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On April 9-11, 2010, campus and community activists will gather at Hampshire College to unite for reproductive justice. We offer more than 40 workshops and trainings. Conference speakers address reproductive freedom as it relates to a broad range of social justice initiatives including economic justice, health care reform, racial equality, freedom from violence, immigrant rights, climate justice, and LGBTQ rights, just to name a few.

Over the weekend, you will deepen your understanding of issues you already know about, make new connections, and unite with others who are passionate about working for social justice.

Co-sponsored by Paradigm Shift! Check out more info here.

March 11

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Reading and discussion with Amelia Klem Osterud, a tattooed academic librarian from Wisconsin. She has a master’s degree in history from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and writes and lectures on the subject. This is her first book. Visit her author blog at www.tattooedladyhistory.vox.com

RSVP on Facebook (not required)

Living in a time when it was scandalous even to show a bit of ankle, a small number of courageous women covered their bodies in tattoos and traveled the country, performing nearly nude on carnival stages. These gutsy women spun amazing stories for captive audiences about abductions and forced tattooing at the hands of savages, but little has been shared of their real lives. Though they spawned a cultural movement–almost a quarter of Americans now have tattoos–these women have largely faded into history.

The first book of its kind, The Tattooed Lady uncovers the true stories behind these women, bringing them out of the sideshow realm and into their working class realities. Combining thorough research with more than a hundred historical photos, this social history explores tattoo origins, women’s history, and circus lore. A fascinating read, The Tattooed Lady pays tribute to a group of unique and amazing women whose legacy lives on.

Check out Paradigm Shift’s Janice Formichella’s review of the book here!

March 12th –  April 10th  2010 – Opening Show on March 12th 7:00 PM – 10:00PM

Contact: Mia Roman  - artbymamamia@yahoo.com

Curator: Mia Roman

Abrazo Interno Gallery: Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center

107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002

About the show:

“Femicide” is defined as the systematic killing of women for various
reasons, usually cultural or domestic. Femicide is seen as a gender
crime. Most of the women were raped before being murdered and some
were mutilated, tortured and dismembered. It is an epidemic of gross
proportions. The mutilation, rape and murder of women along the
US/Mexico border, Congo, Guatemala, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq has
become an annual statistic, with little mainstream media coverage and
even less national outcry. And the worse part of it is that many of
these disappearances are not even investigated, they literally
disappear, vanish and are wiped from legibility.

How can rapes, incest, beatings and mutilations in such places like
the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bosnia, Darfur, Afghanistan and
Haiti go unanswered? Where Femicide, the systematic and planned
destruction of the female population, is being used as a tactic of war
to clear villages, pillage mines and destroy the fabric of Congolese
society.

Art by Mia introduces “Femicide”… bringing it to the forefront through
visual arts, poetry and music. More than thirty works by over ten
emerging and established artists will be on display. They will evoke
emotion, create dialogue and bring the coldest soul to its knees. The
exhibit’s focus is to bring awareness to the atrocity of female
killing all over the world.

About CSV/ Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, Inc.:

The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, Inc. (CSV), a
501 (C) 3 not-for-profit, was founded in 1993. The CSV Cultural Center
is a Puerto Rican/Latino cultural institution that has demonstrated a
broad-minded cultural vision and a collaborative philosophy. While
CSV’s mission is focused on the cultivation, presentation and
preservation of Puerto Rican and Latino culture, it is equally
determined to operate in a multi-cultural and inclusive manner,
housing and promoting artists and performance events that fully
reflect the cultural diversity of the Lower East Side and the city as
a whole.

Art is an expression of the unconscious and is dedicated to the free
expression of

feeling.

“The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Improving Women’s Lives Around the World”

Join us for this exciting webseminar where representatives from Royal Dutch Shell, General Mills and Unilever will discuss their Corporate Social Responsibility programs and how it is impacting women all across the world.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability and ‘Going Green’ has emerged as a new management paradigm for safeguarding a company’s brand reputation, engaging employees, maintaining customers and driving revenue. Our leadership in the 21st century is increasingly being defined by innovative approaches that integrate sustainability and profitability.

