Time: 7:15 pm to 10 pm
Contact: Patricia Boyett · pbboyett@loyno.edu · 5048653082
Location: Nunemaker Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Monroe Hall
Women Rising:
Politics of Running for and Serving in Office
Nunemaker Auditorium, Monroe Hall, 3rd Floor
Thursday, October 25, 2018, 7:15 PM
Forum Description
The event serves to provide insight into the surge in women running for office this year, especially for Congress, and its implications for national politics, as well as for the future of women in office at the state and local level.
Welcome & Appreciation of Sponsors
Dr. Patricia Boyett
Director of the Women’s Resource Center/Assistant Professor of History
Introduction of Panelists
Ms. Rula Thabata, President Women in Politics/Senior, Political Science
Ms. Athena Merida, Co-Director of Programing, Women’s Resource Center/Junior, Political Science
Research Presentation of Women in Politics
Dr. Natasha Bingham, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Ms. Ariadne Acevedo, Research Assistant, Department of Political Science
Ms. Mallory Dickerson, Research Assistant, Department of Political Science
Dr. Sean Cain, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Moderated Panel Discussion
Ms. Elsie Dunbar, Founder of STEM Gems, Graduate of Emerge Louisiana 2018
Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen, New Orleans City Council, District E
Dr. Tammy Savoie, Candidate U.S. Congress, District 1, Louisiana, Gradate of Emerge Louisiana 2018
Discussion with the Audience
Moderated by Ms. Rula Thabata & Ms. Athena Merida
Reception
Women in Politics will host a reception in the lobby of Nunemaker following the panel.
Sponsors
Department of Political Science
Loyola Society for Civic Engagement
Women in Politics
Women’s Resource Center