[GWAMIT] Announcements

[GWAMIT]

Dear Graduate Women,



Enjoy the Week!



The GWAMIT Board

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IN BRIEF

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1. Leadership and Ethics

2. GWIS: How to land a Position in a Tough Economy

3. Film Screening: "Chain of Love”

4. “Women and Entrepreneurship," Lunch #3

5. Women's Leadership Series: Prof. Sangeeta Bhatia, HST/EECS

6. Film Screening: "Made in L.A./Hecho En Los Angeles"

7. Finding Balance: Pursuing your Passions



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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS

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1. Leadership and Ethics

When: Monday March 8, 12 – 2 pm

Where: E51-335

Speaker: BJ Hess, Vice Chairman of Opportunity International



Lunch will be provided.  Open to all students.



More than ever, the topic of "Leadership and Ethics" is relevant to  
all students. Come hear from a successful corporate executive who is  
the protagonist in the HBS case on Arrow Electronics and has spoken  
around the world on the issue of ethics.



Speaker Bio: BJ Hess was Senior Vice President of Global Operations  
for Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE), the world's largest distributor of  
electronic components, until her retirement in mid-2004. She is now  
Vice Chairman of Opportunity International, a faith-based microfinance  
institution that provides small business loans, savings, insurance,  
and training to people living in poverty in 25 developing countries.



Sponsored by the MIT Leadership Center in association with Sloan Women  
in Management.



2. GWIS: How to land a Position in a Tough Economy

When: Monday March 8, 6 – 7 pm

Where: 114 Mugar Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115

Speaker: Sarah Cardozo Duncan (Career Strategist)

RSVP: teng.h at neu.edu



In an economic downturn, some people do better than others at  
navigating the job market. The winners usually have something in  
common: They find innovative ways to stand out, carefully construct a  
plan for success, and take advantage of the value of networking.



We will discuss how to:

- Craft a compelling value proposition

- Create an effective marketing plan

- Develop a workable networking plan

- Land and conduct informational interviews



Sarah Cardozo Duncan, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is a career  
strategist with an established national and international client base.  
Sarah runs her own consulting firm, Career Strategist, and draws upon  
over twenty years of recruitment and career development experience to  
help clients define new or existing career paths, or to help them  
navigate successfully in their current companies. She previously  
served as president of the Alliance, an umbrella group of women's  
associations that collectively claim about 13,000 members in greater  
Boston. In 2003, Sarah was recognized by Boston Magazine as one of the  
100 most powerful women in Boston.



Sarah is an accomplished and highly regarded speaker and workshop  
leader. She conducts hands-on training and workshops for companies,  
trade organizations, and associations, who want to help their teams  
develop individual value propositions, navigate internal career  
building paths, communicate better up, down and with different styles,  
and deal with uncomfortable conversations, including negotiations.



3. Film Screening: "Chain of Love"

When: Monday March 8, 7 – 8 pm

Where: 4-237, wheel chair accessibility available by taking the  
elevators in bldg 10 to the second floor and following the corridors  
to bldg 4.



Free and open to the public.



International Women’s Day Film Screening of:

“Chain of Love,” a film by Marije Meerman



CHAIN OF LOVE is a film about the Philippines' second largest export  
product - maternal love - and how this export of domestic labor  
affects the women involved, their families in the Philippines, and  
families in the West.



"An excellent documentary for anyone trying to understand the current  
processes of globalization."-Asian Educational Media Service's 'News  
and Reviews



Q&A to follow with WGS Professor A. Sur



Cosponsored by MIT Center for International Studies



4. “Women and Entrepreneurship," Lunch #3

When: Tuesday March 9, 11:45 – 1 pm

Where: E51-061

RSVP: http://bit.ly/bjZ61U



Lunch will be provided.  Open to all students.



Topic: Exits and Next Steps – how to build an exit plan, identify  
acquirers, and work through a staff transition plan. Exits require  
looking beyond the first business to see if there is a second and  
working through work / life balance choices.



Speaker Bio: Janet Kraus – Janet is a serial entrepreneur who co- 
founded and sold Circles, the largest provider of concierge services,  
to Sodexo in 2007. Spire, an online lifestyle resource spun-out from  
Circles, was recently sold to Perfect Escapes.



About the Founders Lunch Series:
MIT and the surrounding area is one of the most successful ecosystems  
for entrepreneurship in the world, but women are consistently  
underrepresented. This interactive lunch series will allow the MIT  
graduate women’s community to hear first hand from female  
entrepreneurs about the process and experience of starting, funding,  
and growing a business.



Questions? Contact veenaj at mit.edu



5. Women's Leadership Series: Prof. Sangeeta Bhatia, HST/EECS

When: Thursday March 11, 5:30 – 7 pm

Where: W20 3rd Floor Coffeehouse

RSVP: ecy at mit.edu



6. Film Screening: "Made in L.A./Hecho En Los Angeles"

When: Thursday March 11, 7 – 8:30 pm

Where: 6-120, wheel chair accessibility available through the Infinite  
Corridor in building 8 or through the ramp at Building 14.



Free and open to the public.



Film Screening of Emmy award-winning feature documentary:

“Made in L.A. / Hecho En Los Angeles,” a film by Almudena Carracedo  
& Robert Bahar



Synopsis: Made in L.A. follows the remarkable story of three Latina  
immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on  
a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy  
clothing retailer Forever 21. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, Made  
in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the  
courage it takes to find your voice.



*Accessible to English and Spanish audiences: dialogue is in Spanish  
and English with bilingual subtitles*



Q&A with History/WGS Professor C. Capozzola



Cosponsored by MIT Latino Cultural Center and MIT Foreign Languages &  
Literatures



7. Finding Balance: Pursuing your Passions

When: Friday March 12, 12 – 2 pm

Where: E14, 6th Floor, Silverman Skyline Room

RVSP: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEc1WmxFSGczZkptVW1ZY3ZIRkZvenc6MA



Lunch will be served.



Featuring speakers:

Katherine Bicer, General Electric, MIT Alumna Materials Science and  
Engineering, yogaHope Board Member

Sue Jones, Founder and Executive Director of yogaHope



In making career and life decisions, MIT graduate students rarely have  
the opportunity to speak with alumni about work-life balance issues.  
This session provides an opportunity to discuss making work and life,  
service and career choices to find balance and fulfillment. MIT Alumna  
Katherine Bicer (MSc, Course 3) and Sue Jones (founder of yogaHope)  
will speak about finding balance in their lives and careers by  
pursuing their passions.



Katherine Bicer will speak about her path towards balance from her  
time as a graduate student at MIT where she first discovered yoga as a  
tool in her own life to her experiences working at GE and serving as a  
board member of yogaHope, an organization dedicated to bringing  
rehabilitative yoga programs to substance abuse rehabilitation  
centers, domestic abuse safe houses and homeless shelters for women,  
located in and around the Boston Metro area. Katherine will introduce  
Sue Jones. An inspirational speaker, Sue is the entrepreneurial  
founder of yogaHope who pursued her passion in service by founding  
yogaHope after managing her own business for many years. (http://www.yogahope.org 
  )



Brought to you by a Graduate Student Life Grant from the Office of the  
Dean for Graduate Education, with additional support from the MIT  
Media Lab Student and Diversity Committees!



http://web.mit.edu/odge/community/gslg

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