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Women's Leadership Institute Events

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Upcoming Events:

May 12, 2008: Reception and seminar to introduce the IFF in Wisconsin. IFF is a Nonprofit Loan Fund exclusively serving nonprofit corporations. Learn about the availability of legitimate, low-cost financing for real estate and equipment projects, specifically for nonprofits. Read more.

June 4-10, 2008: NEW Leadership Wisconsin™ - a Women's Leadership Institute signature program. NEW Leadership Wisconsin is a non-partisan program for college women designed to address the under-representation of women in leadership, public policy and politics at the local, regional, state and national levels. Read more.

June 16, 2008: Join Margaret Wheatley and local leaders for a stimulating and inspiring inquiry into how women can step forward more fully with the gift of leadership in service of community. Read more. To purchase tickets, click here.

Previous Events:

April 10, 2008: "American Woman: You've Come A Long Way?" Sponsored by Alverno Presents - A Debate Series. The panel will discuss the status of women today in education, society, the workplace and politics. Read more.

April 18, 2008: Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) presents the WWHEL (Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership) Southeast Spring Workshop. Hear keynote speaker Mary B. Wacker talk about "Building on the Best in People & Organizations: Appreciative Inquiry." Read more.

A Woman's Empowerment Seminar, October 2007. Designed to provide strategies to achieve financial self-sufficiency led by keynote speaker Gail Perry Mason, nationally best selling author of Girl, Make Your Money Grow! Read more.

The Power of Dialogue in Leading with Spirit, October 2007. Featured keynote address by Darlyne Bailey, Ph.D. Read more.

A Public Health Policy Community Dialogue, September 2007. Roundtable panelists included four members from the staff of the Medical College of Wisconsin and two faculty members of Mount Mary's graduate programs in dietetics and gerontology. Read more.

Serving Women Who Serve the World, September 2007. A tribute to women in higher education leadership throughout southeast Wisconsin. Event co-sponsored by Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership. Read more.

Leveraging Media for Social Change, May 2007. Mount Mary's Women's Leadership Institute teamed up with Cardinal Stritch's Leadership Center to present Abby Scher, Ph.D., who spoke about the impact of small community publications - the voice of the people. Ms. Scher is the senior editor of Public Eye and founding director of Independent Press Association - New York.

2006 Leadership Forum: Participants in the annual Fall Leadership Forum at Mount Mary College had the opportunity to join in a dialog about the challenges facing women workers in the worldwide textile industry. Featured was the dramatic work by Milwaukee artist Terese Agnew. Her art quilt, "Portrait of a Textile Worker" (view here) depicts one such worker in an image composed enitrely of name brand labels from the clothing she makes. The discussion focused on ways to improve the system and the stability of the people involved. Read more.

2005 Leadership Forum: This Mount Mary College event provided an opportunity for women to share leadership experiences. The program focused on what we're learning as leaders. What have we learned from our own experience that works to bring out people's contributions, motivation, creativity? In making a difference globally, how can women support each other's growth and leadership in the most natural and stress-free way? Nationally known speaker Margaret Wheatley was the keynote speaker. Read more.

2004 Leadership Forum: A report issued in 2002 by the Institute for Women's Policy Research in Washington, D.C., gave Wisconsin an overall grade of C- for the quality of life for women in our state. In response to this report, Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton launched an economic development initiative called Wisconsin Women=Prosperity. The vision is to ensure that women participate fully in Wisconsin society, so that they may make their best contributions in every level of the workplace as well as in corporate, political and civic realms, and to drive economic growth for our state by increasing the success rate of women. At the Leadership Forum, Lawton spoke about how you can raise the grade in your community! Read more.