Women's History Week Concludes Friday
UTSA's
annual observance of Women's History Week concludes Friday, March 9.
Women's
History Week is organized by the Center for the Study of Women and Gender
(CSWG). All activities are free and open to the public. For
more information on any event, call (210) 458- 4876.
Thursday,
March 8
Film: "Waking Up to Rape"
9:30 a.m. Multidisciplinary Studies Building Kiva (2.02.18)
Readings: "Multicultural Poetic Voices"
11 a.m. University Center Laurel Room (2.01.28)
Norma Cantu, UTSA, and actor Gertrude Baker interpret women's poetry
and prose.
Lecture: "Race, Gender and Affirmative Action"
11 a.m. Buena Vista Street building Room 3.512
Wanda Lee Smith, University of Arizona, provides an overview of this
controversial policy
Workshop: "Teaching Gender Equity"
12:30 p.m. University Center Laurel Room (2.01.28)
Mary Frances Agnello, UTSA, and her education class conduct a workshop
on teaching and gender equity.
Video and discussion: "Native American Women Speak Out"
2 p.m. University Center Laurel Room (2.01.28)
Otoe-Missouria/Muscogee artist and author Annette Arkeketa, former president
of the Texas Indian Bar Association Ruth Soucy and Helen Harris, Baylor
University, lead the discussion on this video about indigenous issues.
Film: "Warrior Marks"
2 p.m. Buena Vista Street Building Room 1.338
Lecture: "Race, Gender and Affirmative Action"
5:30 p.m. Buena Vista Street Building Room 2.304
Wanda Lee Smith repeats her earlier lecture.
Film:
"Waking Up to Rape"
7 p.m. Multidisciplinary Studies Building Kiva (2.02.18)
Friday, March 9
Lecture: "Third World Women's Activism"
9 a.m. University Center Laurel Room (2.01.28)
Jael Silliman, University of Iowa, discussed the international women's
movement.
Lecture: "Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas: Crossing Cultural Borders
in the Translation of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves'"
noon. University Center Laurel Room (2.01.28)
Ester Rebeca Shipiro, University of Massachusetts-Boston, explores the
process of cultural adaptation and crossing borders in her translation
of the popular, trailblazing women's health book "Our Bodies, Ourselves"
into Spanish. Both volumes were edited by The Boston Women's Health
Book Collective and are published by Seven Stories Press.
Reading: "An Evening of Poetry"
7:30 p.m. Business Building Auditorium (2.02.02)
Poet Heather McHugh, University of Washington, shares her recent works.
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Last Updated March 7, 2001
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