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V-Café Art Show
An art show and silent auction displaying art of all mediums- photography, painting, drawing, performance art & music all related to womens’ bodies, lives, and experiences.
Friday, March 25, 6-9PM
Teatro Zuccone (Downtown Duluth)
Free to attend
All proceeds will benefit women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
If you are interested in performing or contributing a piece of art to display please contact vdayumd @ yahoo.com.
Brought to you by V-Day UMD, the Women’s Resource & Action Center, the Queer & Allied Student Union & the Alworth Institute.
Film: Searching For Angela Shelton
Wednesday, April 28, noon at UMD in Kirby Student Center 273 B
Free Admission
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zRe2voQoo
Filmmaker Angela Shelton drives around the United States surveying other Angela Sheltons. She discovers that 24 out of the 40 Angela Sheltons she speaks to are survivors of rape, childhood sexual abuse and/or domestic violence.
Why Bikes? – Feminism, you, and the mighty bicycle machine
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
University of Minnesota Duluth Campus, Kirby Student Center 268, Noon-1:00
Sadie Sigford of the Bike Cave Collective will be talking about bike culture, how it has traditionally excluded women but how women are now defining their space within it, why bikes are important and why they are just awesome!
Following this Sadie will go over common bike problems and demonstrate how to do maintenance on your own two-wheeled bicycle machine.
Hosted by the Women’s Resource and Action Center and the University of Minnesota Duluth Women’s Studies Department.
It’s Time to Talk About It: Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week at UMD
Calendar of events:
Monday, February 22:
Classroom Seminar: The Biological Basis of Sex Differences in Body Shape. Presented by Colleen Belk, Department of Biology. Chemistry 150, 3-3:50pm. Join us for this classroom lecture and discussion as part of the Biology of Women course. (more…)
Think You’ve Got Equality? Think Again! Getting an Equal Rights Amendment in Minnesota
Barbra Peterson, from the Coalition for a Minnesota Constitutional Amendment for Equality, will be presenting on the movement to create a Minnesota ERA, its history, and where it is going now and into the future.
Wednesday, March 3rd 12pm-1pm
UMD Campus, Kirby Student Center 268
Hosted by the Women’s Resource and Action Center and the UMD Women’s Studies Department
V-day UMD 2010 Events!
The V-day Calendar for this year has been finalized! V-day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. Money raised by these events will be donated to PAVSA (Program of Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault) who provides survivor-centered services to people of Southern St. Louis County.
V-day 2010 Calendar of Events
Events Co-sponsored by The UMD Women’s Resource & Action Center and The Kirby Program Board
Any One of Us: Women’s Words from Prison
Presented by V-day UMD 2010
Monday, February 15th 6PM
$2 with one non-perishable food item, or $3 without
UMD Kirby Student Center Rafters
“Any One of Us: Words From Prison” evolved from a decade long writing group with Eve Ensler and 15 women at Bedford Hill’s Correctional Facility. This piece is a collection of stories from the raw voices of fierceness and honesty written by the original 15 women combined with writing from women in prisons across the nation moving forward toward healing, understanding, and change with the ultimate goal of using their writing and voices to impact policy, laws and treatment of incarcerated women. Together these writings reveal the deep connection between women in prison and the violence that often brings them there. Performed by UMD students.
Body Love, Size Acceptance & Health at Every Size
A Women’s Resource & Action Center Brown Bag Presented by Linda Gokee-Rindal
Wednesday, Nov. 18th 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Kirby Student Center 268
Sponsored by UMD Women’s Resource & Action Center, UMD Women’s Studies Department & UMD Health Services
Free and open to the public.
Contact info:
UMD Women’s Resource & Action Center
Kirby Student Center 266
wrac@d.umn.edu
218-726-6292
https://www.d.umn.edu/mlrc/wrac/
Culture Of Rape: Acquaintance and Date Rape on College Campuses
Presented by: Sarah Fries and Em Westerlund of Program to Aid Victims of Sexual Assault
Any One of Us: Women’s Words from Prison — from the folks that brought you the Vagina Monologues
Any One of Us: Words From Prison evolved from a decade-long writing group with Eve Ensler and 15 women at Bedford Hill’s Correctional Facility. This piece is a collection of stories from the raw voices of fierceness and honesty written by the original 15 women combined with writing from women in prisons across the nation moving forward toward healing, understanding and change with the ultimate goal of using their writing and voices to impact policy, laws and treatment of incarcerated women. Together these writings reveal the deep connection between women in prison and the violence that often brings them there.
Wednesday, April 22, noon
University of Minnesota Duluth campus – LOCATION CHANGE! KSC 268
Admission: $2 or a non-perishable food item
All proceeds go to the Duluth Bethel Women’s Program
Sponsored by V-Day UMD, UMD Women’s Resource & Action Center, UMD Women’s Studies Department & Kirby Program Board