Founders & Futures
Celebrating 40 Years. Building for 40 more.
We’re celebrating 40 years of the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy – and you’re invited! For forty years, we have mentored the next generation of gender justice leaders, conducted critical research on women and girls that has informed Minnesota policy, and cooperated with countless community partners to advance our mission of advancing intersectional gender equity. We’ve been honored to collaborate with many of you over the past four decades – and we hope you will join us on October 23rd to celebrate this milestone, and envision the next 40 years.
Don’t miss this exciting lineup at the beautiful Weisman Art Museum:
6-6:45 Reception
6:45 Welcoming Remarks, Dean Botchwey
7:00 Founders & Futures panel discussion featuring former Center directors Barbara Nelson and Sally Kenney, and current Director Christina Ewig.
Moderated by Sarah Taylor-Nanista, UMN Alum & Chief of External Affairs Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
7:50 Presentation of Torchbearer Awardees
Our Torchbearer Awards honor the work of those who have championed collaboration, engaged research, and innovative policy solutions to intersecting gender inequities.
Barbara J. Nelson
Co-Founder and former Director of the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy; Dean Emerita of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and Professor Emerita of Public Policy
Presented by Paula O’Loughlin, UMN Alum & Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, Augsburg University
Ruth Richardson
CEO, Planned Parenthood North Central States
Former Minnesota State Representative
Presented by Debra Fitzpatrick, former Director of the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy
Join us to meet these talented individuals who have made a real difference in their communities and for all of us committed to gender equality.