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Thursday Evening ~ April 3
Judge Baker Children's Center
53 Parker Hill Avenue, Boston
7:30-9:00 Opening
Reception
and Presentation of the 3rd Fred Rogers Integrity Award to
Morgan Spurlock, director, Supersize Me.
Location: Macomber Gymnasium
Friday ~ April 4
Wheelock Brookline Campus
43 Hawes Street, Brookline
8:30-9:00 Registration ~ Ground Lobby
Continental Breakfast
~ Upper Rotunda
9:00-9:05 Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of
Childhood Media Education Foundation ~ Ladd / Room 104
9:05-9:10
Welcoming Remarks Alvin F.
Poussaint ~ Ladd / Room 104
9:10-9:25 Reflections Susan Linn ~ Ladd / Room 104
9:30-10:30 Plenary Session 1 ~ Ladd / Room 104
So Sexy
So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood
Diane
Levin, Jean Kilbourne
10:30-10:45 Coffee and beverages available on the way to workshops
~ Upper Rotunda
10:45-12:00 Breakout Session A (full descriptions available
in Summit folder)
The Case
for Make-Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World
Susan Linn, Director, Campaign for a
Commercial-Free Childhood
Joan Almon, Alliance for Childhood
~Room
201
Media Literacy for the New World Order and
Adolescent Girls Learn About the
Importance of Being “Hot:” The Role of Dress, Media and Peers
Susan Owusu, YWCA Boston
Jessica Greenstone, Tufts University
~Room
104
Private
Enterprise in Public Schools: Communicating School Commercialization
Gary Brunk,
Kansas Action for Children
Lynn Davey, Frameworks Institute
~Room
107
The
Well-Being of Children Deserves the Best Science Available
Brandy King, Center on Media and Child Health
~Room
119
Using
the Power of Media for Positive Change
Amy Jussel,
Shaping Youth
Alice Aspen
March, The Attention Factor
~Room
002
12:00-1:00 Buffet Lunch ~ Upper Rotunda
Informal networking groups including:
~ Room 119
~ Room 106
1:05-1:30 Plenary Session 2 – Ladd / Room 104
Buy, Buy
Baby: How the Marketing Industry Brands Infants and Toddlers
Susan
Gregory Thomas, author Buy, Buy, Baby
1:35-2:25 Plenary Session 3 – Ladd / Room 104
Branding Children's Play: Mapping the Commercial
Convergence of Media, Toys and Gaming in Virtual Worlds for Kids
Sara Grimes, Simon Fraser University
Video
Games: Playing with Sex and Death
Michael
Brody, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2:25-2:45
Coffee and beverage break - Upper Rotunda
2:45-4:00
Breakout Session B (full descriptions available in
Summit folder)
Towards Greater Health, Wealth and Wisdom: How to
Have Fun, Kick (Corporate) Butts and Take Names with 21st Century
ACME-Style Media Education
Rob Williams, Action Coalition for Media
Educators
~Room
002
Who
Stole the Sexual Revolution? Kids, Marketing and the Politics of Sex
Carl Bybee
and Debra Merskin, University of Oregon
~Room
104
How to
Teach Youth about their Consumer Culture
Tim Kasser, Knox College, author, the High
Price of Materialism
Velma LaPoint, Howard University
Garland
Waller, Boston University
Tim Rairdon, Knox College
~Room
201
The
Wondershop: Nurturing Creative Thinkers in a Commercial World
Ginger Carlson, author, Child of Wonder
~Room
208
“Come In
and Play!”: How Social Networks Exploit Young Children
Richard Freed, child/adolescent psychologist,
private practice
~Room
107
Airwaves
& Activism
Lynn Ziegler, author, Spongeheadz: U & Media
~Room
105
4:05-4:10
Welcome from Wheelock President Jackie Jenkins-Scott ~
Ladd / Room 104
4:10-4:35 Plenary Session 4 ~ Ladd / Room 104
Hyper-Consumerism and Ecological Crisis
Juliet
Schor, author, Born to Buy
4:35-5:00 Plenary Session 5 ~ Ladd/Room 104
Come on People: African Americans and Toxic
Marketing
Alvin F. Poussaint
5:00-7:15 Dinner Break (on your own); list of area restaurants
in Summit folder
7:30
Only Children: A Concert Reading and Roundtable:
Sex Sells. Who's Buying?
