In honor of National Women's History Month this March, Sonoma State University will host many activities, celebrating (s)heroes, artists, performers, thinkers, teachers including activists Medea Benjamin and Starhawk. Benjamin will discuss her two post-September 11 trips to Afghanistan. Starhawk will focus on her work on anti-globalization protests.
On March 7 and 8, Judy Norsigian founder of the 1970s activist group Boston Women's Health Collective (BWHBC), will untangle medical misinformation about women's bodies in her Thursday talk, "The Media and Women's Health: Sorting Fact From Fiction," and recount the BWHBC's inspiring history in her Friday talk, "Our Bodies, Ourselves and Women's Health Activism in the '70s and '80s."
Wednesday evenings at the "Women's Words, Women's Power" lecture series, authors Judy Grahn, Starhawk, Jewelle Gomez and Etel Adnan will read and discuss their works.
Sonoma State has a special connection to this national celebration. In the 1970s, several SSU students decided to do something new - research women's accomplishments for their history class. These women were so inspired they formed the non-profit National Women's History Project (NWHP) to promote the teaching and study of American women's history. In the '70s and early '80s, the NWHP led various women's organizations to successfully lobby Congress to create what is now National Women's History Month.
National Women's History Month at SSU is primarily sponsored by The Women's Resource Center and Associated Students Productions. For a complete calendar of activities, contact the SSU Women's Resource Center, (707)664-2845, or on the web at www.sonoma.edu/campuslife/wrc/. Campus parking is $2.50
National Women's History Month Schedule of Events
Events are free, unless otherwise noted
Through March 29: Concrete, Sticks, and Wire: Recent Sculpture by Joy Brace. University Library Art Gallery, Schulz Information Center.
Tuesday, March 5, Noon-1 p.m.: Gallery Talk: Concrete, Sticks, and Wire , University Library Art Gallery, Schulz Information Center.
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5 and 6, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Always The Women. A performance based on the Gospels depicting women who encountered Jesus. Tickets $2 in advance, on sale at the SSU Student Union; $3 at the door.
Wednesday, March 6, 7:30 p.m. Poet Judy Grahn: Women's Words, Women's Power Writers Series Donation requested to benefit the YWCA battered women and children?s services. Schulz Information Center 3001.
Thursday, March 7, Noon-1 p.m. World Weaving Tongva/Ajachmem Artist and tribal activist L. Frank Manriquez. Stevenson 1002.
Thursday, March 7, 5 p.m. The Media and Women's Health: Sorting Fact from Fiction. A talk by Judy Norsigian, founder of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective. Schulz Information Center 3001.
Friday, March 8, 9 a.m. Our Bodies, Ourselves and Women's Health Activism in
the '70s and '80s. A talk by Judy Norsigian. Multi-Purpose Room, Student
Union.
Saturday, March 9, 8 p.m. Slam Poet Alix Olse.The Pub, Student Union.
Monday, March 11, Noon-1 p.m. Auto Repair Basics for Women. Mechanic Maria do Céu, owner of Petaluma's Out West Garage. InterCultural Center Gallery, Student Union.
Monday, March 11, 5:15-6:40 p.m. Afghan Women and the Political Process. Human rights activist Medea Benjamin discusses her two, Post-September 11 trips to Afghanistan. Cooperage.
Tuesday, March 12, Noon-1 p.m. Women Artists: Past and Present. SSU Prof. J.J. Wilson and SRJC librarian Karen Petersen Schulz Information Center 3001.
Wednesday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. Author/Activist Starhawk: Women?s Words, Women's Power Writers Series. Discussion of recent activism against globalization. Donation requested to benefit the YWCA battered women and children's services. Schulz Information Center 3001.
Thursday, March 14, Noon-1 p.m. Fiddlers on the Roost: The Radical Jewish Women Chicken Farmers of Petaluma. Stevenson 1002
Tuesday, March 19, Noon-1 p.m. Gender and Sexuality in the Photographically Illustrated Books of Claude Cahun Lecture. SSU Art Prof. Jennifer Shaw. Schulz Information Center 3001.
Wednesday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. Novelist and essayist Jewelle Gomez: Women?s Words, Women's Power Writers Series. Donation requested to benefit the YWCA battered women and children?s services. Schulz Information Center 3001.
Thursday, March 21, Noon-1 p.m. Writing Women Back into History: The Local Origins of National Women's History Month A talk by SSU librarian Paula Hammett, a founder of the National Women's History Project. Stevenson 1002.
Thursday, March 21, 7-9 p.m. Daring to Resist: Three Women Face the Holocaust. Documentary on three Jewish women from Holland, Hungary and Poland who resisted the Nazis. Schulz Information Center 2015B.
Saturday, March 23, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Expanding Your Horizons Conference. Hands-on math and science workshops for 7th- and 8th-grade girls. Keynote speaker: NASA Astronaut Yvonne Darlene Cagle, M.D. Registration deadline is March 15. For information, visit the web site at www.eyh-soco.org, or call (707) 664-2241.
Monday, March 25, 6:30 p.m. Women Student Leaders of the Year. Multi-Purpose Room, Student Union.
Tuesday, March 26, Noon-1 p.m. Politics, Gender, and Art. A lecture by SSU sculpture professor Jann Nunn. Schulz Information Center 3001.
Tuesday, March 26, 7:15 p.m. Enduring Suffering. A feminist interfaith (Jewish, Pagan, Christian) ceremony offering spiritual responses to suffering. Student Union Multi-Purpose Room.
Wednesday, March 27, 7:30 p.m. Poet and novelist Etel Adnan: Women's Words, Women's Power Writers Series. Donation requested to benefit the YWCA battered women and children?s services Schulz Information Center 3001.
Thursday, March 28, Noon-1 p.m. Challenging The Future. History Department
M.A.s Mary Blanchette and Stephanie McGraw discuss their research. Stevenson 1002.
