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Spring 2010 |
Tri-Iota Induction Ceremony
Tuesday, April 6th. More details to come.
Women's Health Seminar: "You Were Born to
be Healthy"
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM in meeting room
6 of the DP Culp Center.
Film: "Sin by Silence"
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM in Brown Hall
Auditorium, Room 112.
"Sin By Silence" is a film about women who were imprisoned for
killing their abusers. Despite prison walls, these women
change laws and lives for those dealing with abuse. The women
share their knowledge about the warning signs of abusive
relationships and make it very clear--we are all responsible and
cannot stay silent about abuse.
Click
here for the movie website.
Speaker:
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner
(SANE)
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM in Meeting
Room 6 of the DP Culp Center. Teresa Proffit is a trained
nurse who will be giving more information about her work.
Vagina Monologues
April 8, 9 and 10, 2010.
The Women's Studies program will be presenting The Vagina
Monologues in April 2010 as part of VDAY ETSU. This
award-winning and world-renowned play is presented at ETSU as a
fundraiser for
Safe
Haven Center in Jonesborough. This event is a
collaboration between Women's Studies, Division of Theatre and
Dance, and the OASIS program.
Click here for more information:
www.VDayETSU.com
Relay for Life
Friday, April 9th, 2010, 6:00 PM-6:00 AM in the ETSU Mini
Dome.
Lecture: "Breaking the Silence: Talking
about HPV and the Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010, 7:00 PM-8:00 PM in the DP
Culp Center.
Folkarama Festival 2010
April 1-14, 2010.
Film: Absolutely Safe
Thursday, April 15, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, 1st floor of the
Centennial Hall, a viewing of the film Absolutely Safe which "takes
an open-minded, personal approach to the controversy over breast
implant safety. It is the story of everyday women who find
themselves and their breasts in the tangled and confusing
intersection of health, money, science, and beauty." A
discussion will take place after the film.
National Women's Studies
Association
Deadline for submissions for the conference is
March 1, 2010.
The Conference will be held on November 11-14, 2010 in
Denver, CO. The main topic is "Difficult Dialogues." Themes:
Indigenous Feminism; Complicating the Queer; The Politics of
Nation; "Outsider" Feminisms; and the Critical and the
Creative.
Clothesline Project
March 22-26th, 2010 in the DP Culp Center.
Take Back the Night Candlelight
Vigil
Wednesday, March 24th, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the outdoor
amphitheatre (outside the DB Culp Center). Rain location:
Cave Patio.
Thursday, March 25th, 2010, 5:00 PM in Rogers Stout Room 428.
Speaker: Naomi Tutu
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at Northeast State University.
Naomi Tutu (author/activist/economist) is the daughter of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu. She will present her lecture "What Gift Do You Bring" at 1:30 PM in the Auditorium at Northeast State University.
Her lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact 354-2554 or kmlazarova@NortheastState.edu.
WindieFest
March 26, 27, 28th, 2010.
Click here for more information about WindieFest
Speaker: Julie Helwich
Friday, March 26th, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM in the East Tennessee Room, DP Culp Center
Julie Helwich is owner and operator of community outreach.
Click here for more information and Julie Helwich and her company.
Take Back the Night
Saturday, March 27th. Registration begins at 7:30 AM in the DP Culp Center Cave, Race begins at 8:30 AM.
International Women's Day
Tuesday, March 30th, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM at the 2nd floor of the DP Culp Center at the booths.
Women's History Month Essay Contest.
Deadline for entry is Tuesday, March 30th, 2010.
The theme for this year's contest is "Writing Women into History." The essay contest is open to women ages 12-18. Each essay should be a 250 word story on the author's mother, grandmother or great-grandmother and the challenges she faced.
This event is sponsored by the Homepsun Storytelling Guild and Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area.
Vandana Shiva
Monday, April 5th, 2010, 7:00 PM in the Culp Auditorium.
**Free tickets available March 24, 25, 29, and 30th in the Culp Center from 9 AM to 3 PM.