2003 Celebration of Women's History: Women Pioneering the Future

 

March 3 - March 28

Exhibit: Women's Health Movement in Chicago

Library of the Health Sciences

First Floor

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking women's health book Our Bodies, Ourselves, this exhibit highlights the history of the women's health movement in Chicago as well as the publications related to the book.

 

Monday, March 3

Asian American Film Series 2003

Portraits of Asian American Women

A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, CCC

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Film: Not Black or White

A candid look at three Asian American women who aren't geishas, hookers, or bikini-clad masseuses. This film examines the stereotypes of Asian women depicted in the media.

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Film: Slaying the Dragon

Using clips from film classics and contemporary works, this video reveals the historical and political forces that influenced the depictions of Asians and, in particular, Asian women on the screen. Entertaining and highly insightful.


Tuesday, March 4

Asian American Awareness Month

4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Illinois Room, CCC

Elaine Kim, Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California- Berkeley will be presenting. For more information, call (312) 413-8142.

Lounge Series West

Film: Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Recovery Room, CIU

 

Wednesday, March 5

ROSH CHODESH LUNCH "When Esther Speaks"

12:00 p.m.

Simone Sofian, Dept. of Classics & Mediterranean Studies, & Jewish Studies


Thursday, March 6

University Hour

Film Screening: Jane: An Abortion Service

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Recovery Room, CIU

This documentary film collects the personal and political stories of a Chicago-based underground abortion service. This viewing is part of the 30th anniversary celebration of Our Bodies, Ourselves.



Friday, March 7

International Women's Day Celebration

Presentation and Book Signing: Voicing Chicana Feminisms: Young Women Speak Out on Identity and Sexuality

Aida Hurtado

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Cardinal Room, CCC

Aida Hurtado's talk will provide an overview of Chicana feminisms and the ways in which women become feminists, focusing specifically on the role of Chicana mothers in the creation of feminist daughters. Dr. Hurtado is a faculty member in the psychology department at University of California at Santa Cruz. Her previous writings include The Color of Privilege: Three Blasphemies on Race and Feminism. Refreshments will be provided. Seating is limited so please RSVP at (312) 413-1025.


March 10 - April 11

Art Exhibit: Cloaked Modifiers

Yvette Kaiser Smith

Exhibit Reception: Thursday, March 13, 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Art Lounge, 1st Floor, CIU

 

Monday, March 10

Reception: The Selected Papers of Jane Addams

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Residents' Dining Hall, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

Join Mary Lynn McCree Bryan, editor of the Jane Addams Papers, at a reception celebrating the University of Illinois Press's publication of The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, Volume 1, Preparing to Lead, 1860-81. The Jane Addams Papers project is a multi-volume effort to collect extant documents of this major historical figure, intellectual, social activist, and author. Hosted by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and the University Library. Refreshments will be provided.

Monday, March 10

WOMEN'S BOOK DISCUSS 'N EAT

Yentl's Revenge by Danya Ruttenberg (Editor) Susannah Heschel Available through Amazon.com---or excerpts available at Hillel. Please let us know if you want one. Discussion led by: Elana Jacobs, Graduate Assistant, Jewish Studies, UIC you are welcome to attend even if you don't read the excerpts ahead of time, although it will enhance the discussion if you do. The excerpts are all very short.



Tuesday, March 11

Reading and Book Signing: Insurgent Muse: Life and Art at the Woman's Building

Terry Wolverton

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Room 605, CCC

Award-winning poet Terry Wolverton will read from her new memoir Insurgent Muse: Life and Art at the Woman's Building. Wolverton weaves together her own coming-of-age experience as an artist, lesbian, and feminist activist with the history of the Los Angeles Women's Building. The Woman's Building was a pivotal site for feminist art, politics, and community building in the 1970's and 80's. Refreshments will be provided.

Lounge Series West

Film: White Oleander

4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Recovery Room, CIU

 

Wednesday, March 12

Women & the Workplace

Kathleen Zurich

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Conference Room B, SSB

Allstate has consistently been rated one of the top 25 corporations for women executives. Kathleen Zurich, Allstate's Assistant Vice President for Human Resources, will present on how its top executives and work/life managers maintained a supportive environment amidst job redefinition and increased customer demands. Sponsored by The Integritas Institute of UIC. For more information, call (312) 355-3336.


Lounge Series East

Live Event: Blaq Dawn and Neo-Soul Performance

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, CCC


Thursday, March 13

The Primacy of Gender

Mary Rousseau

Deirdre McCloskey

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Main Lounge, UIC Newman Center

Dr. Mary Rousseau, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Marquette University, will present a paper on the nature of gender, the kind of difference gender makes, and explain why gender is not just another category or descriptor, but in fact has a primacy that is both theoretical as well as practical. Dr. Deirdre McCloskey, UIC Professor of History and Economics, will present her comments following the presentation. Sponsored by The Integritas Institute of UIC. For more information, call (312) 355-3336.

