April 14-April 28, 1996
April 14-April 28, 1996
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This year, we worked hard and had a great time. Herstory '96 is over, but take a look at what we did--here's a mere sampling, followed by a complete
calendar:
We hope you enjoyed it!
The Herstory Committee '96
Questions? Want to help out next year? Call the Women's Center at 3-0545, or email herstory@lists.
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| Celebrating Stanford Women:Perspectives from Student Artists | Tressider Union and Women's Center |
| Photos will be displayed upstairs in Tressider and in the Women's Center | |
| Express Yourself | 12:00 weekdays, White Plaza |
| Express your views with words and art; paint on Herstory's Expression Board, find out about durrent women's issues and write to your senators and representatives. | |
| Know Your Car | Place and Time TBA |
| Learn the important parts of your car's engine and their functions from Mechanical Engineering's Professor Powell. Bring YOUR questions! Sponsored by the Society for Women Engineers | |
| Women's Leadership Conference | Tressider Oak Room, contact Rula Razek, 497-2266, chia@leland |
| This conference will feature women leaders from both the Stanford community and the Bay Area. Small group interactive workshops will cover topics including assertiveness, activism, women and religion, sexuality, health and stress manage ment, and women of color issues. | |
| NOW Rally | 9:45am @ Women's Center |
| Meet at the Women's Center to take CalTrain into San Francisco, where NOW's national convention is this year. Assemble at Bay Street at 11am to march to the 2pm rally at Crissy Field featuring speakers such as Eleanor Smeal a nd Jessie Jackson. | |
| Opening Ceremonies | 12:00pm @ White Plaza |
| Student performance groups will provide entertainment for the first ever Herstory Opening Ceremony. Dr. Mary Edmonds, Vice Provost of Student Affairs, will join other speakers in detailing events of the coming weeks. | |
| Iris Litt | 3:15pm @ Women's Center |
| Iris LItt, a leading Bay Area pediatrician, has a keen interest in women's health issues and health care. She will discuss avenues for the maintenance and improvement of women's health care and gender differences in the patient/physicia n community. | |
| Dr. Maria Ochoa:Ephemeral No More | 4:15pm @ Center for Chicano Research Conference Room, Cypress Hall |
| Dr. Maria Ochoa, visiting Assistant Professor of art will address Chicana/o art archives in California. | |
| Women and Religion | 4:45pm @ Women's Center |
| This diverse panel of women will speak about their religious experiences. Representatives from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Mormon, and Humanist faiths will be present. | |
| Queer Asian and Pacific Islander Women | 7:00pm @ Asian American Activities Center, Old Union Clubhouse |
| A discussion of issues affecting Queer Asian and Pacific Islander Women by writers, artists, activists and film makers. Co-sponsored by Stanford's Queer and Questioning Asian and Pacific Islander Group. | |
| Women's Music Night | 9:30 pm@ Coffee House |
| An opportunity for talkented Stanford women to get on stage and perform original/cover music, recite poetry, or demonstrate any remarkable talent they might have. | |
| Margo St.James | 7:30pm @ Roble Hall |
| Margo St. James is the internationally known founder of COYOTE, the first organization in the United STates dedicated to advocacy for sex workers. Sponsored by Residential Education and Roble Hall. | |
| Women's Information Fair | 10am-1pm @ White Plaza |
| Learn about the diverse women's gropus on campus including Society for Women Engineers (SWE), National Organization of Women (NOW), Counter point, and Graduate Women's Network (GWN). | |
| Folksongs with Estelle Freedman | 4pm @ Women's Center |
| Estelle Freedman, Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies and Professor of History, discusses the history of women's roles in society through folksongs. We will listen to and sing familiar and not-so-familiar folksongs. | |
| The Other Side | 8pm Place TBA |
| Don't miss San Francisco's hottest new acoustic duo. With their powerful lyrics and intricate harmonics, THE Other Side conveys "the struggles and triumphs of the human experience with passion, authenticity and intelligence." (Metro Santa Cruz) | |
| Self Defense Workshop | 1pm-4pm @ Roble Gym |
| This 3-hour workshop incorporates physical techniques, assertiveness training and a discussion of violence against women. Please wear workout attire. | |
| Paint the Mural | 4pm-finished @ Women's Center |
| Help paint our student designed mural and add a bit of color to the Women's Center. Stop in for an hour or an afternoon! | |
| Stanford Asian Women:"With Silk Wings:Talking History" | 2pm @ Old Union, Asian American Activities Center, Couch room |
| A short documentary about the lives of 5 Asian American women and their social, educational and work experiences. The video will be followed by discussion. | |
