Featured SpeakerCharlotte Golar Richie, 2013 Candidate for Mayor of Boston

PanelistsJoyce Ferriabough Bolling, Media and Political Strategist

Gloribell Mota, Lead Organizer, Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE)

Priti Rao, Executive Director, Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus

Paul Watanabe, Professor of Political Science; Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies, UMass Boston

Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Time: 7:00 p.m.Location: Campus Center Ballroom A

Join us for an important and timely discussion about women’s political leadership in Boston. Former mayoral candidate Charlotte Golar Richie will reflect on her recent experiences, share lessons from the campaign trail, and explore opportuni-ties for encouraging and preparing women for public office. A distinguished panel, moderated by longtime Boston Herald columnist Margery Eagan, will offer insights and action steps for advancing the public leadership of women across the city.

Cosponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Department of Political Science, the Institute for Asian American Studies, the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy, the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus, Women’s Pipeline for Change, Emerge Massachusetts, and the Barbara Lee Family Foundation.

This event is free and open to the public.

To RSVP, contact the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies’ Center

for Women in Politics and Public Policy at www.umb.edu/cwppp or 617.287.5541.

Anyone requiring disability-related accommodations, including dietary accommodations, should visit www.ada.umb.edu.

A Conversation Moderated by Journalist Margery Eagan

OPENING DOORSWomen’s Political Leadership in Boston

Presented by the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy and the Trotter Institute for the Study of Black History and Culture