STLCC-Meramec Women’s History Month Committee presents
Our History Is Our Strength
March 2011 · Women’s History Month
Join us in a Feminist Café!
Rinku Sen
Keynote Address
Monday, March 7, 11 a.m., Theatre
Race, Feminism and Economic Justice
Rinku is the author of The Accidental
American: Immigration and Citizenship
in the Age of Globalization, winner of
the Nautilus Book Award Silver Medal,
and Stir It Up: Lessons in Community
Organizing. Rinku has regular columns
at Colorlines, Huffington Post, and
Jack and Jill Politics. Additionally, her
commentary and work have been featured
in Forbes, The San Francisco Chronicle,
Market Watch, International Business
Times, and Tompaine.com, AlterNet,
Racialicious, The Root, Minnesota
Spokesman-Recorder, Windy City Times,
among other media outlets.
Tuesdays, March 1, 8 and 22, and
Thursday, March 31, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Confluence Room
Discuss exciting questions while enjoying some
good company. All are welcome to attend –
whether you have never heard of feminism,
have questions about what feminism is or have
come up with your own definition of feminism.
We hope you’ll join us!
Introducing Women in Art
Tuesday, March 1, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Theatre
Dr. Brad Fratello, art history, looks at the
treatment of gender in an Introduction to
Art textbook.
Nonfiction Reading on Women’s History
Wednesday, March 2, 11-11:50 a.m.
Confluence Room
Facilitated by Dr. Kay Blalock, history
Not for Women Only – Lunch and Learn
about Green Dot Strategy
Wednesday, March 2, 12-12:50 p.m.
BA-105
Kim Webb, assistant director for Sexual Assault
and Community Health Services at Washington
University, will speak about a new social
movement to change the way we think about
approaching violence in our lives. Green Dot
Strategy charts a way to use our voices, actions
or choices to make one small corner of the
world safer. Bring your lunch and a friend.
in Concert
Wednesday, March 9, 8 p.m., Theatre
An accomplished performer, Ms. Denise
Thimes has toured both Europe and
America and is an eight-time recipient
of the St. Louis Black Repertory Woodie
Award for both musicals and drama. She
has shared the stage with such jazz greats
as Dr. Billy Taylor, Earl May, Benny Powell,
Jimmie Heath and Tootie Heath. In a career
that spans over two decades, Denise has
been one of the most cherished voices of
modern jazz. Please join us for an evening
of song with Denise Thimes!
March 21, 22, 29
To commemorate Women’s History Month, the
following class sessions will be open. All are
welcome to attend, but space is limited and
doors will close once classes begin.
Representations of Women in Media
Monday, March 21, 1-1:50 p.m.
Confluence Room
Chris Smejkal, COM:120 Gender
Communication Presentation/Discussion
Chris Smejkal presents a series of
representations of women in advertisements –
everything from the disembodied parts of
women, the objectification of women and the
use of women as actual objects – and discusses
the impact these images have on the lives
of women.
Killing Us Softly 4:
Film and Discussion
Tuesday, March 22, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
SO-105
Dr. Amanda White
SOC:101 Introduction to Sociology
In this update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly
series, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how
advertising traffics in distorted and destructive
ideals of femininity.
The Codes of Gender:
Film and Discussion
Thursday, March 10, 9:30-10:45 a.m., SC-200
Featuring Dr. Karla Armbruster from Webster
University and Dr. Shamim Ansari from
STLCC-Meramec, with Associate Professor
Pam Garvey moderating.
Tuesday, March 29, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
SO-112
Dr. Darlaine Gardetto
SOC:101 Introduction to Sociology
The Codes of Gender applies the late
sociologist Erving Goffman’s groundbreaking
analysis of advertising to the contemporary
commercial landscape, showing how one of
American popular culture’s most influential
forms communicates normative ideas about
masculinity and femininity.
Feminism, Race and Politics
Women’s Clothesline Project Exhibit
Eco-Feminism Panel Discussion
denise thimes
Open-Class Lecture/Film Series
Wednesday, March 23, 12-1 p.m., SC-200
Pamela Merritt is author of the blog “Angry
Black Bitch,” a social commentary on feminism,
race and politics. Co-sponsored with Meramec
Diversity Committee.
Gender Speaks: Literary Reading
Tuesday, March 29, 6-7:15 p.m.
SO-109
Students, faculty and staff read poetry and
prose, their own and others, that speaks to
the ways gender limits, empowers, determines
and defines. Facilitated by Associate Professor
Pam Garvey, English.
Tuesday, March 22, to Friday, March 25
Student Center/Library Quad
The Clothesline Project is a national project
which serves as a visual depiction of violence
against women, bearing witness to this
serious problem within our communities.
The Clothesline Project (CLP), started in
Massachusetts in 1990, serves as a vehicle for
women affected by violence to express their
emotions by decorating a shirt. The shirts are
then hung on a clothesline to be viewed by
others as testimony to the problem of violence
against women. Co-sponsored with Meramec
Diversity Committee.
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