Listen to their remarks about breaking glass ceilings in the legal world.

Do I have a Choice? A Saga of Socially Sanctioned Sexual Servitude Special Screening

Wednesday, April 24th
11:45 to 1:00
HHH Room 55

Refreshment will be provided!

A question and answer session with the filmmakers, Humphrey Fellow Veerendra Mishra and Dr. Priyanka Mishra (pictured) will follow the screening!

This documentary focuses on the 'Bedia' community in India, a unique place where prostitution is customarily accepted practice in the midst of Indian conservative society. It is possible just because prostitution has been normalized, within and without. It is a glaring story of gaps in social policy contributing to sex trafficking.

We'll enjoy good food, beverages of various sorts and students will summarize their research in short (10 minute) presentations. Come hear about some of the great research being done by students here at HHH.

Student work we'll hear about includes:
Liv Anderson on C.R.A.C.K./Project Prevention and eugenics
Girija Tulpule on rape discourse and policy in India
Amanda Kabage on gender and effective messaging for HPV vaccines
Alexa Horwart on her intersectional analysis of birth doulas as social activists in Minnesota

Stay tuned for information on additional student presenters and their important research topics!

Monday, May 6, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM (CDT)
Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

The Humphrey School's Social Policy and Policy Analysis Area, The Cowles Chair for the Study of Public Service, University of Minnesta Sociology Department, Council on Crime and Justice, Second Chance Coalition, and The Robina Institute present a screening and discussion of the documentary, Pull of Gravity.

Following the sceening, Josh Page (Sociology) and Joe Soss (Cowles Professor for the Study of Public Service) will moderate a roundtable discussion with the filmakers and community activists and academics working on issues of re-entry.

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The Minnesota Population Center welcomes you to its weekly Seminar Series held every Monday! Seminars are free and open to the public.

The Regnerus Affair: Gay Marriage, the Supreme Court, and the Politics of Sociology

Monday, April 22
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
MPC Seminar Room - 50 Willey Hall

Presented by: Philip Cohen, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland

Abstract: In 2012 a second-tier sociology journal published a study by Texas sociologist Mark Regnerus, funded by $800,000 from conservative foundations. The study measured wellbeing outcomes for the grown children of parents who had same-sex relationships, suggesting that growing up with gay or lesbian parents was harmful to children. The controversy that erupted drew in New York Times columnists, the American Sociological Association, the Heritage Foundation and a raft of bloggers. The journal commissioned an internal inquiry and published a special issue of commentary. While experts quickly debunked the study, sociologists wondered how it got published, and activists unearthed the researcher's emails through public records requests - revealing a chain of links from deep-pockets on the religious right through academic sociology and all the way to the Supreme Court, where the justices debated two landmark gay marriage cases. This presentation includes a scientific critique of the research itself, as well as a reflection on the implications of the "Regnerus Affair" for the politics of sociology.

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Refreshments will be provided.

For more information on our Seminar Series, please visit our website

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One of the biggest challenges facing today's world is the delivery of foreign aid to our poorest and most fragile nations. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is dedicated to meeting that challenge by coordinating the international aid efforts of 24 donor nations and monitoring aid effectiveness in the developing world.

Last year, the DAC helped create a new Global Partnership for Effective Development Assistance, a partnership endorsed by 160 nations, including China, India, and Brazil. Considered a "miracle of diplomacy," the effort behind it was led by J. Brian Atwood, a former director of USAID who left his post as dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs in 2011 to work towards a new era in global development cooperation.

On April 11, join Professor Atwood (pictured), who has just returned to the University of Minnesota following his two-year term as DAC chair, for an inspiring discussion about the possibilities of alleviating global poverty.

J. Brian Atwood is professor and chair of Global Policy Programs at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He honed his powers of persuasion as a diplomat in Cote d'Ivoire and Spain, and as an official in the Carter and Clinton administrations. He served for six years as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and chair of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation during both Clinton terms. In 2001, he served on U.S. Secretary General Kofi Annan's Panel on Peace Operations and was the only American on the 10-member "Brahimi" panel which recommended major changes in the U.N.'s peacekeeping and peace-building operations. From 2002 to 2011, he served as dean of the Humphrey School. He left that post when asked by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to represent the United States on the OECD's Development Assistance Committee. During his tenure as chair of the DAC, Professor Atwood is credited with renewing and expanding the committee's global commitment to alleviating poverty in the developing world.

Free

GLBTA PO is partnering with Disability Services, Trans Commission, & Office of Student Affairs to bring Eliza Greenwood and her documentary "Austin Unbound" to campus. It details the story of Austin, who is Deaf & trans-identified, exploring intersecting identities including disability and gender identity. Following the 45-minute film will be a panel of Deaf & trans-identified community members, along with a dessert reception.

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Prof. Emilio Castilla
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Accounting for the Gap: A Firm Study Manipulating Organizational Accountability in Pay Decisions
Tuesday, April 16
3:45-5:00 pm
1114 Social Sciences Bldg.

