Our Story : Schedule

10:00 am: Kumble R. Subbaswamy, UMass, Amherst Chancellor

10:30 am: Claire Sheedy, Speaker of the Senate for SGA

11:00 am: Elena Cohen, District Director on behalf of  MA State Senator Jo Comerford

11:30 am: Patricia Lee Lewis, Founder, Everywoman’s Center and Supporting Our Story Award Recipient

12:00 pm: Carol Wallace, Former Director, Everywoman’s Center and Supporting Our Story Award Recipient

12:30 pm: Michelle Goncalves, Founder and Executive Director of UMass Women into Leadership (UWiL) and Deputy Chief of Staff in the Office of the Chancellor and Supporting Our Story Award Recipient

1:00 pm :“Note-orious” Acapella Group, UMass

1:30 pm: Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Department, UMass, Our Shared Story Award Recipient

2:00 pm: Karen Lederer, Former Undergraduate Advisor in the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Department (WGSS) and Supporting Our Story Award Recipient

2:30 pm: Marisa Pizii, Deputy Director of Programs and Policy with Collective Power for Reproductive Justice and Supporting Our Story Award Recipient

3:00 pm: Brandi Hephner-LaBanc, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Campus Life

3:30 pm: 1st Annual YIS Scholarship Awardees

4:00 pm: Shelly Perdomo -Amhed Former Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Campus Life and Supporting Our Story Award Recipient

4:15 pm: Amanda Suzzi-Simmons, Vice President, Graduate Student Senate

4:30 pm: Patricia Cardoso-Erase, Deputy Dean of Students and Supporting Our Story Award Recipient

4:45 pm: Alumni Hour begins (Open mic, group photos, and more)

5:30 pm: Iréne “I-Shea” Shaikly, Drummer, Artist, and UMass & CWC Alumni