Women’s Institute for Leadership and Learning

Saturday, October 18

10:45am-12:00pm - Session 2

“Considering Ecofeminism in the Classroom: A Dialogue on Pedagogy”

Location: Seneca Falls Community Center

Presenters:  Colleen Lutz Clemens, Kutztown University; Kristina Fennelly, Kutztown University; Amanda Morris, Kutztown University

This panel will explore the pedagogical issues of teaching ecofeminist texts in the college and university setting. Through sharing of syllabi and teaching/reading experiences, we hope to encourage a dialogue about ways to teach and read ecofeminist texts as calls to activism.  Focusing on feminist resistance to oppression in modernist texts, postcolonial writings, and political spaces, this dialogue explores the conference’s subthemes of voice, leadership, and activism by examining relationships among writers, readers, teachers, and activists.

“Hidden Spaces, Mobile Places: Changing an Institutional Environment Through Appreciative Inquiry”

Location: Gould Hotel Conference Room

Presenters:  Deborah Blizzard, Rochester Institute of Technology; Caroline DeLong, Rochester Institute of Technology; Lisa Hermsen, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ann Howard, Rochester Institute of Technology; Corinna Schlombs, Rochester Institute of Technology

This session introduces participants to a process of Appreciative Inquiry currently underway at Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Liberal Arts. Understanding environment broadly as not only the physical but also the social, cultural and institutional settings in which we interact, the session presents a form of activism aimed at improving the environment for women in academe.

“Unusual Suspects in Sustainability: Expanding Circles for Feminist Activism”

Location: Gould Hotel Ballroom

Presenters:  Krista Bailey, Indiana University South Bend; April Lidinsky, Indiana University South Bend; Grace Lidinsky-Smith, Indiana University Bloomington

This session will engage participants in multigenerational (and multi-“wave”) conversations on how the issues and influences of gender and the environment, the politics of space, activism, and sustainability can create and build sustainable, feminist communities. By reviewing best practices and community building techniques, this workshop will provide the opportunity to share what works, and to discover how the "unusual suspects" can become effective and influential partners and collaborators.

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