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Friends and Colleagues:
As we are moving toward the end of the school year, it is thrilling to see the number of exciting activities carried on by MGS faculty, staff and alums. Here are just a few:
- On Thursday, April 28th, UMass Boston will be jam packed with MGS activities. I hope you can attend some or all of them. It starts at 8:45-noon, when our Center for Social Policy hosts "Working to Overcome the Achievement Gap - Putting the Pieces Together," in the Campus Center third floor ballroom. Then I hope you will be able to attend the Conflict Resolution program's annual Slomoff Lecture, "Conflict in Teams: Antecedents, Dynamics, and Remedies," featuring J. Richard Hackman of Harvard University, at 2:00 pm in Campus Center Ballroom A. And then dash over to the 11th floor of Healey Library for "Celebrating Research @ UMass Boston" where our own Dr. Michael Johnson will be recognized.
- The University awarded 3 Joseph P. Healey Research Grants to McCormack faculty: Amy Smith, Nina Silverstein and Padraig O'Malley. Congratulations!
- Padraig O'Malley is in the process of convening the 2nd annual conference of the Forum for Cities in Transition (FCT) in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland from May 23rd-26th with delegates from 12 divided cites and 4 continents. The first inaugural conference of the FCT was held at UMass Boston in April 2009. For nearly 2 years now, documentarian James Demo has been working on a film about Padraig called "The Peacemaker." If you visit this site, you can see a preview of the film, and a solicitation for financial support to bring the project to fruition. Donations will be much appreciated.
- This has been a banner year for our Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy:
- sponsoring $175,000 Research Fellowship for Women of Color Leaders
- selected to receive the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council for Research on Women
- CSPAN recently covered the Center's program on "I Want My Million Dollars! Why Every Woman Should Care About the Gender Wage Gap"
- recently published reports, "Unfinished Business: Building Equality for Women in the Construction Trades" and "Caring for Women: A Profile of the Midwifery Workforce in Massachusetts" - 2008 Dispute Resolution alum John Lewis Moore is working on an extraordinary project in South Sudan. I hope we'll get to hear more about this amazing adventure when he returns.
- The Collins Center for Public Management has just signed an impressive agreement with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Administration and Finance to help them implement a comprehensive performance management program throughout all of state government. This carries on the legacy of performance management left by founding director Shelley Metzenbaum, now doing performance management for OMB in the White House; similar projects are under discussion in Rhode Island, Tennessee, Delaware, and New Jersey. You should also know that Collins Center personnel are doing much of the staffing of the financial turnaround of the bankrupt community of Central Falls, Rhode Island.
There is much more, and I always worry about leaving something important out. We have an exciting, growing, vibrant college, with distinguished academic programs and robust research and applied policy programs. This is an exciting place to be.
And God knows, the world certainly needs people who know how to do local, national and international policy development well.
Steve Crosby, Dean
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Holyoke Charter Study Commission Fumes at Being Unable to Do Its Desired Ward Plan
Masslive.com, April 20, 2011
Deputy Director of the Collins Center Steve McGoldrick is quoted for this story about the states opaque redistricting rules.
Hardball: Obama Frames the Budget Debate
MSNBC, April 19, 2011
Professor Christian Weller debates the merits of the opposing budget proposals.
Aging Corps of Midwives Poses Shortage
The Boston Herald, April 19, 2011
Article on the recent report by the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy about the state of midwifery in Massachusetts.
2010 Census Shows Boston Among Most Segregated Cities
WBUR, April 4, 2011
Associate Dean of the Public Policy Department Connie Chan is interviewed for this story about ethnic segregation revealed by the 2010 Census.
Democracy and Dogma in the Middle East
The Daily Star, April 3, 2011
International Relations professor Jalal Alamgir questions our assumptions about stability in the Middle East and where America's interests really lie.
Convention center chief agrees to pay cut
The Boston Globe, April 1, 2011
Dean of the McCormack Graduate School Stephen Crosby offers his insight as a member of the Governors compensation review board for this story Convention Center Authority Director James Rooney.
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Center for Peace, Democracy and Development
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 People's Court Daily, a publication of the Supreme People's Court which is distributed to every court in China, devoted a long, highly favorable article to the just-concluded MGS Center for Peace, Democracy and Development/Xiangtan University seminar comparing the US jury and Chinese citizen assessor systems. This article is extraordinarily significant; as it endorses reforms in the citizen assessor system, credits the Xiangtan Seminar which CPDD co-sponsored, and quotes positively and at length from presentations on the American jury system by three American judges who are part of the Center's project focused on judicial education in China, which is funded by a grant from USAID.
