Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Eastern Michigan University presents:
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2015:
ART AND ACTIVISM
SELMA ‘65
MARGE
PIERCY
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L IE BE G OT T
T H E AT E R
POETRY
WRITING
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M O N DAY, M A R C H 9
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Thursday, February 19: Selma ’65: A Play about Viola Liuzzo
6:00 p.m.
Student Center Auditorium
Contact Person: Mary-Elizabeth Murphy, History and Philosophy
Monday, March 2: “Feminist Theory and Praxis from a Global South Perspective”
Professor Marlise Matos, Political Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Halle Library
Contact Person: Solange Simoes, Women’s and Gender Studies
Tuesday, March 3: International Women’s Day Lunch
Panel on Beijing + 20 and Luncheon
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Student Center, Room 300
Contact Person: Solange Simoes, Women’s and Gender Studies
Thursday, March 5: Feminism and Transgender People Reading Group
Pat Califia, “Transphobia in Feminism”
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Student Center, Room 301
Contact Person: Beth Currans, Women’s and Gender Studies
Thursday, March 5: Marge Piercy Keynote Address
Poetry Reading and Book Signing
Reception: 4:30 p.m., Keynote Address: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Student Center Auditorium
Contact Person: Mary-Elizabeth Murphy, History and Philosophy
Monday, March 9: Ali Liebegott Keynote Address
Reception: 4:30 p.m., Carillion Room, Halle Library
Keynote Address: 6:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom A, Student Center
Contact Person: Mary-Elizabeth Murphy, History and Philosophy
Tuesday, March 10: “Unintentional Activism?: Finding Meaning in the Songs of Motor City Musicians”
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Room 300, Halle Library
Contact Persons: Beth Henschen and Edward Sidlow, Political Science
Wednesday, March 11: “Women in Technology: Research and Scholarly/Creative Activities”
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Student Center, Room 300
Contact Person: Pam Becker, College of Technology
Wednesday, March 11:“Slurs and Epithets”
Professor Ishani Maitra, Philosophy Department, University of Michigan
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Room 300, Halle Library
Contact Person: Peter Higgins, History and Philosophy
Monday, March 16: Makers: Women Who Make America
Film Screening
11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Student Center Auditorium
Contact Person, Ellen Lassiter Collier, Women’s Resource Center
Monday, March 16: Pride Prom: “The Gay Gatsby”
8:00-11:00 p.m.
Student Center Ballroom
Contact Person: Mary Larkin, LGBT Resource Center
Tuesday, March 17: “Carry that Weight: Sexual Assault Activism on Campus”
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Student Center, Room 300
Contact Person, Ellen Lassiter Collier, Women’s Resource Center
Wednesday, March 18: “BathHouse Poetry Reading featuring Dawn Lundy Martin and CA Conrad”
1:00 p.m.
Student Center Auditorium
Contact Person: Rob Halpern, English
Wednesday, March 18: “Jump, Jive, and Join in the Struggle: Illustrations of the Personal Is Political”
Workshop and Book Signing
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Student Center, Room 300
Contact Person: Charlotte Pagni, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology
Wednesday, March 18: Collective Voices: Wisdom from Our African American Lesbian Elders
Film Screening
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Student Center Auditorium
Contact Person: Ellen Collier, Women’s Resource Center
Thursday, March 19: Feminism and Transgender People Reading Group
Sandy Stone, “The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttransexual Manifesto”
2:00-3:15 p.m.
Student Center, Room 350
Contact Person: Beth Currans, Women’s and Gender Studies
Thursday, March 19: “Workplace Bullying, Harassment, Stress, and You”
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Room 330, Student Center
Contact Person: Diane L. Winder, Music
Thursday, March 19: “Las Rebeldes: Excavating Latina Legacies of Struggle in Michigan”
Professor Maria Eugenia Cotera, American Culture, University of Michigan
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Room 300, Halle Library
Contact Person: Beth Currans, Women’s and Gender Studies
Monday, March 30: Ma’ikwe Schaub Ludwig, “Ecojustice”
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Halle Library Auditorium
Contact Person, Kate Mehuron, College of Arts and
Sciences
Committee Members:
Ellen Lassiter Collier, Director, Women’s Resource Center
Beth Currans, Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies
Jackie Goodman, Department Head and Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies
Mary Larkin, Director, LGBT Resource Center
Mary-Elizabeth Murphy, Professor, History and Philosophy, Chair
Denise Pilato, Professor, Technology
Jennifer Randall, Graduate Student, Women’s and Gender Studies
Solange Simoes, Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies
Barbara Walters, Professor, Social Work
Sponsors:
Campus Life
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Department of Africology and African American Studies
Department of History and Philosophy
Diversity and Community Involvement
LGBT Resource Center
Women’s Resource Center