Women perform 66 percent of the world’s work, and produce 50 percent of the food, yet earn only 10 percent of the income and own 1 percent of the property.

Through CR, companies are empowering women in communities around the world to fulfill their potential by reducing poverty and driving economic growth. They are providing women with access to healthcare, job training, technology advancement and education while boosting their confidence and encouraging them to make social change.

Empowering women is a critical component of CR initiatives and ‘How’ an organization can best develop and incorporate initiatives into their core, everyday business practices.

In honor of International Women’s Day, we will explore how some top companies are changing the world by empowering women, learn more about their innovative programs, and how they are having a global impact on women by engaging in conscious commerce.

The seminar will be moderated by an early pioneer in corporate social responsibility, Samantha Taylor, Founder of Reputation Dynamics, and will feature presenters Josefine van Zanten, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion from Royal Dutch Shell; Ellen Goldberg Luger, Executive Director General Mills Foundation and Vice President, General Mills and a representative from Unilever.

Josefine van Zanten from Royal Dutch Shell will address:
- A development programme that is specifically designed for women
- How participants benefit including expanded networking and more visible roles
- Improved advancement potential of women
- How these women give back to their communities through more active external participation

Ellen Goldberg Luger from General Mills will discuss:
- General Mills’ women and children hunger initiatives
- Projects that focus on empowering women around agriculture and livelihood
- How they are working in Sub-Saharan Africa to help women start small businesses
- Their great impact on the communities

A representative from Unilever will also discuss their programs in Bangladesh that help women in rural areas by providing courses in entrepreneurship skills, helping them become financially empowered and providing them with scholarships to obtain degrees in different fields of study.

Our web seminars are easy and incredibly convenient. You just need a phone for audio and a separate Internet connection (dial-up is fine) to view slides and presentation materials. It all takes place in real time so you can participate in live Q & A with the presenters without leaving your desk or conference room.

Moderator:
Samantha Taylor, Founder, Reputation Dynamics

Presenters:
Josefine van Zanten, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, Royal Dutch Shell
Ellen Goldberg Luger, Executive Director General Mills Foundation and Vice President, General Mills

Who should attend:

•    Specialists in Corporate Social Responsibility
•    Diversity & Inclusion Professional
•    Senior HR Executives
•    Chief Diversity Officers
•    Global Workforce Strategists
•    Recruitment and Retention Specialists
•    Benefits Officers
•    Non-HR Managers who wrestle with Diversity & Inclusion
-    Senior VPs
-    Divisional Managers
-    Line Managers
-    Network Group Leaders/Affinity Group Champions
•   WorkLife Professionals

This is a DBP member benefit and DBP members attend at no charge.

For sponsorship and non-member registration information, please contact your Account Sales Director or email sponsorship@workingmother.com

To celebrate the return of the Gender Studies Program to The New School, we are hosting a two day conference featuringh various well known gender studies experts. “No Longer in Exile: The Legacy and Future of Gender Studies at The New School,” will be held on March 26-27.

For more information, visit:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=263172153164&index=1

Help us spread the word as well. info@feministpress.org

Vagina Monologues

Friday, Feb 26th @ 7pm
Saturday, Feb 27th @ 2pm and 7pm
543 Hunter North, Hunter College
V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery. This year’s beneficiaries for Hunter College include The Audre Lorde Project, Sanctuary for Family, and The New York Asian Women’s Center (NYAWC). Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or at any VDay table around Hunter.

http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/wgsprogram/events-and-announcements

Monday, February 22, 8 pm
The Tea Lounge
837 Union St.
Brooklyn, NY
FREE!
Join us for a screening of Obvious Child, a short romantic comedy about a Brooklyn gal who has an unplanned pregnancy, an abortion, and a great first date in an unlikely location. Activists from NARAL Pro-Choice New York will be there to talk about how you can help pass the Reproductive Health Act, a critical bill that will protect the fundamental right of a woman and her doctor to make private medical decisions here in New York State.
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=345168916336&ref=nf

March Across the Brooklyn Bridge for Health Care & the ‘Change Agenda’

Call Out the Special Interests and their Political Obstructionists
that are stopping ‘Change’ in Washington!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH

11:30 a.m. – Gather at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn
12 noon – March across Brooklyn Bridge
1:00 p.m. – Rally outside NYC offices of Wellpoint Insurance
One Liberty Plaza, Broadway & Liberty Street in Manhattan

Bring posters, signs, and banners!