Art Exhibit and Lecture: Queer Covers

Exhibit Reception: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Fort Dearborn Room, CCC

Early lesbian pulp fiction novels, with their racy artwork featuring scantily clad women in suggestive situations, shocked and titillated readers in the 1940's and 50's. Reproducing the cover art from dozens of novels like Odd Girl Out, Forbidden, and Women's Barracks, this exhibit offers a fascinating window onto both mainstream and queer culture in the days before Stonewall. John D'Emilio, UIC Professor of History and Gender and Women's Studies, will provide introductory comments and a reception will follow. Refreshments will be provided.

This exhibit is produced by the Lesbian Herstory Archives in New York City. It will also be on display at the Gerber-Hart Library, (773) 381-8030, March 16 through April 6.


Workshop: The Art of Salary Negotiation: Important Strategies

Presenter: Adela Peña

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Office of Career Services, 3050 SSB

This interactive workshop will teach the four rules of salary negotiation, how to prepare for the negotiation process, and effective verbal strategies. Exercises will include role-plays and self-assessment. Seating is limited so please RSVP to Belia Gonzalez-McDonald at (312) 996-4857 or beliag@uic.edu. Sponsored by the Latina Network of the Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Latinos.

Reading Series

Diane Seuss

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Rathskellar, SRC

Writer-in- residence at Kalamazoo College, Michigan, Diane Seuss has made a significant contribution to the literary world. Her award-winning work has appeared in a variety of literary magazines and several anthologies, including Boomer Girls and September 11th, 2001: American Writers Respond. Her work also appears in the forthcoming book Are You Experienced? Baby Boom Poets from University of Iowa Press.

Lounge Series East

Film: Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

12:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, CCC

Performance: WomenSpeakOut

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Illinois Room, CCC

This is a production of UIC women's art groups and individual performers who will express their experiences through dance, song, spoken word, and other art mediums. This program will provide participants and performers alike an opportunity to explore diverse identities and experiences as women. Last year's performance was a huge success- you won't want to miss this one!

Wednesday, March 19

Women Who Dared luncheon

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Hear the stories of local Jewish women who have dared to take a stand on behalf of the rights of others. In celebration of Women's History Month, the Jewish Women's Foundation, the Women's Division of the Jewish United Fund, the Jewish Women's Archive, and the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies invite you to join a special luncheon program. Hadassah Goodman will speak on behalf of the daring women who brought the issue of domestic violence in the Jewish community to the attention of the community and founded SHALVA. Tickets: $25.00, which includes lunch (dietary laws observed). Free to students with valid student I.D. There will be no solicitation of funds at this program. For more information, please call the Jewish Women's Foundation office at (312)357-4850, or e-mail ericahazzard@juf.org <mailto:ericahazzard@juf.org>


Monday, March 24

Women's History Month Reception: Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea

Nikki Giovanni

4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Illinois Room, CCC

Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator, will read selected poems from her new book Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems.. Always insisting on presenting the truth as she sees it, Giovanni has maintained a prominent place as a strong voice of the Black community. Intertwining the personal with the political, Giovanni highlights the celebration of womanhood and black society and culture- past and present. The current political climate for women will also be discussed. Reading to start at 5:15 p.m. Free catered reception. Co-hosted by the City of Chicago's Commission on Human Relations Advisory Council on Women.



Wednesday, March 26

Presentation and Book Signing: Bodies, Babes and the WNBA, or, Where's Tiger Woods, Naked in a Cape, When You Really Need Him?

Leslie Heywood

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Illinois Room, CCC

Leslie Heywood is a former Division I track and cross country runner, and currently a competitive power lifter, as well as an associate professor of English and Cultural Studies at the State University of New York, Binghamton. She will present from her forthcoming book Built to Win: The Female Athlete as Cultural Icon. Despite the development of professional leagues and increased visibility of women athletes, Heywood will discuss the unequal representation of female athletes in media images and the sexualization of those images. The attack on Title IX under the current administration and its cultural implications will also be discussed. Refreshments will be provided.

Conference and Reception: Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Future of Women's Health

Keynote Speaker: Judy Norsigian

3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

School of Public Health

Gymnasium

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking women's health book Our Bodies, Ourselves, Judy Norsigian, of the original Boston Women's Health Book Collective, will address the origins of Our Bodies, Ourselves in the women's health movement, and how it has empowered women and grown internationally. The keynote will start at 3:15 p.m. followed by an awards ceremony and panel discussion on current threats to women's healthcare. Free catered reception.



