| Hostos Community College celebrates Women´s History Month | |
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| Calendar of Events for March 2007 | |
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| Thursday March 1st: 3:30pm-5:00pm Faculty Dining Room | |
Opening Event Welcome Address: President Dolores Fernández
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| Monday March 5th: 12:30pm-1:30pm Student Lounge, C390 | |
| Panel Discussion: "Latin Women and Science Education in the 21st Century"
With reference to the acclaimed film, Real Women Have Curves Moderator: Professor Carlos Sanabria |
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| Monday March 5th: 2:00pm-3:00pm Faculty Dining Room | |
| Musing under the Moon: Voices and Images of Dominican Lesbians Discussion of the making of an anthology Moderator: Jacqueline Polanco, Editor |
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| Wednesday, March 7th : 12:30pm & 7:00pm Repertory Theater | |
| Borinquen en el Barrio A bi-lingual play by Tere Martínez about the struggles of Puerto Ricans in New York. Student Admission: $5.00 |
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| Thursday, March 8th : 2:00pm & 7:00pm Repertory Theater | |
| Borinquen en el Barrio Repeat performances |
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| Thursday March 8th: 12:00pm-2:00pm Room C391 | |
| "Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Are Not About Sex"
Presenters: Professor Amy Ramson, Mercedes Moscat, students and Sergeant Hess Sponsored by SHAIC and Department of Public Safety |
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| Monday March 12th: 11:00AM-12:15pm Faculty Dining Room | |
| Author of the Month — Carolina Gonzalez "La casa de la escritura": Finding a home in the world through writing |
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| Thursday March 15th: 12:30pm-1:30pm Faculty Dining Room | |
| Brown Bag Lunch/Women´s Voices: Read In Facilitator: Professor Linda Anderson Sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning |
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| Tuesday March 20th: 3:30pm-5:00pm Faculty Dining Room | |
| Anayansi Cortes-Diaz of Media Rights — "Media That Matters to Women"
Introduction: Professor Kate Lyons Film Showing and Discussion A Girl Like Me: A high school senior conducts interviews with black girls in her school exposing how standards of beauty affect black girls´ self-image In the Morning (based on a true account): A young Turkish woman, Derya, 15, is brutally attacked and her family rushes to avenge the crime to restore the family´s lost honor. |
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| Wednesday March 21st : 5:30pm-9:00pm Student Lounge, C390 | |
| Film Showing and Discussion North Country Facilitators: Mercedes Moscat, Jackie Ruiz and Professor Julie Trachman Sponsored by SHAIC, the English Club, and the GAP Club |
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| Monday March 26th : 2:00pm-3:00 pm Student Lounge, C390 | |
| "Biology and Gender": Professor Janet Haynes, Long Island University
Introduction: Professor Julie Trachman |
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| Tuesday, March 27th : 12:30pm Repertory Theater | |
| Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Starring Cherita Armstrong. Written in the 1850's by former slave Harriet Jacobs, is brought to life in this Literature to Life ® adaptation commissioned by the New-York Historical Society. Co-sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and Center for The Arts & Culture |
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| Tuesday March 27th: 3:30pm-5:00pm Faculty Dining Room | |
| Awards Ceremony for Women´s History Essays 2007 Welcome Address: Provost Cocco De Filippis Student Readings: Contest winners read from their essays on 19th century medical doctor Elizabeth Blackwell & 20th century labor organizer Dolores Huerta |
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| Wednesday, March 28th : 7:00pm Repertory Theater | |
| Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Repeat Performance Co-sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and Center for The Arts & Culture |
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| Thursday March 29th: 11:00am-12:15pm Faculty Dining Room | |
| Film Showing and Discussion Introduction: Professor Jerilyn Fisher Iron Jawed Angels: The story of Alice Paul and the vote for women |
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| Saturday March 31st: 11:30am-4:30pm Savoy Building, Multi-purpose room | |
| Grand Gathering of Women At the Elizabeth Seton Women´s Center´s Grand Gathering, women gather to honor and share their creative gifts and the gifts of one another in song, silent reflection, poetry, drumming, dance, storytelling, and the telling of their own stories. |
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