Mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 14 at 7 p.m. when Leading Ladies presents a new “kNOw MORE!” Zoom event, “Life After Roe v. Wade,” with reproductive justice activist Carrie Baker, professor at Smith College; Kristie Monast, executive director of HealthQuarters; and Sara Stanley, executive director of HAWC (Healing Abuse, Working for Change).
CARRIE BAKER
Dr. Carrie Baker is the Sylvia Dlugasch Bauman Chair of American Studies and a Professor in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College. She is an expert on women's rights law and policy, specializing in sexual harassment, sex trafficking, and reproductive rights and justice.
Dr. Baker has a BA (’87) in philosophy from Yale University, a JD (’94) from Emory University School of Law, and an MA (’94) and a Ph.D. (’01) from Emory University’s Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
She has published three books: The Women's Movement Against Sexual Harassment (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade: Gender, Race and Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2018), and co-authored Sexual Harassment Law: History, Cases, and Practice (Carolina Academic Press). Her first book was the winner of the National Women's Studies Association 2008 Sara A. Whaley book prize.
In addition, she is a contributing editor at Ms. magazine and is a board member of Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts.
KRISTIE MONAST
Kristie Monast, executive director of HealthQuarters in Beverly, earned a Master of Science in Human Sexuality Education degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Her life work is based on the belief that there is a significant intersection between sexuality and how people expect to receive health care and how people deliver health care.
Kristie has held several leadership positions in the healthcare delivery field, including as the first executive director of the Midwest Access Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to filling gaps in medical education and clinical training. She has facilitated multiple miscarriage management training programs; managed several programs for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England; provided professional development workshops to social service providers and sexuality educators throughout the state of Illinois; completed a curriculum mapping project for the Chicago Public School District’s sexuality education health materials; led successful collaborations to implement GLSEN-Philadelphia's inaugural Safe Schools Ally program; and provided direct service with a variety of social service and healthcare agencies addressing underserved populations.
SARA STANLEY
Sara Stanley, executive director of HAWC (Healing Abuse Working for Change) joined the organization in June 2015 as Attorney Director of Legal Programs and was promoted to Executive Director in July of 2018. In this role, Sara is responsible for day-to-day leadership for the agency. Previously, Sara worked as an attorney at many firms, served as a pro bono attorney with the Women’s Bar Foundation, and volunteered at Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center. The role at HAWC truly merged her interest in the intersection of domestic violence and the law. Sara obtained her legal degree from Suffolk University School of Law in 2007.