~
Ladd / Room 104
See excerpts from this new musical, in which three seventh graders
struggle to come of age in a contemporary American suburb where sex and
commerce collide.
The performance will be followed by an interactive roundtable discussion
involving the playwrights, CCFC's Enola Aird and Diane Levin, Sophie
Godley of Aids Action Committee and other experts. A reception hosted
by Wheelock College will follow.
9:00
Reception ~ Upper Rotunda
Saturday ~ April 5
Wheelock Brookline Campus
43 Hawes Street, Brookline
8:30-9:00 Registration ~ Ground Lobby
Continental Breakfast ~ Upper Rotunda
9:00-9:10 Welcoming Remarks Susan and Audrey Duck ~
Ladd / Room 104
9:15-10:05 Plenary Session 6 ~ Ladd / Room 104
So You Thought Child Pornography was Illegal: How
the Porn Industry Sexualizes Children and Encourages Child Sexual Abuse.
Gail Dines, co-author, Pornography: The
Production and Consumption of Inequality
The
Impact of Pseudo-Sexualization on Boys, and Why Men Need to Challenge It
Joe Kelly, author, Dads and Daughters
10:10-11:00 Plenary Session 7 ~ Ladd / Room 104
The Failure of Self-regulation, from Big Alcohol
to Big Food
Michele
Simon, The Marin Institute; author, Appetite for Profit
Transforming the U.S. Media: Commercial-Free at Last
Allen Kanner, co-editor, Psychology and
Consumer Culture
11:00-11:20 Coffee and Beverage Break ~ Upper Rotunda
11:20-12:35 Breakout Session C (full descriptions available
in Summit folder)
Media Violence as a Form of Child Abuse: How
Schools Can Protect Children Against it With Success
Jacques Brodeur EDUPAX
~Room
107
The Impact of Sexualization on Classroom Culture,
Teaching and Learning...and What to Do about It
Diane Levin, coauthor, So Sexy So Soon
~Room
201
Children, Digital Environments, and the Law: Moving Forward to Protect
Public Health
Jason Smith & Robert J. L. Moore, Public Health
Advocacy Institute
~Room
208
Capitalism on the Couch: A Psychological Analysis
of Economic Systems and Their Impact on Children
Allen Kanner, co-editor, Psychology and
Consumer Culture
Tim Kasser, author, the High Price of
Materialism
~Room
118
The
Importance of Educating Parents on Kids’ 24/7 Media Lives
Laura Martinez, Common Sense Media
~Room
002
12:40-1:45 Buffet Lunch ~ Upper Rotunda
Informal networking groups including
~ Room 119
~ Room 106
1:50-2:40 Plenary Session 8 ~ Ladd / Room 104
Capitalism, Commercialism, and Children's
well-being: Empirical Analyses Across Wealthy Nations
Tim Kasser, author, the High Price of
Materialism
Corporate Sleaze and Community Complacency - Waking up Australia!
Julie Gale,
Kids Free 2 B Kids(Australia)
2:45-3:35 Plenary Session 9 ~ Ladd / Room 104
Consumer
Culture and the Obstacles Parents Face
Nancy
Carlsson-Paige, author, Taking Back Childhood
Lifting
Our Sights and Our Spirits: Confronting the Commodification of Children
Enola Aird,
Activist Mother
3:40-3:55
Reclaiming Childhood from Corporate Marketers Josh
Golin – Ladd / Room 104
4:-00-5:00 Book signing and reception ~ Ground Lobby
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