• AMERICA VOTED FOR CHANGE. Washington must move forward on a Change Agenda!
• HEALTH CARE IS THE WEDGE ISSUE FOR THE CHANGE AGENDA. If health care moves, so does everything else: jobs and labor law reform, climate change, financial services reform, and immigration reform.
• WASHINGTON MUST FINISH THE JOB ON HEALTH CARE. Get health care reform done, get it done right, and get it done now!
• THE SPECIAL INTERESTS AND THEIR POLITICAL SHILLS ARE STOPPING HEALTH CARE AND THE CHANGE AGENDA – health insurers, drug companies, banks and Wall St. firms, business trade groups.

Organized by Barack Obama Democratic Club, Center for Independence of the Disabled in NY, Citizen Action of NYC, Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU Healthcare, Communications Workers of America, Downtown East for Obama, Eric’s Law, Health Care for All NY, Metro NY Health Care for All Campaign, MoveOn, National Physicians Alliance, NW Bronx for Change, NY-DSA, NY Immigration Coalition, NYers for Accessible Health Coverage, NYC for Change, NYS Nurses Assoc., Public Health Assoc. of NYC, Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need, UWS Baby Boomers for Change, Queens County for Change, Tribeca for Change, Westchester Health Care Reform Task Force, Young Invincibles

For more information or to sign-on as a sponsor, contact nycforchange.health@gmail.com or 212-925-1829.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=330857375041

presents

From Turbulence to Transformation

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 3:00 – 5:00 pm
At Goldman Sachs, 32 Old Slip, 2^nd Floor Auditorium, New York, NY
Sponsored by

At this critical yet promising moment in history, join our panel of visionary leaders for an in-depth exploration of the most pressing issues of our time.  What are the challenges and opportunities for advancing real and substantive social change that creates a better world for women and girls? Panelists will share their vision, strategies, and the action steps needed to promote more equitable and inclusive societies locally, nationally and globally

Welcome:
Linda Basch, President, National Council for Research on Women
Featured Speakers Include:
Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues
Edith Cooper, Managing Director, Global Head of Human Capital Management at Goldman Sachs
Letty Chiwara, Manager, UNIFEM Cross Regional Programmes (invited)
Jacki Zehner, Founding Partner, Circle Financial Group (moderator)

Co-sponsors: Paradigm Shift: New York City’s Feminist Community, Americans for UNFPA; Center for Women in Government & Civil Society at SUNY Albany; Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action; Gender Studies Program, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY; Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University; New York Women Social Entrepreneurs; US National Committee for UNIFEM; The White House Project; Women of Color Policy Network, NYU Wagner;  Equal Pay Coalition; New York Women’s Agenda;  Wolf Means Business; Women’s Forum, Inc.

PLEASE RSVP via e-mail to rsvp@ncrw.org, or call 212-785-7335, ext. 100.

This program will precede the Council’s Making a Difference for Women Awards Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on March 3, 2010.  For more information, please contact the NCRW Benefit Office, c/o Production Collective at 914-628-0330, ncrw@productioncollective.com, or visit our website athttp://www.ncrw.org/events/events.htm#awards.

Start Time: Friday, March 5 at 7:00pm
End Time: Friday, March 5 at 9:30pm
Where: 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=350684149061&mid=1e3e019G28c4717dG4183937G7

Released in 2007 to great reviews, Stephanie Daley is the film that deal with reproductive rights and teenage sexuality that Juno wishes it was. The shame is that so few people saw it.

Come and watch the film and hear director Hilary Brougher talk about the film with Melissa Silverstein of Women & Hollywood.

Purchase tickets: Click here

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