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I am pleased to announce that next Monday, the Center for Social Policy will be welcoming Jean McGuire to our team. Below is Jean's short bio...I think you will see that she brings competencies and experience that will enrich our work and that of the MGS immensely. I had the pleasure of coming to know Jean when we were both doctoral students at the Heller School. I can say with confidence that she will be a very generous member of our team and that of the MGS.
Please join me in welcoming Jean to the MGS.
-Donna Friedman
Jean's Bio Check out CSP's "Bridge Gaps" page on Facebook. |
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 The Talent Source is LIVE!
The Commonwealth Compact Talent Source has launched! Between now and June 21st we need your help in populating this new tool. If you are a talented professional of color, we want you! Upload your profile today. And then, beginning June 21st we will make the site fully functional, allowing talent seekers to search for you! Talent seekers may need members for their corporate or non-profit board, they may need expert speakers for their conferences, they may be seeking talent for a career opportunity. Whatever it is, we want to make sure that you are visible and accessible.
The Commonwealth Compact Talent Source is a tool for Massachusetts professionals of color and employers. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us at: 617-287-5550 or commcompact@umb.edu.
Go to www.commonwealthcompact.com today to upload a profile and spread the word.
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Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy
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 The Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy has been selected to receive the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW). Carol Hardy-Fanta will receive the award at the NCRW's Annual Meeting in NYC on May 19th.
Join the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy and its partner, the Women's Pipeline for Change, on April 28th from noon to 1pm at the Grand Staircase of the State House launch of the Research Fellowships for Women of Color Leaders,
a $175,000 initiative funded by the Partnership for Democracy and Education and the Hunt Alternatives Fund. The Research Fellows include Lisa Wong, Mayor of Fitchburg, they represent communities across the state Holyoke; Boston; Lawrence; Fitchburg and Springfield.
A forum on the gendered wage gap , featuring former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy and the students in the Graduate Program for Women in Politics and Public Policy was filmed by C-SPAN, for broadcast during the last week of April.
The CWPPP released two reports in April at public forums. Unfinished Business: Building Equality for Women in the Construction Trades; and A Profile of the Midwifery Workforce in Massachusetts.
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Civic Engagement Showcase
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 As part of a day-long celebration of higher education civic engagement on April 12, the Massachusetts Campus Compact (MACC) organized a civic engagement showcase at UMass Boston's campus center featuring the programs, partnerships and accomplishments of member college and universities. The showcase offered opportunities to network, share best practices and learn about innovative programs across the state.
MGS Director of Marketing and Communications Barbara Graceffa organized our college table which highlighted civic engagement activities of many of our academic units, centers and institutes. Among our exhibits, we profiled sample lists of applicable MSPA capstone projects, Public Policy and Gerontology PhD dissertations, and community partnerships at the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global Governance. We also highlighted the work of our new Center for Community Democracy and Democratic Literacy as well as the outreach activities of our Gerontology Institute and Pension Action Center.
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Conflict Resolution,
Human Security, and Global Governance
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The Annual Sylvia and Benjamin Slomoff Lectureship in Conflict Resolution
Thursday, April 28, 2011 · 2:00-3:30 PM
 "Conflict in Teams: Antecedents, Dynamics, and Remedies" featuring J. Richard Hackman of Harvard University, UMass Boston's Campus Center Ballroom A.
Teams often are formed to take on hard problems, those whose solution requires collaboration among members who have a diversity of perspectives and skills, and who may come from organizations with a history of unfriendly relations. This talk explores the dynamics of the conflicts that can stall such teams, and identifies some leadership strategies that can help members draw constructively on their differences. More...
Conflict Resolution Masters Project: Interactive Theater and the Bystander Effect
For his Masters Project, Conflict Resolution Masters Candidate David D'Alessandro has developed an interactive theater project designed to convey information about conflict resolution techniques and the bystander effect.
You are invited to attend one of 3 performances taking place on campus:
ALL TIMES ARE 4:00-6:00pm
Wednesday, 4/27 Campus Center room 2545
Thursday, 4/28 Pointe Lounge (3rd floor Campus Center)
Friday, 4/29 Campus Center room 2545
We witness conflicts in various forms on a daily basis. Often, we do not know how to intervene in these conflicts successfully. You are invited to participate in a social justice activity related to the bystander effect.
Three scenes will be performed in which some form of harassment or conflict occurs. You will have an opportunity to witness these interactions and then be given a chance to change the outcome. Come develop techniques to help diffuse conflicts that occur on a daily basis.
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