| Forging a New Feminism:Women of Color at Stanford | 6:30pm Place TBA |
| Stanford women will be sharing their vision of what feminism means for today's women of color. Students, leaders, and scholars will talk on how their personal experiences and research have shaped their feminist perspectives. Come join the discussion! | |
| Judi Bari of Earth First! | 8pm Place TBA Judi Bari has spearheaded the movement for fundamental cultural change. She has helped to change Earth First! from a male-dominated group to a movement of women and men working to end the dominance of corporations in environment issues. Ms. Bari will sp eak about ecofeminism and the feminization of Earth First!. Cosponsored by Students for Environmental Action. |
| Peggy Sanday, Book Talk: Acquaintance Rape | 4 pm @ Women's Center |
| UPenn anthropologist Peggy Sanday will present her new book, A Woman Scorned: Acquaintance Rape on Trial. She traces rape cases and rape law through history up to the William Kennedy Smith case, the Antioch Sexual Offense Policy and the date-rape backlash of Rophie, Paglia, and Hoff Sommers. | |
| Stanford's Standout Sportswomen | 6:15 @ Branner Lounge |
| A panel of some of Stanford's most decorated female athletes discuss their experiences as competitors on Olympic and National Teams. Kim Carlisle, a former Stanford sweimmer who made the 1980 Olympic team, will moderate this panel. | |
| Wicca and Women's Spirituality | 7:30pm @ Terra house, Cowell Cluster |
| Have you heard people talking about Witchcraft or Paganism and thought they were kidding? Or nuts? come find out more about modern-day earth based goddess spirituality. | |
| Max Dashu: Women in Power | 7pm @ Jordan Hall, Room 41 |
| Have you ever wondered about the positions of women in other countries and continents? Come hear this multicultural lecture and slideshow presented by Max Dashu of Suppressed Histories Archives. Listen to stories including those of priestesses, healers, Clan Mothers, warriors and freedom fighters! | |
| Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day | |
| Children of Stanford faculty, staff and students will see a glimpse of university life and how their parents spend the day on campus. Throughout the day there will be panels, workshops, and events in this third annual event sponsored by Feminist Studies, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and the Work-Life Center. | |
| Writing Women's Lives | 4pm @ Women's Center |
| Estelle Freedman, Edith Gellis, Diane Middlebrook, and Shulamit Magnus will talk about biographies they've written. join these Stanford authors as they talk about their books, their inspirations, and writing women's history. | |
| Bebe Moore Campbell:Learning from the Past and Living in the present | (cancelled) 8:00pm @ Christine Ricker Dining Hall |
| Come hear Bebe Moore Campbell, nationally recognized author and frequent contributor to National Public Radio and The New York Times share her views on race, gender, self-esteem, personal relationsihps, interracial dating and gender relations. Co-sponsor ed by Alpha Kappa Alpha. | |
| Luv Your Laytex | 12:00pm @ Women's Center |
| Come join a frank and open workshop on how to have safer sex. The focus will be on disease prevention. Sponsored by Ye Olde Safer Sex Shoppe. | |
| Dympna Ugwu-Oju:What Would My Mother Say? | 4:00pm @ Women's Center |
| Dympna Ugwu-Oju, the first Nigerian woman to hold a professorial position in mass communications at any Nigerian University and author of What Would My Mother Say will discuss the remarkable experiences of women in tribal Aftrica. | |
| Angela Davis: Embracing Diversity | 8:00pm place TBA |
| Political activist, scholar, author, professor and organizer Angela Davis will address "Embracing Diversity." Drr. Davis has long been an activist for prisoner's rights, an advocate of penal reform, and a staunch opponent of racism in the criminal justice system. Her activism came to national attention in the late 60's and early 70's when she was removed from her position at UCLA as a result of her political activism and her membership in the Communist Party, USA. She has recently been elected to the bo ard of directors of the National black Woemn's Health Project and to the UC Presidential Chair in African American and Feminist Studies. | |
| Working Parents and Child Care | |
| This workshop will focus on issues that working parents face, such as the accessibility and quality of child care and the effectiveness of the Family and Medical Leave Act. For more information and to register, call the Hass Center at 7 23-0992. | |
| Mothertongue Theatre | Time TBA @ Women's Center |
| Join this "older" group of women as they perform their script "Jewish Women and Their Friends." | |
| Take Back the Night March | Time TBA @ White Plaza |
| Meet and light canles in White Plaza before proceeding to different sites where rapes have occurred on campus. This willl be a time to speak out against rape and sexual assault, and to share our experiences, fears and triumphs. | |
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