BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//206.188.193.163//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.23// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:WHUT Howard University Television X-WR-CALDESC: X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20121104T070000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20130310T080000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://www.whut.org/whut/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=1684&instan ce_id= DTSTAMP:20130520T192958Z CONTACT:Rachel Koch (412-925-6741) DESCRIPTION:

Speak Up! — Carnegie Mellon University’s proven negotiation workshop for girls — is coming to Washington\, DC on Saturday\, Sept. 22\, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Don’t miss this unique opportunity for girl s ages 7 to 12 to learn how to harness the power of negotiation.

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H ighlights will include Molly Barker\, founder of Girls on the Run Internat ional\, as keynote speaker\; games and activities\; and performances by th e Georgetown University Step Team. Participants will learn to build confid ence as effective negotiators\; recognize more situations as negotiable\;  and embrace negotiation as preferable to accepting the status quo\, engagi ng in direct conflict\, or giving up.

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The workshop is being sponso red by the Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society(P ROGRESS). The program\, established by Dr. Linda Babcock of Carnegie Mello n University’s Heinz College\, strives to examine and address the critical issue of gender inequity by providing negotiation tools based on sound ac ademic research that empower all women and girls to reach their full poten tial. 

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To register\, call 412-268-8650 or click here.

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