Prof. Castilla's research and teaching interests include organizational theory and behavior, economic sociology, and human resources management. Castilla joined the MIT Sloan faculty in 2005, after being a faculty member for three years in the Management Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research; as well as a Research Fellow at the Financial Institutions Center and the Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School.

Abstract
While great progress has been made in documenting how organizational practices affect labor market outcomes, less research attention has been placed on investigating which organizational strategies are effective at addressing workplace inequality. Using a unique firm-level (field) study design, this study identifies and tests, for the first time, whether and how introducing organizational accountability and transparency―two increasingly popular organizational initiatives discussed in the literature―may reduce the gap in rewards by gender, race, and country of origin. Through a longitudinal analysis of a large service organization, I studied the performance-based reward decisions made by over 2,600 managers concerning almost 9,000 employees before and after high-level management implemented a set of organizational procedures aimed at increasing accountability and transparency in the company's performance-reward system. I conclude by discussing the theoretical implications of this study for future research about organizational strategies aimed at addressing workplace inequality and diversity.

Co-sponsors: Work & Organizations Department, Carlson School of Management
Women's Faculty Cabinet
Free and Open to the Public

Hear the first public presentation of the Safe Harbor ("Ending Child Prostitution in Minnesota") Hubert Project e-case, and join with representatives from the University of Minnesota's Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center and the Humphrey School's Center for Integrative Leadership; Wellstone Action's Sheila Wellstone Institute; The Advocates for Human Rights; Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center; Breaking Free; and the University of Minnesota Duluth's Masters in Advocacy and Political Leadership Program as we discuss implications and opportunities for the future.

Speakers will include:
Leah Lundquist (pictured), Center for Integrative Leadership, University of Minnesota
Cheryl Thomas, Advocates for Human Rights
Kim Borton, Women's Foundation of Minnesota
Suzanne Koepplinger, MN Indian Women's Resource Center
Noelle Volin, Breaking Free

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Last year, the Humphrey engaged in a diversity strategic planning process framed using a definition of diversity borrowed from the University's Office of Equity and Diversity.

Feedback from that process included people saying, "We'd like the chance to explore a definition of diversity unique to the Humphrey." In response, the One Humphrey, One Community team invited students, staff & faculty last December to a meaningful conversation digging into how each of us personally defines diversity.

On April 19th, we're inviting you to join us for the next conversation in this series - a conversation about how the Humphrey can collectively define diversity and build this into the cultural DNA of the Humphrey. Bring your curiosity, bring your thoughts and be part of this important conversation.

Please register

Join our Art of Hosting World Cafe
What does honoring women mean in our communities?
Reflect! Explore! Consider!

March 28, 2013
9:00 am to 12:00 noon
The Minneapolis Woman's Club
410 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403

Continental Breakfast will be served

Space is limited so RSVP by March 20, 2013 to: capiusa@capiusa.org

We appreciate and express our thanks to In Commons, The Meadowlark Institute, The Women's Foundation of Minnesota, and the Human Rights Center at University of Minnesota

Cohen currently is the board chair, first appointed as Regent in 2007. She has previously served on the Humphrey School's Advisory Council. Both Lucas and Omari are board newcomers. Lucas, the founding partner of Brighton Development Corporation, a housing redevelopment corporation, is a current member of the School's Advisory Council. Omari (pictured) is a third-year doctoral student studying international and comparative development education at the School. He was recommended to serve in the at-large position reserved for a University student.

Minnesota Daily article

Photo by Jaak Jensen

Join us for a discussion on this pressing matter on Thursday, March 28, 2013 from 4:30-6:00pm in Wilkins Room, HHH 215.

Across the globe oppression is being confronted, and real meaningful solutions are being fashioned through health care, education, and economic empowerment for women and girls. The linked problems of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality -- which needlessly claim one woman every 90 seconds -- present to us the single most vital opportunity of our time: the opportunity to make a change.

The PBS documentary Half the Sky was filmed in 10 countries and follows Kristof, WuDunn, and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union, and Olivia Wilde on a journey to tell the stories of inspiring, courageous individuals. Screening dates will be announced at the event.

Sponsored by the Humphrey's Diversity Committee (Recruitment and Retention Working Group) with support from TPT

Please RSVP

The Trans* Awareness Project is a poster and digital media campaign that attempts to challenge stereotypes and cultivate an environment which celebrates and respects people of all genders. This campaign aims to break down barriers between communities and establish positive social change by showcasing empowering snapshots of local trans* communities and bringing attention to the challenges that many trans* people face in daily life.

The Trans* Awareness Project website has electronic versions of all the campaign's posters as well as biographies for each participant. The website also has a ton of resources including worksheets, book recommendations, and a streamlined FAQ section; all of which are intended to help us think more critically about gender and it's impact on our lives.