Love is a Great Expression of Power - Keynote Address with Ericka Huggins
MPR, 9:30 a.m.
Sponsor: WHM committee
Ericka Huggins is a human rights activist, poet, professor, and former Black Panther leader and political
prisoner. For the past 25 years, she has lectured throughout the United States, where her extraordinary life
experiences have enabled her to speak personally and eloquently on issues relating to the physical and
emotional well-being of women and children, youth, education, incarceration, and the role of the spiritual
practice in sustaining activism and promoting change. Currently Huggins is a Women’s Studies professor
and brings her legacy of social justice and spiritual activism to her lectures and teachings.
An Afternoon with Ericka Huggins
Faculty Lunch and Workshop (limited to 35 participants)
Emerson Lobby, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Sponsor: CTL and WHM committee
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH AT FLORISSANT VALLEY
Women’s Education, Women’s Empowerment
Thursday, March 1
Monday, March 5
Female Literary Voices of
1820’s America
An examination of several female
authors and what their works tell
us about life as a woman in the
Early American Republic
SS 104, 2 p.m.
Sponsor: American History I
Tuesday, March 6
Women and the Harlem
Renaissance: Still We Rise
Presentations by students
PDR A, 12:30 -1:45 p.m.
Sponsor: Introduction to
Sociology/Black Emphasis and
History of Black America
In the Time of Butterflies
Film and Discussion
Terry M. Fischer Theatre
6:30-9 p.m.
Sponsor: SEED
Wednesday, March 7
Women and AIDS
Introduction, Film and Discussion.
The movie “Yesterday” is about
a South African women and her
fight to survive AIDS long enough
to send her daughter to school.
She must also fight for her
neighbors and her husband.
TC 105, 2-4 p.m.
Sponsor:
History-Geography Program
Thursday, March 8
Oh, NoYou Didn’t: A Workshop
on Resisting What Marketers
Sell Us
A short presentation on media
literacy and workshop on
“culture jamming.”
TC 202-204, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Sponsor: Race and Ethnicity
March 11-18 Spring Break
Monday, March 19
The Wicker Man: An Exploration
of Women’s Power and
Structure in Matriarchal
Societies
Lecture and discussion
MPR, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Sponsor: Interpersonal
Communication and Gender
Communication
Tuesday, March 20
The Esther Principle: Meeting a
Current Day Woman of
Influence: Mary Luebke
(Communications department
chairperson) will be honored
for her personal and professional
contributions to the STLCC
district, deaf community, and
her colleagues and students.
MPR, 12:30 -1:45 p.m.
Sponsor: Communications
Department
Women, Art and Revolution – A
film by Lynn Leeson Hershman
Film and Discussion
Terry M. Fischer Theatre
6:30-9 p.m.
Sponsor: Art Department
Wednesday, March 21
“Fighting for Freedom”: American
Women’s Roles During WWII
A lecture with film clips and
images examining women’s
changing roles in America during
the Second World War.
SS 102, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Sponsor: The United States in
the 20th Century
Thursday, March 22
Hot Topics for Women
Lunch and Learn session
MPR, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sponsor: Student Affairs,
Nursing Program
Monday, March 26
Hairy Women: How Shaving
(or not) Can Change the World
An interactive presentation on
how the female body has been
a site of resistance and social
advocacy throughout history, with
particular focus on women’s hair.
Emerson Lobby
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Sponsor: Introduction to
Sociology
Wednesday, March 28
Christine Giancola - An Artist’s Talk
Informal Gallery Talk with Artist
Gallery ADMIN, 2nd floor,
Administration building, 1:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Art Department
Groundbreaking Women:
A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Panel discussion and reception
with women who have been
‘groundbreakers’ in their field.
Terry M. Fischer Theatre
6:30-9 p.m.
Sponsor: Communications
Department, Community
Relations and WHM committee
Thursday, March 29
Women of Words
This event provides campus
members the opportunity to read
works from published women
authors and/or writings by
Florissant Valley’s female students,
faculty, and staff at an open mic.
You need not be a woman to read
at this event.
IR South Lobby, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sponsor: English Department
Ongoing:
The Work of Rene Marie Muhl
Contemporary Art Gallery, IR 111
March 5-Apr. 5
Gallery hours: M-Th 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
F-Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Artist Reception: Thursday,
April 5, 6-8 p.m.
The Work of Christine Giancola
Gallery ADMIN, 2nd floor
Administration building
Hours: M-F 8-5 p.m.
Through April 30
Tuesday, March 27
Women involved in Animal
Conservation
Film and discussion of women
that strived to help protect animals
and educate others.
TC 202, 12:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Animal Behavior
Miss Representation
Film and discussion
Terry M. Fischer Theatre
6:30-9 p.m.
Sponsor: Social Justice Club
DISPLAY CASES
Student Center
Profiles of Successful Women
Sponsor: Career & Employment
Services
Instructional Resource building1st floor
Women Who Changed the World
Sponsor: Library Staff
For more information contact WHM month co-chair Janice Nesser-Chu at 314-513-4861 or jnesser@stlcc.edu
STLCC-Florissant Valley is located at 3400 Pershall Road in Ferguson
St. Louis Community College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. Special accommodations are available for persons with disabilities
by calling 314-513-4551. Event accommodation requests should be made with the event coordinator at least two working days prior to the event.