Thursday, March 27

Reading and Book Signing

Claire Hartfield

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Illinois Room, CCC

Author Claire Hartfield will read from her newly released children's book, Me and Uncle Romie: A Story Inspired by the Life and Art of Romare Bearden. This evocative picture book presents a fictionalized version of Harlem Renaissance artist Bearden through the eyes of a nephew. An awards ceremony for the Chicago Public Schools Notable Woman Essay Contest will follow.

Lounge Series East

Film: White Oleander

12:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, CCC

Lounge Series West

Live Event: Yoko Noge and the Jazz Me Blues

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Recovery Room, CIU



Friday, March 28

Panel Discussion: Why Would a Woman be a Catholic?

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Main Lounge, UIC Newman Center

Religious identity and religious culture will be discussed by three women who will share their experiences of Catholicism from three different perspectives: A practicing Catholic, a non-practicing Catholic, and a convert to Catholicism. Free lunch will be provided. Sponsored by The Integritas Institute of UIC. For more information, call (312) 355-3336.


Monday, March 31

Stress and Gender Series

Presentation and Reception: Halving the Double Day: Feminist Visions of Work and Leisure

Dorothy Sue Cobble

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Institute for the Humanities

Lower Level, Stevenson Hall

Professor Dorothy Sue Cobble, Director of the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University, will talk about the history of women's work. Cobble has written and lectured extensively about women, work, and the union movement in the United States. Her new book, The Other Women's Movement: Workplace Justice and Social Rights in Modern America, is forthcoming from Princeton University Press. Free catered reception.

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

 

Wednesday, April 2

A Brown Bag discussion

Presentation and Reception: "Coordination, Knowledge and Cooperation In the Workplace"

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital

Room 1130, 1st Floor. 1740 W.Taylor Street.

This Brown Bag discussion will be facilitated by Mr. Stefan Howard, Chairman, Illinois Councils of Councils for the State of Illinois. The discussion will include Achieving goals, Basic employee rights, and Resources.

Everyone is welcome. Bring your lunch.

For more information contact: Loretta Allen, Co-chair. 6-8611 or lallen@uic.edu.

This is a designated event as an official Chancellor Status Committee meeting and thereby considered approved for employee participation.

 


Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.



Office of Women's Affairs Web site address:

www.uic.edu/depts/owa



Locations:

CCC Chicago Circle Center, 750 S. Halsted

CIU Chicago Illini Union, 828 S. Wolcott

SH Stevenson Hall, 701 S. Morgan

LHS Library of the Health Sciences, 1750 W. Polk

SPHPI School of Public Health, 1601 W. Taylor

SSB Student Services Building, 1200 W. Harrison

SRC Student Residence and Commons, 600 S. Halsted

Residents' Dining Hall, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, 800 S. Halsted

UIC Newman Center, 700 South Morgan Street

Gerber-Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville Ave.


If you have a disability and need an accommodation in order to participate in this event, please call (312) 413-1025 at least one week prior to the event.

Parking is available at cash lots. Call Parking at (312) 413-5800 for lot information.


Committee Members

Richard Allegra, Veronica Arreola, Marla Baker, Caryn Blanton, Mary Lynne Dietsche, Patrick Finnessy, Jill Gage, Rebecca Gordon, Joey Hampton, Sharlene Holly, Sameera Hussain, Heather Imrie, Anjum Kidiwala, Jennifer Langdon-Teclaw, Judy Meza, Katye Miller, Jacob Mueller, Sara Saba, Selina Said, Katrin Schultheiss, Caryn Schultz, Alana Stegich, Daryl Woods, and Molly Young.

Co-Sponsors:

Office of Women's Affairs, Campus Programs, Student Activities Funding Committee, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Latinos, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Blacks, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues, Institute for the Humanities, Gender and Women's Studies, Center for Research on Women and Gender, Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns, Rafael Cintrón-Ortiz Latino Cultural Center, African American Cultural Center, Lounge Series, Jane Addams Hull House Museum, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Office of Community Relations, Great Cities Institute, Alumni Association at Chicago, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Department of Latin American and Latino Studies, Department of English, Department of African American Studies, Department of Art History, Wellness Center, Chicago Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Chicago Public Schools Office of Accountability, Student Development Services, Muslim Women's Association, Asian American Coalition Committee, MeSA, Panhellenic Council and Student Outreach Services.


Giovanni Reception Co-host:

City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations Advisory Council on Women.

For more information, call the Office of Women's Affairs at (312) 413-1025.