NYC, The Transition Network
Infrastructure Committee Meeting - Description: NANCY ANDERSON, Ph.D., Executive Director of The Sallan Foundation will discuss how New York City ’s Building Code will help meet PlaNYC’s energy and carbon reduction goal. The mission of The Sallan Foundation is to improve the urban environment by advancing useful knowledge for greener, high performance cities. ART IN MTA SPACES - Tour Description: Join us for a docent-led tour of commissioned art work in the Grand Central and Times Square subway stations. COVERING CITY HALL Description: Get the inside scoop on city politics and policies from the people who follow them most closely. A panel of journalists, whose beat is City Hall, will discuss news coverage of city government. They will provide an informed analysis of proposed initiatives for New York City , and talk about the goals of City Hall as a legislative and political body for the future. WCC Members Only! Featured Member: Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis, Esq., of Reavis, Parent, Lehrer, LLP, is a second-generation member of the Women’s City Club of New York. REDUCING ENERGY USAGE IN NEW YORK CITY – Commissioner Martha Hirst Description: HON. MARTHA HIRST, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services, will discuss the programs her agency is implementing to achieve the Mayor’s goals for reducing energy usage in city-owned buildings, include DCAS’ recent request for proposals for rooftop solar electricity installations.
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