SATURDAY, FEB 11, 2023


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS


9:15-10:00am:
Check-in & Light Breakfast

10:00-11:45am
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Keynote Speakers & Performances

12:00-12:35pm
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Breakout Session 1 (self-selected)

12:45-1:15pm
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Breakout Session 2 (self-selected)

1:15-2:00pm
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Lunch, Art Installations & Music

2:00-2:45pm
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Women in Entertainment Panel

2:45-3:00pm
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Song & Closing Remarks

OAKWOOD SCHOOL

Oakwood School was founded in 1951 by parents who wanted to provide their children with an educational experience that was rich in the arts, sciences, and humanities and challenging to their creative, intellectual, and physical capacities. They wanted a learning community which would foster independence of thought, intellectual integrity, sensitivity to the needs of others, and prepare students for participation in a democratic society.

Oakwood remains committed to the founders’ goals. We believe that a school environment should foster individual growth and an active communal life, should hold intellectual attainment in high regard, and should encourage young people to exercise increasing autonomy and responsibility—for one another, for the environment, and for the larger world.



SUMMIT CO-DIRECTORS:
Melissa Berton & Jenna Frost

STUDENT LEADERS

Addie '25
Amelia '24
Charlotte '25
Chloe '24
Dani '25
Diego '24
Gia ‘23
Iona '24
Natalie '23
Noa '25
Priya '24
Rita '25
Sienna '25
Westleigh ‘23



THE PAD PROJECT

The Pad Project was started in 2013 by a youth-driven community of students and educators at Oakwood School committed to the principle that “a period should end a sentence, not a girl’s education.” What began as a documentary film project highlighting a single village has expanded to an organization with global reach. In 2019, The Pad Project’s documentary film, Period. End of Sentence., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and since then, The Pad Project has continued to grow.

The Pad Project‘s vision is to “end menstrual stigma, period.” The Pad Project has placed 12 pad-making machines in 5 countries, supported 8 washable pad-making programs in 7 countries, and funded 2 menstrual cup programs in 2 countries. To combat period poverty in the U.S., The Pad Project supports 4 grant-giving programs and 1 menstrual product distribution program. The Pad Project has partnered with 45+ nonprofits, schools, school districts, and individuals to help provide free menstrual products to those in need. The Pad Project’s Ambassador Program unites hundreds of volunteer activists around the world who are ready to break the stigma around menstruation. Thanks to The Pad Project’s Oakwood Ambassadors for helping plan the inaugural Summit.