Summit Agenda

8:00 a.m. Check-in & Networking

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Setting the Stage

Welcome Address - Destie Hohman Sprague

Embodied Equity Through Intentional Play - René Goddess

Group Activity - Lily James and Catie Reed

10:00 a.m. Break & Networking

10:15 a.m. Keynote Address

Rebecca Traister Journalist and author of “Good and Mad” and “All The Single Ladies”

11:15 a.m. Break

11:25 a.m. Breakout Workshops

Session 1: Transformative Organizing for Life and Wellbeing - Ronny Flannery, Southern Maine Workers Center

Session 2: Embodied Movement for Envisioning Our Shared Power - Sarah Hentges, Spiral Studio

Session 3: Leveraging Data to Drive Change: Understanding Threats and Building Tools for the Future - Elinor Higgins, Permanent Commission on the Status of Women

Session 4: Ballot Initiatives: How They Work and What to Know - Lisa Haberzettl, Maine Votes / Maine Voices Network; Lily James, Maine Women’s Lobby Education Fund

12:15 p.m. Feeding our Minds and Bodies

Lunch | Exhibitor Fair

Embodied Equity Through Intentional Play - René Goddess

1:25 p.m. Poetry Reading

Arisa White Author and poet

1:45 p.m. Afternoon Plenary: Building Power Across Sectors

Panelists: Alicia Rea, ACLU of Maine; Emilia Toth, League of Women Voters Maine; Julia Smith, Portland Outright; Maulian Bryant, Wabanaki Alliance;

Facilitated by Quinn Gormley, Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault

2:45 p.m. Break & Networking

2:55 p.m. Framing the Future and Commitment to Action

Group Activity - Destie Hohman Sprague

Embodied Equity Through Intentional Play - René Goddess

Closing and future activities

4:00 p.m. Adjourn