Family Care Resources at Penn
Thursday, September 5 at 11am [virtual event]
Speakers: Karen Kille and Susan Sproat
Penn is committed to helping faculty and staff maintain a balance between work, personal goals, and family responsibilities. You can take advantage of a wealth of family-friendly programs to meet your everyday needs. This session will cover Penn’s family care resources and benefits that support caregivers from growing your family to caring for adults.
Reproductive Justice Beyond Abortion
Thursday, September 12 at 12pm [virtual event]
Cosponsored with FOCUS and OIDE
Speakers: Kimberly Mutcherson (Rutgers Law)
Kimberly Mutcherson, Professor of Law and past Co-Dean of Law at Rutgers Law, will use a framework of reproductive justice to discuss how abortion politics and policies impact the legal regulation of pregnancy and parenting in the US, especially in marginalized communities.
Elevating Reproductive Health Care &
Justice at Penn: Clinical Care, Science, Advocacy, and Community Engagement
Monday, September 23 at 12pm [virtual event]
Cosponsored with FOCUS and OIDE
Speakers: Cori Schreiber, Emma Gilmore, Chioma Ndubisi, Andrea Roe, Sarita Sonalkar (PSOM)
A Remedy for the Electoral College: the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Tuesday, October 22 at 12pm [virtual event]
Cosponsored with FOCUS and OIDE
Speaker: Jack Nagel, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Penn
Reforming or abolishing the Electoral College by passing a Constitutional amendment seems politically impossible—over 700 attempts have failed. This talk will explore a plan to circumvent the Electoral College by passing an identical bill in the legislatures of a coalition of states. Launched in 2006, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has made slow but steady progress—17 states plus D.C. have passed the bill. Together they control 209 electoral votes. If states with an additional 61 electoral votes enact the bill and the Compact is implemented, the winner of the national popular vote will always become President.