Wexner Summit on Gender, Part B: Virtual Gathering 

November 10, 2020/24 Heshvan 5781 

Optional 3rd Hour
2 -3 PM ET /11 AM – 12 PM PT / 9-10 PM IT
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AGENDA: What We Are Thinking About 

12:00 PM – Welcoming – Angie Atkins

12:10 PM – Reconnecting – Dana Savoray-Hadar

12:45 PM – On People’s Minds, Guided Conversations – Ruthie Warshenbrot

• Gender Equity and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice – Erica Goldman, Tziona Koenig-Yair, Michael Novack
  
• Gender Equity and COVID-19 – Yael Mevorach, Marc Prine, Rachel Scherl, Sharon Abraham Weiss

1:45 PM – Wrap-up – Ruthie Warshenbrot

2:00 PM – Optional Third Hour*: Reflections on the U.S. Election through the Lens of Equity and Respect for Women: A Conversation and Q&A with Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Director, Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, moderated by Rabbi Elka Abrahamson, President, The Wexner Foundation with Introduction and Framing by Rabbi Jay Henry Moses

*NOTE: Although the rest of the Summit is private, this hour will also be open to the wider Wexner Network. View the recording here.

 

November 11, 2020/25 Heshvan 5781 

Optional Pre-Game Hour with Project Groups
11 AM – 12 PM ET / 8 AM – 9 AM PT / 6 PM – 7 PM IT 

Main Session
12 – 2 PM ET /9 AM – 11 AM PT/ 7 – 9 PM IT

Optional 3rd Hour
2 -3 PM ET /11 AM – 12 PM PT / 9-10 PM IT 

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AGENDA: What We Are Doing 

12:00 PM – Welcoming – Rabbi Jay Henry Moses 

12:05 PM – Small Group Discussions and Case Studies 

• Jewish Communal Equity Initiatives – Ann Bennett, Wendy Rosov, Ari Witkin
  
• How Might We Promote Gender Equity by Teaching Boys? – Kinley Tur-Paz
  
• Live the Pledge – Dan Ross, Tilly Shemer
• Picture a Scientist – a Gender and Science Educational Program – Amnon Vidan 

12:55 PM – What We Have Done So Far – View the recording here.

• Nurit Felter Eitan
• Alec Harris
• Yehuda Kurtzer
• Anat Meyassed-Cnaan

1:45 PM – Wrap-up – Ruthie Warshenbrot
                

2:00 PM – Optional Third Hour: Crisis Leadership through a Gender Lens: A perspective from the Foundation President (who has had her share of crisis this year) – Rabbi Elka Abrahamson

 

Gender Summit Suggested Prep List

Required 

• Please make sure your Zoom account is up-to-date. 
• Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace, by Amanda Taub
• TIME’S UP Impact Lab – Nevertheless, It Persists: Disrupting the Vicious Cycle of Institutionalized Sexism Summary

Optional 

• HBR Podcast: Women at Work S6:e2 – How Mothers WFH Are Negotiating What’s Normal
• TIME’S UP Impact Lab – Nevertheless, It Persists: Disrupting the Vicious Cycle of Institutionalized Sexism Full Paper

 

Gender Summit Speakers/Presenters 

Rabbi Elka Abrahamson
President, The Wexner Foundation 

Ambassador Wendy Sherman
Director, Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School 

WHP Alum Ann Bennett, DC 03 

WSL Alum Nurit Felter Eitan, 2018  

WGF/DS Alum Erica Goldman, Class 28

WHP Alum Alec Harris, Chicago 06 

WIF Alum Tziona Koenig-Yair, Class 24

WGF/DS Alum Yehuda Kurtzer, Class 15

WSL Yael Mevorach, 2017

WIF Alum Tziona Koenig-Yair, Class 24 

WGF/DS Alum Yehuda Kurtzer, Class 15

WSL Alum Anat Meyassed-Cnaan, 2018  

WHP Alum Michael Novack, St Louis 15

WHP Alum Marc Prine, Philadelphia 16

WGF/DS Alum Wendy Rosov, Class 6 

WGF/DS Alum Dan Ross,  Class 27 

WHP Alum Rachel Scherl, Greater Metrowest 08

WFF Pilot and WGF/DS Alum Tilly Shemer, Class 28

WSL Alum Kinley Tur-Paz, 2017 

WIF Alum Amnon Vidan, Class 20

WIF Alum Sharon Abraham Weiss, Class 23

WGF/DS Alum Ari Witkin, Class 28 

 

Summit on Gender Staff 

Angie Atkins
Director, Wexner Heritage Alumni 

Rabbi Jay Henry Moses
Vice President, The Wexner Foundation 

Dana Savoray-Hadar
Deputy Director, Israel Office

Rachel Sosin
Chief of Staff 

Ruthie Warshenbrot
Director, Wexner Field Fellowship 

 

Summit on Gender Participants

Gender Summit Participant Bio Book