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FAU Hosts Events in Honor of Women’s History Month
BOCA RATON , FL (February 27, 2009) – Florida Atlantic University will commemorate Women’s History Month with a series of events. The events are sponsored by FAU’s Women’s Studies Center in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the University Diversity Committee, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and Student Affairs. All events are on FAU campuses, unless otherwise noted, and are free and open to the public.
Boca Raton campus
Tuesday, March 10,
12:30 - 2 p.m.
Women Authors, Artists and Creative Performers Panel
Arts and Letters Building, room 248
Piano performance by Heather Coltman, FAU department
of music; slide presentation by Carol Prusa, FAU department of
visual arts and art history; book reading by Wenying Xu, FAU
department of English.
Information: Donna Bryan at 561-297-3865 or
dbryan@fau.edu
Tuesday, March 10,
5:30-7 p.m
.
Special Event: Women
Speak! Conversations Across Generations
**Delray Beach Library, West Atlantic Avenue, Delray
Women of different generations talk about their
experiences in work and life. Participants include Johnnie Stover,
associate professor, FAU department of English; Marta Cruz Janzen,
professor, FAU department of teaching and learning; Robbie
Alexander, Spady Cultural Heritage Museum; Charlene F. Jones, Spady
Cultural Heritage Museum; Kitty Oliver, author and oral historian.
This is a collaborative event organized by FAU Women’s
Studies and the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, Delray Beach
Information: Donna Bryan at 561-297-3865 or
dbryan@fau.edu
Wednesday, March 11, 7
p.m.
Masterpiece Theatre: ‘Scenarios”
Lifelong Learning Center
Enjoy a night of theatrical and vocal performance
celebrating the contributions of women throughout our history.
Listen to musical performances by saxophonist Jon Saxx,
singer/songwriter Alana Dacosta, and poet Rebecca
“Butterfly” Vaughns. There will also be contemporary
dance performances by Vaughn Newman.
Information: Collene O’Reilly at 561- 297-4037
Thursday, March 12, 7 p.m.
Java Jive at the Owl House, Coffeehouse Concert
Majestic Palm Room, Student Union Building
Guitarist Jessica Sonner brings her down-to-earth
music to FAU’s Coffeehouse. Alternating between
self-disclosure and her own music, her songs reflect a part of
herself that captures the hearts of her audience.
Sonner has shared the
stage with artists like Colbie Caillat, Sara Bareilles, Third Eye
Blind, Tristan Prettyman and many more.
Information: Alicia Keating at 561-297-3735
Tuesday, March 17, 4 p.m.
Lecture: “Gender, Science, and Indigenous
Medicine”
Social
Sciences
Building
, room 190
Mary Cameron, FAU department of anthropology, presents this
lecture. Women patients and healers around the world use
traditional medicine because of its cultural, cost and
woman-centered appeal. The presentation examines the impact of
changes in indigenous medicine on women’s health care
resulting from global biomedicine’s influence. The lecture is
part of the Anthropology Graduate Student Association Colloquium.
Information: Donna Bryan at 561-297-3865 or
dbryan@fau.edu
Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m.
Performance:
Mzuri is Fannie Lou
Hamer
Live Oak Pavilion, Student Union
In her one woman show, Lorraine “Mzuri”
Pope takes on the persona of civil rights activist and voting
rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer, member of the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC), who fought against the injustices
black people encountered trying to register to vote in Mississippi.
Jailed and beaten
almost to the point of death, Hamer slowly recovered and eventually
gained national attention at the 1964 National Democratic
Convention as vice chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic
Party.
Information: Collene O’Reilly at 561-297-4037
Thursday, March 19, 7 p.m.
Comedian Dana Gilmore
Majestic Palm Room, Student Union
Twice featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam,
Dana Gilmore’s conscious yet provocative poetry chronicles
the challenges and triumphs of women in contemporary society.
Gilmore has opened shows for Anthony Hamilton and has been featured
at Kansas City’s renowned Blue Room to a sold out audience.
She now brings her talent to FAU to pay tribute to women during
National Women’s History Month.
Information: Collene O’Reilly at
561-297-4037
Friday, March 20, 9 a.m.
– 6 p.m.
Conference: Speaking from the Margins: Feminist
Perspectives
Board of Trustees Room, Administration Building
The goal of this conference is to cross disciplinary
boundaries and to bring together feminist perspectives on
marginality and voice. The guest speaker is Dr. Jennifer Vest,
Spoken Word Poet and assistant professor, department of philosophy,
University of Central Florida.
Information: Donna Bryan at 561-297-3865 or
dbryan@fau.edu
Monday, March 23, 4 p.m.
Storyteller Presentation: “A Piece of My Heart:
A Memoir of a Nurse and an Intelligence Officer’s Experience
in Vietnam”
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Building, room 202
Elizabeth Ellis, one of the nation’s most
celebrated performance artists, presents this one-woman show.
Information: Donna Bryan at 561-297-3865 or
dbryan@fau.edu
Wednesday, March 25, 10
a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Inaugural FAU Women’s Leadership Forum
Marleen & Harold
Forkas Alumni Center
The theme of the forum is “Women as Leaders:
Facilitating a Culture of Leadership.” Speakers include
Suzanna Rose, senior associate dean for the sciences, Florida
International University; Anne Boykin, dean, FAU Christine E. Lynn
College of Nursing; Susan Reilly, FAU School of Communication &
Multimedia Studies; Ira Bogotch, FAU department of teacher
education; El Pagnier Hudson, FAU department of human resources.
Information: Donna Bryan at 561-297-3865 or
dbryan@fau.edu
Friday, April 3, 10 a.m.
Lecture: “What Did You Lose in Cuba? Stories and
Struggles of Cuban Jewish Women”
University Theatre
Ruth Behar, University of
Michigan, was born in Havana, Cuba and came to live in New York
with her family in 1962. She writes and lectures extensively about
her experience as
a Jewish
Cuban-American woman.
Information: Donna Bryan at 561-297-3865 or
dbryan@fau.edu
Davie campus
Tuesday, March 24, 7 p.m.
Storyteller Presentation: “One Size Fits
Some”
Liberal Arts Auditorium
Elizabeth Ellis, one of the nation’s most
celebrated performance artists, presents this one-woman show.
Information: Donna Bryan at 561-297-3865 or
dbryan@fau.edu
Jupiter campus
Monday, March 2 –
Friday, March 20
Exhibit:
FemArt:
The State of Womanhood
2009
Atrium Lobby
Make plans to view this powerful exhibit by local
women artists.
Information:
Jackie Kern at
561-799-8585
Treasure Coast campus
Saturday, March 1 –
Tuesday, March 31
Exhibit:
A Pictorial Display of
Women Heroes
JU Lobby
Information: Rochelle Popp at 772-873-3441
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