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<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Don't miss the this week's events at the Empowerment Conference, Registration <a href="http://gwamitempowerment2014.wordpress.com/" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</a>!</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Today at lunch time, Judy Shen-Filerman, CEO of Dreambridge Partners LLC, will discuss about the necessary skills to successfully transition from academia to a professional career, and
we will end on Thursday with a keynote by Ruha Benjamin on "Playing the game or hacking the system: A talk and discussion on subverting systems of power". </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> If you are available to help setup, cleanup or take photographs at an event, please email: <a href="mailto:gwamit-spring@mit.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:gwamit-spring@mit.edu
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<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">More information on the events below! </div>
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<b><font color="#660000">The 2014 GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference </font></b><br>
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<div><b>1.Becoming a storyteller of your best self: imperatives for a successful transition from academia to your professional career</b></div>
<div><b>When:</b> Tuesday, April 15th 12pm (lunch served at 11:40am)</div>
<div><b>Where: </b>W20-202 (Student Center – La Sala de Puerto Rico)</div>
<div><b>Register: </b><a href="http://bit.ly/1hR51Ad" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://bit.ly/1hR51Ad</a></div>
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Judy Shen-Filerman, CEO of Dreambridge Partners LLC, will discuss about the necessary skills to successfully transition from academia to a professional career. Judy will blend examples from her executive coaching clients, existing research, and her experience
as a Harvard Business School graduate.
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<div><b>2. Closing keynote: Playing the game or hacking the system: A talk and discussion on subverting systems of power</b></div>
<div><b>When:</b> Thursday, April 17th, 5:30pm (reception to follow) </div>
<div><b>Where: </b>32-155</div>
<div><b>Register:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/1lZDotW" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://bit.ly/<wbr>1lZDotW</a></div>
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Ruha Benjamin, Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Boston University and author of “People’s Science: Bodies and rights on the stem cell frontier”, will explore how gaming and hacking can serve as competing metaphors for engaging
life more broadly. Drawing upon the metaphor of hacking, I encourage conference participants to use their positions working in systems of power to write new codes for collective well-being and program alternative futures characterized by greater equity and
justice.
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We look forward to seeing you there!</div>
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