International Women’s Day

 

 

Join us on March 7 for a day of inspiring conversations and celebration.

Start the day with a free community panel of local women leaders who are igniting change on critical issues.

The panel will be followed by a ticketed luncheon celebration of this globally recognized day.

 

Let’s accelerate action!

 

 

 

 

 

9:00 AM – Community Panel (Free & Open to the Public)

Community panel will take place at Point Park University’s GRW Theater (in the University Center), 414 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222.

Arrive early and kick off the day by connecting with other globally minded community members and hearing from local leaders as they address how we can accelerate action in honor of International Women’s Day. Doors open at 8:30AM, coffee and connection at 9AM.

 

        • – This panel will be moderated by Kristy Trautmann, Executive Director of the FISA Foundation, featuring an esteemed panel of local women leaders.
        • – Cara Ciminillo, executive director, Trying Together
        • – Sydney Etheredge, president & CEO, Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania
        • – Dr. Müge Kökten Finkel, PhD, director, Ford Institute for Human Security, co-director of Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) University of Pittsburgh
        • – Rochelle L. Jackson, founder & CEO of Black Women’s Policy Center

       

11:30AM – Luncheon (Sold out!)
Luncheon will be in the Ballroom on the third floor of Lawrence Hall, 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh PA 15212

 

      • – Following the panel, join us for a ticketed luncheon with our featured speaker, Lulu Garcia-Navarro, two-time Peabody Award-winning journalist and Dr. Ali Hamdani, senior director of International Business and Global Care for UPMC
      • – Illuminate Awards presented by the David Glick Memorial Fund, recognizes leaders who have made a difference in advancing global awareness and connection in the Pittsburgh region.
      • – Special performance by Flamenco Pittsburgh
      • – Doors open at 10:30AM


Parking

  • – Major parking facilities
    • – The Pittsburgh Parking Authority operates large parking facilities throughout Downtown Pittsburgh, and offers a garage and lot finder.
      Those closest to Point Park are:

      • – Third Avenue Garage — Located between Wood and Market streets, across from Thayer Hall.
      • – Wood-Allies Garage — Located between Wood and Market streets, across the street from Academic and Thayer Halls.
      • – Mon Wharf — Located off Fort Pitt Boulevard at Wood Street. Note: The Mon Wharf is subject to closure when high water on the Monongahela River floods the parking areaa.
      • – Metered parking is available on some streets in and around campus, but please be aware that metered spaces are regularly checked and violations will be ticketed.
      • – Click here to view a map of campus

 

Click Here to Purchase Tickets & Register!

Meet the panelists:

 

Kristy Trautmann is the executive director of the FISA Foundation. FISA is a charitable grantmaking foundation that provides grants to nonprofit organizations in southwestern Pennsylvania to improve the lives of women, girls, and people with disabilities. Prior to working at FISA, Kristy led financial empowerment programming at the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh and provided community education and training at Pittsburgh Action Against Rape. She is the founder of Southwest PA Says No More, an effort to prevent domestic and sexual violence, and is the founder and former co-chair of the Girls Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

 

 

 

 

 

Cara Ciminillo is the executive director at Trying Together. A nonprofit supporting high-quality care and education for young children through advocacy, community resources, and professional growth opportunities for the needs and rights of children, their families, and the individuals who interact with them. Cara oversaw the creation of a five-year strategic plan and organizational rebrand from The Pittsburgh Association for The Education of Young Children (PAEYC) to Trying Together.

 

 

 

 

 

Sydney Etheredge is the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania (PPWP). Prior to her role at PPWP, Sydney worked for Planned Parenthood Federation of America for nearly 10 years serving as director of the Health Care Investment Program. She provided guidance on ways to further embed women’s health in system transformation efforts, focusing specifically on value-based payment, telehealth, and health equity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Müge Kökten Finkel is the director of the Ford Institute for Human Security, co-director of Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to her academic appointment, Müge worked at the World Bank, focusing on the Middle East and North Africa region, and consulted for the International Food Policy Research Institute. Her current research focuses on politics of public sector employment and opportunities for women.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rochelle L. Jackson is the founder and CEO of Black Women’s Policy Center. Rochelle has served for many years as an advocate for equity, fighting for social and economic justice. Rochelle’s passion for this work is inspired by her own personal journey as a single mom and through previously-held roles as the Femisphere Project Director at Women and Girls Foundation and as a Public Policy Advocate at Just Harvest.

 

 

 

 Meet our luncheon’s featured speaker

 

Lulu Garcia-Navarro is a two-time Peabody Award-winning journalist with years of experience interviewing world leaders, authors, artists and people living on the front lines of a changing world. A longtime international correspondent in the Middle East and Latin America, Lulu  as at NPR for 17 years, most recently as the host of “Weekend Edition,” where she reported on everything from #MeToo to immigration to the pandemic. Lulu was also a co-host of the NPR podcast “Up First” and the first Latina at the helm of a flagship show at the broadcaster.

Lulu came to the New York Times in December 2021 to host “First Person,” a New York Times Opinion show about how people come to their deeply held views. She now talks to famous and influential people for ‘The Interview’ an audio and written franchise  at the NYT Magazine. She is also an on-air contributor to CNN. She’s proudly Cuban and Panamanian and very loud at parties.

 

Dr. Ali Hamdani is the Senior Director of International Business and Global Care for UPMC. “…The name may be familiar if you listen to NPR or closely followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq 20 years ago. Hamdani was a medical student in Baghdad when the conflict began. With cruise missiles landing nearby, he piled his mother and sister and all their belongings into a small car and drove more than 100 miles to a new home. There was no room for two Great Dane dogs that he cared for although they belonged to his brother. Despite the danger, Hamdani drove back into Baghdad every other day to feed and water the dogs. “I don’t like to let people down,” he said, recalling his wartime memories in a recent New York Times First Person podcast with journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro. Hamdani was a guide, translator, and producer for Garcia-Navarro as the war raged. He narrowly escaped death when NPR’s armored car was targeted with a so-called sticky bomb.” – Excerpt taken from NPR’ story: We Survived Iraq’: An Iraqi Makes A New Home In North Carolina

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsorships are available for this event. To learn more, contact Brian Magee brian@worldpittsburgh.org

 

This event is in partnership with Eden Hall Foundation, Women & Girls Foundation and our team at the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh.