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Lieberman to Speak at Mayor's Summit for Women
 Alicia F. Lieberman,
UCSF professor of psychology and director of the Child Trauma Research Project at San
Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, will be a featured speaker at the second annual
Mayor's Summit for Women in San Francisco. The summit, which is sponsored by San Francisco
Mayor Willie Brown, will be held on April 16, 1999 at the Moscone Convention Center.
The theme of the summit is "Continuing to Give Today's Woman Direction for
Tomorrow." The four topics of the one-day event will be "Our Health,"
"Our Education," "Our Families" and "Our Selves."
Lieberman has worked with families and their young children for the past 20 years. Her
specialty is the obstacles that parents, particularly mothers, face in bringing up their
children and developing forms of intervention to help parents cope with these
difficulties. As director of the Child Trauma Research Project, she is conducting a study
on the impact of domestic violence on women and their children. A native of Paraguay, she
has special interest in cultural diversity and its influence on women's family roles and
childrearing practices. An author of dozens of articles about mothering, childrearing and
child development, her latest book, The Emotional Life of the Toddler, has been translated
into several languages.
"The women's summit provides an unusually rich
opportunity to come together and review issues affecting women," Lieberman said.
"As women, we are always on double duty, juggling family and work commitments. This
is one day to take time out for ourselves and reflect as a group on how far we've come and
what a long way we still have to go."
Other speakers at the summit include:
Oprah Winfrey as keynote speaker.
Delaine Eastin: twice-elected State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Eastin is the highest ranking official in California's elementary and
secondary public school system and is the first woman to be elected State Superintendent.
Marianne J. Legato: an internationally recognized
researcher, author and women's health advocate, Legato is a professor of clinical medicine
at Columbia University and is widely sought after for her expertise in gender-related
health issues.
Arlie Hochschild: a UC Berkeley professor who is a
specialist in family and employment issues, Hochschild is the author of two best-selling
books about women and work: The Second Shift and The Time Bind.
Kate O'Hanlan: a surgeon and cancer specialist
dedicated to issues of women's health, O'Hanlan is the author of Natural Menopause. She
chairs the Stanford Nutrition Committee and is involved in research on health issues
facing lesbians and gay men.
The cost to attend the summit is $75 but scholarships
are available. The event is expected to sell out, so early registration is encouraged.
Call 800/255-3976 for tickets. The deadline to submit scholarship applications is March
15th. For scholarship information and applications call 415/978-5920. Registration is also
available online.
The summit will be broadcast live on the Summit's website at www.wibr.com,
which will also provide chat sessions with Summit speakers throughout the day.
Links:
Mayor's Summit for Women website
Summit Panelists
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