Creating a Breastfeeding Supportive Culture at Work with Jessica Shortall
Watch Video
Join Jessica Shortall, activist and author of Work.Pump.Repeat for a presentation and Q&A discussion that will:
- Equip an expecting or new working and lactating parent with anxiety-reducing survival strategies.
- Provide behind-the-scenes information for supervisors, managers and HR professionals: What is it really like to fit pumping human milk into a workday? What kind of support do employees need?
- Present how a challenging workplace can make lactation support viable.
- Show how partners/spouses of breastfeeding/chestfeeding individuals can be essential allies in normalizing and support.
Jessica Shortall is a global social entrepreneur and innovator focused on the place where business and social good meet. She is a vocal advocate for working parents and an expert on the realities of workplace breastfeeding/chestfeeding and pumping. She is known for challenging her audiences to look at old problems with fresh eyes, and to reconsider their own potential to make a difference.
This event was sponsored by the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, the Committee on the Status of Women, the Committee on Family Services, and Campus Life Services.
Event Date: May 16, 2017
Talk About Time: Why We Fail at Work-Life Balance
With Dawna Ballard, PhD
Watch Video
Join chronemics expert Dawna Ballard for a facilitated discussion where you will:
- Uncover hidden assumptions about time that may be negatively affecting your quality of life–personally and professionally.
- Learn about research that shows why work-life balance programs can be ineffective in helping manage stress.
- Identify the time frames of your work to become more strategic in planning work activities.
- Develop a shared literacy in chronemics – time as it is bound to human connection.
Anyone truly concerned about the wellness of employees, colleagues or oneself must stop talking about work-life balance and refocus on time. The work-life conversation has raised important issues around time and work and it offers a language that signals our concerns. However, it is the wrong language because it more deeply masks already hidden aspects of culture. Instead, talking plainly about time — and research on chronemics (time as it is bound to human communication) — gets to the heart of overwork and our general quality of life.
Dawn Ballard, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. An expert in chronemics, she researches what drives our pace of life and its impact on the communication practices and long term vitality of organizations, communities, and individuals.
This event was sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women, the Committee on Family Services and Campus Life Services.
Event Date: September 27, 2016
Gain insight into some of the issues parents may face.
