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2004-2005 Women's Lives Events
September 20, 2004
Co-Sponsor of The Seventeenth Annual Peace Studies Conference
Title: "The Peaceful Sex? Women and Peace in the 21st Century."
7:35 p.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Medea Benjamin, “Women in Peace”
HCC, Alumnae Hall, CSB
November 9, 2004
Tropische Insekten, Planzen und Blumen: An eighteenth century naturalist's journey presented by Janet Rith-Janarian, Ph.D.
7:30 pm
Pellegrene Auditorium, SJU
Fall, 2004
Gender and Women's Studies Reading Group
"A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory" by Nikki Sullivan
Led by Christopher Freeman of the English Department
Vagina Monologues Reading
February 11, 2005
7:00 pm
O'Connell's, CSB
Robert Jensen
February 24, 2005
7:30 pm
HCC, Alumnae Hall
Jensen's most recent book is “Citizens of the Empire: the Struggle To Claim Our Humanity” and he will be focusing his remarks in the evening presentation to an examination of women and power. Some topical areas that may be covered include: where does women’s power lie, how is power understood and used differently by women and men, what is the responsible use of power, how do we stand up to those with power, how can power be used effectively to create positive change, and global issues affecting/connecting women. For more information on Robert Jensen, go to the website: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/home.htm . Another website to visit is this one (click on his name at this site): http://journalism.utexas.edu/faculty/index.html.
Century Project
February 28 - March 4, 2005
HCC Alum Hall, CSB
Co-sponsored with Counseling and Health Services
Century is a chronological series of nude photographic portraits of women from the moment of birth through one hundred years of age. Many of the photographs are accompanied by personal statements written by the participants themselves. These are often highly personal and intensely moving. The subjects portrayed are, quite simply, real-life people. They are not stars or models. They span all ages, body types, and have a rich variety of experiences to draw upon and to share. CENTURY is about real women in real bodies, not the caricatures in the worlds of media and advertising. The track record of the project so far has been one of art being able to bridge educational and therapeutic gaps, and perhaps most importantly, to be able to stimulate thought and discussion about subjects that are often taboo in our society: namely nudity and sexuality, violence, health issues, aging, our attitudes toward women in general, and their portrayal in the media in particular.
Cordelle graduated from Hamilton College with a B.A. in Biology. He pursued a doctoral program in biochemistry at Brandeis University, but left shortly before becoming "Dr. Cordelle" to pursue photography, a long-held interest. He has been working on the Century project for the last 20 years, and has shown the exhibit for the last ten. CENTURY has been exhibited nationally in galleries, at colleges and universities, and even in churches.
Marie Wilson
April 12, 2005
7:30 pm
HCC, Alumnae Hall
An advocate of women’s issues for more than 30 years, Wilson became president of the Ms. Foundation for Women in 1984, raising millions of dollars for programs and organizations serving women and girls. She co-founded The White House Project in 1998 to change the political climate to get more women elected to office, including the presidency. In 1999, she founded the Women’s Leadership Fund, a public education initiative dedicated to changing perceptions about and biases against women’s leadership ability.
Her other accomplishments include co-creating the successful public education campaign, Take Our Daughters To Work Day; becoming the first woman elected to the Des Moines City Council as a member-at-large in 1983; co-authoring the critically acclaimed Mother Daughter Revolution in 1993; and serving as an official government delegate to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China, in 1995.
Wilson has spoken on women’s political leadership on such television shows as “Good Morning America,” the CBS Evening News, CNN’s “Inside Politics” and ABC’s “Politically Incorrect.” She has been interviewed by the New York Times, National Public Radio, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the BBC, and the Christian Science Monitor.
Jane Evershed
Spring, 2005
After moving to Minnesota from South Africa in 1984, artist Jane Evershed began painting as a way to remember the natural beauty of South Africa while addressing apartheid and the horrors she had seen there. Her work has since expanded to encompass the oppression of all people, as well as that which we create for ourselves, within our own minds.
Rejecting the checks and balances of arts funding, Jane started her own card company as a way to spread her message while being able to make a living off her work. Her work has been commissioned by the League of Women Voters to commemorate 75 years of a woman's right to vote. She has also published a book called "More than a Tea Party," and her cards are now sold around the world, as well as on her internet site.
Women and Power Panel
April 18, 2005
7:30 pm
HCC Alumnae Hall