Coffee and continental breakfast
      

 9:00 - 9:20   Welcome and opening comments

         Rena Fraden, Dean of Faculty, Trinity College

         Stephanie Gilmore, Department of History, Trinity College
 

 9:30 - 11:00   Welfare’s History:  Making Sense of the Present by Understanding the Past

Chair:   Jonathan Grabowski, Department of Sociology, Trinity College (‘07)

Panelists:  John O’Connor, Central Connecticut State University              
                     •  Author of  “From Welfare Rights to Welfare Fights: Globalization,
                         Class Struggle, and Welfare System Change”     

           Marisa Chappell, Oregon State University                                    
                     •   Author of From Welfare Rights to Welfare Reform: The Politics of 
                         AFDC, 1964-1984 (Penn Press, 2007)

           Mary Nakashian, former Deputy Commissioner of Welfare in Connecticut
                                        and NYC

Comment:  Scott Tang, American Studies Program, Trinity College
 

 11:00 - 11:15  Break

                      Beverages and snack provided
 

11:30 - 1:00   Reclaiming American Rhetorics and Values: Welfare Rights and Activisms

Chair:   Cassie Mann, American Studies Program, Trinity College (‘07)

Panelists:  Premilla Nadasen, Queens College                              
                    • Author of Welfare Warriors: The Welfare Rights Movement in the 
                       United States (Routledge,2005)

          Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth College      
                    • Author of Storming Caesar’s Palace: How Black Women Fought the
                       War on Poverty (Beacon Press, 2005)

          Carmen Cordero, Warriors for Real Welfare Reform, Hartford, CT

Comment:   Johnny Williams, Department of  Sociology, Trinity College
     

1:00 - 2:00    Lunch                  

Introduction:    Stephanie Gilmore                                       

Keynote address:   Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara       
                                 •  “Welfare Wars: Activism, Scholarship, and Poor People’s 
                                       Movements”

2:15 - 4:00     From AFDC to TANF and Beyond: Assessing the Impact of - and 
Future for - Current Welfare Polices

Chair:   Anita Gooding, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program, Trinity College    
                                      (‘07)               

Panelists:   A. Fiona Pearson, Central Connecticut State University 
                    •  Author of  “Making Education Work: The Postsecondary 
                        Educational Experiences of TANF Recipients”

           Nancy MacLean, Northwestern University                          
                   •  Author of  Freedom is Not Enough: The Opening of the American
                       Workplace (Harvard University Press, 2006)

           Jane  McNichol, Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut

Comment:   Vijay Prashad, International Studies Program, Trinity College
 

4:00 - 5:00   Conversation hour 

                   Wine  and Cheese reception