A student at Smith College asked me to spread the word about this upcoming event, which looks fantastic. For more information, visit the link below…

Women in World Affairs Conference
Smith College
Saturday, April 26th-27th

Register at: http://sophia.smith.edu/smun/news.html

Open to students and the public throughout New England.  Admission is free.

Gillian Sorensen, Senior Advisor and National Advocate at the UN Foundation, will open the conference on Saturday morning at 10 AM in the Davis Ballroom at Smith College.

Other speakers include:

•    Bina Valsangkar, Founder and President of the Quito Project
•    Sarah Harder, President, National Peace Foundation
•    Angela Mason, Women and Children’s Advocate, World Vision
•    Lena AlHusseini, Executive Director, Arab-American Family Support Center
•    Kay Maxwell, Smith ’61, Executive Director, World Affairs Forum
•    Olga Bessolova, National Peace Foundation
•    Sheila Curran Bernard, Senior Media Consultant and Author, Harbor Productions
•    Farah Pandith,  Smith ’90, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State, Chamber of European and Eurasian Affairs

Register at: http://sophia.smith.edu/smun/news.html