The Women's Center and the Department of Women's Studies are pleased to announce that the third annual Carol Ortman Perkins Lectureship will be "An Evening with Chief Wilma Mankiller."
When: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Centennial Student Union Ballroom at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Deirdre at 507-389-6146 (V), 800-627-3529 or 711 (MRS/TTY) or deirdre.rosenfeld@mnsu.edu.
Novice or pro, all are welcome! Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet or other craftiness. We'll be glad to see you. Wednesdays at 5 pm at the Women's Center (CSU 218). For more information contact Deirdre at rosenfeld@mnsu.edu
When: Saturday, October 14, 2006, from 10-12 p.m.
Where: Pennington Hall 102 and 104
Free event open to all! Students and family members welcome!
For additional information, look for posters displayed around campus a week before the event, or contact Katie at katherine.bowman@mnsu.edu
Join an interactive speaker, Scott Schmaltz, as he helps participants learn easy-to-use self-defense maneuvers and strategies. This specially-designed workshop will help participants understand some effective ways to empower themselves.
When: Wednesday, October 18 2006 from 10-2 p.m.
Where: Myers Field House
Experience the fullness of loving your body. Free food and massages.
For more information contact Felicia Baptiste at felicia.baptiste@mnsu.edu or 507-389-1771
When: Monday, October 30
Time:
Location: CSU Ballroom (North & South)
The Conference has been initiated by Vicki Hunter's students in the Sociology department. The students are facilitating important panel-driven discussions on several topics that are critical to the current family violence discourse. There will be a noon Keynote speaker, Shawn MacRae, domestic violence advocate and professor of Sociology. We will be providing food during the noon Keynote for those who wish to eat lunch. For those who want lunch, you must register and pay the $5.00 lunch fee (registration is available 10am-2pm at a table in the CSU lobby area near Ostrander, Monday-Wednesday of this week; otherwise you may register in the Women's Center). Registration deadline is Wednesday, Oct 11.
For additional information please contact Katie at katherine.bowman@mnsu.edu
When: Wednesday, October 18, 7 p.m.
Where: South Ballroom, Centennial Student Union
Join filmmaker Helen De Michiel for conversation after watching her documentary about young women training in college for careers in the high stakes professions of science, math, engineering and technology. For more on this project, the documentary or the filmmaker, visit The Gender Chip Project. Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the College of Science, Engineering & Technology, the Minnesota Center for Engineering & Manufacturing Excellence, the Department of Women's Studies, the Women's Center and supported by Student Activity Fees. For more information or to request an accommodation contact Deirdre at rosenfeld@mnsu.edu
October 9th, 7:00 p.m. Ostrander Auditorium MSU Gay or straight... Windmeyer opens the closet door that traditionally keeps students silenced on issues surrounding sexual orientation. He combines humor and his own personal experience to destroy stereotypes that perpetuate homophobia and sheds light on an often invisible segment of the college community— our lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. This program aims to educate and enlighten audience members on LGBT issues as well as motivate individuals to take the next step in coming out as visible allies and leaders for all people- including LGBT people.
October 11th 7 p.m. in Ostrander Auditorium MSU An array of new and past entertainers will grace MSU with their presences during the annual Gender Bender drag performance hosted by the Minnesota State, Mankato Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center during National Coming Out Week. The annual event draws a capacity crowd and is expected to do so once again. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:45pm and seats are expected to fill quickly. A reception, sponsored by the MSU Women's Center, will be held in the LGBT Center following the Gender Bender drag show. Refreshments will be provided and audience members will be able to meet the performers.
Coming Out of the Closets Clothes Drive October 9th - 13th MSU Centennial Student Union sage will be collecting clothes to donate to local charities during National Coming Out Week. Raid your closets and bring in those clothes you don't wear anymore! New clothes are also appreciated! Specific needs include: new women's underwear, pajamas, and bras without underwires. You can drop clothes off at the LGBT Center, the Women's Center, and in the Mav Ave all week.
Thursday, October 12th
7:00p.m.
LGBT Center
Stop by the LGBT Center for some food, games, and fun. Celebrate the courage and visibility of those who have come out of the closet.
When: Thursday, October 19, 1 p.m.,
Where: Ostrander Auditorium, Centennial Student Union
Keynote presentation by Chong Kim, survivor, educator and advocate for ending human trafficking. This event is a component of the Asian Pacific American Conference, and is free and open to the public.
For more information about the presenter or this conference, please visit Asian Pacific American Conference.
Sponsored by the office of Asian American Affairs, the Women's Center and supported by Student Activity Fees. For more information or to request an accommodation contact Deirdre at rosenfeld@mnsu.edu.
Saturday, Oct. 21 from 9:30-5 at Loyola High School is a conference for persons who have connections with people who might be at risk as they are feeling depressed, our of sorts, troubled etc. It is for those who see others around them they wish they had more tools to be able to help them. There are tremendous speakers involved. Scholarships are available. For more info persons should contact Yellow Ribbon office at 387-5020 or e-mail to yr@chartermi.net or you can register on-line at the Yellow Ribbon website.
Professor Lisa Heldke will be speaking in the Department of Philosophy's Colloquium Series on "Culinary Travel and the Search for the 'Genuine Article,'" an exploration of the ways that "new flavors threaten — or promise — to challenge our very boundaries." Dr. Heldke, who teaches philosophy and women's studies at Gustavus Adolphus College, has published numerous works in the growing area of Philosophy of Food, including the book Exotic Appetites: Ruminations of a Food Adventurer(2003) and Cooking, Eating, Thinking: Transformative Philosophies of Food as co-editor (1992). The talk will be on Wednesday, October 18 at 4:00 in 215 Armstrong Hall. All are welcome.
There's a new feminist group on campus! Three first-year Women's Studies graduate students—Jen Parks, Katie Bowman, and Kim Burrow—have recognized a need for a new feminist activist group at MSU, and they've formed an executive board to help initiate innovative activist ideas on campus! Feminism in Action believes the following mission statement will help root their activism with informed multiplicity of perspectives:
Tonight's Feminism in Action meeting will take place following the LGBT Center's event with Shane L. Windmeyer's OUTSPOKEN: Coming out as an ally at the Ostrander Auditorium (this event starts at 7pm). Feminism in Action will be tabling at the event starting at 6:30pm prior to the event; come visit us at our table and join us at our meeting following the event! We anticipate that our meeting will begin at 8:30 following the end of OUTSPOKEN. The meeting will be in the Women's Center, CSU 218.
For more information Contact Katie at katherine.bowman@mnsu.edu
Sponsored by: Minnesota State University, Mankato's African American Affairs Program
When: Saturday, December 2, 2006
Where: "Old Main" 301 South 5th Street, Mankato, Minnesota
Time: 7:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Donation: $10.00 per person/$15.00 per couple (Monies raised will help
support African American Affairs Programming)
Dress: Formal
Tickets will be available November, 10, 2006 Reservations can be made now however.
For more information contact: Maria Baxter-Nuamah, Multicultural Affairs Office, 243 CSU, 507-389-6300
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