Women's History Month 2009

Sunday, March 1

Vagina Monologues

SIUC, Communications Building, McLeod Theater

1:30pm

Tickets sold at the door: $7.00; $5.00 for students when purchased in person with a valid student ID.  Proceeds benefit The Women’s Center and the V-Day Spotlight (Women of the Democratic Republic of Congo).  The Monologues will educate and empower you!  The performances are captivating; usually bringing one to tears and laughter.  The monologues are award winning, universal and provide the opportunity to break the silence and create social change.  For additional information contact The Women’s Center at 529-2324.  

Monday, March 2

Women’s Business Day

SIUC Student Center, Illinois Room

7:00pm-9:00pm

Participate in a workshop on developing a winning resume, properly dressing for success, and how to choose the best career for you.  Women in a male dominate work force is another topic that will be discussed.  For additional information contact Kendra Torres at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Tuesday, March 3

Film: What I Want My Words to Do to You

SIUC Student Health Center Auditorium

8:00pm-9:30pm

Documentary by Eve Ensler.  Co-sponsored by the SIUC V-Day Task Force and the Wellness Center.  Donations will be collected to benefit The Women’s Center.  For additional information contact Jamie Huber at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Wednesday, March 4

Women in Leadership Positions at SIUC

SIUC Student Center 2nd Floor, Kaskaskia Room            

4:00pm

Presentation and discussion on issues surrounding lack of women in high level positions at SIUC and what to do about it.  For additional information contact Michelle Hughes Miller, University Women’s Professional Advancement at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Thursday, March 5

Film Texas Gold

Discussion led by Janet Donoghue

SIUC Student Center, Kaskaskia Room

7:00pm-9:00pm

The film, Texas Gold, profiles the brave and ballsy actions that have earned Diane Wilson the title of “unreasonable woman;” waging multiple hunger strikes, starting a business bottling toxic water taken from a superfund site and chaining herself to a Dow Chemical tower.  For additional information contact Janet Donoghue at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . U-Card Event

Tuesday, March 17

Wielding the Mighty Pen: Women and War in 16th Century Italy

SIUC Lawson Hall 101

5:30pm-7:00p.m.

Research presentation on the topic of women writing about war.  For additional information contact Holly Hurlburt at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Wednesday, March 18

Celebrating Scholarship By and About Women 2009

11:30am-1:00pm

SIUC Student Center Ballroom B

Luncheon Fundraiser for AAUW and Women’s Studies Scholarships

1:00pm-3:00pm

SIUC Student Center Ballroom A

Presentations from 2008 Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant recipients

1:00pm-5:00pm

SIUC Student Center, Corker Lounge

University Women’s Professional Advancement Poster Session

3:00pm-5:00pm

SIUC Student Center, Ballroom A

Award Ceremony and Reception (Scholarships given by American Association of University Women and Women’s Studies).  Reception in Corker Lounge follows ceremony.

For additional information contact M. Joan McDermott, Women’s Studies at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Wednesday, March 18

Film Iron Jawed Angel

Laura Hatcher, Discussion Facilitator

SIUC Faner Hall 3075            

3:00pm-5:30pm

Join the SIUC Department of Political Science for a screening of the film Iron Jawed Angel and a discussion on voting rights and women’s suffrage.  For additional information contact Laura Hatcher, Assistant Professor Political Science at 536-2371.    

Thursday, March 19

Film: The Big Doll House

SIUC, Faner Hall 1326

6:15pm-8:15pm

This key film from the Women in Prison Film genre is rife with blacksploitative and sexploitative themes. Join us for some cringing, some laughing, and good discussion of the genre.  For additional information contact Stacia Creek at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   or  Kylan de Vries at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Saturday, March 21

What I Want You to Know

Leadership Symposium on Diversity

SIUC Student Center River Rooms

10:00am-3:00pm

A student presented program, designed to foster and encourage direct dialogue between students representing various underrepresented groups and sixty campus student leaders.  For additional information contact Emily Teitelbaum at 453-1310.  U-Card Event.

Monday, March 23

In the Hot Box: Shifting Constructions of Lesbianism

 in the Women in Prison

SIUC Faner Hall 3410

11:00am-12:00pm

A follow up of The Big Doll House with a presentation of our feminist, interdisciplinary analysis of shifting constructions of lesbianism and female masculinities in the Women in Prison film genre. This presentation utilizes multimedia and contains scenes of graphic nudity and sexual violence.  For additional information contact Stacia Creek at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or Kylan de Vries at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Tuesday, March 24

I Am Not My Hair – Civic Engagement Dialogue Series

SIUC Student Center 2nd Floor, Ballroom A            

7:00pm-9:00pm

An open discussion about beauty, pride, and self-hate all narrowed down to one word: HAIR.  The “Natural vs. Relaxed” hair debate has been a popular and ongoing topic among women in the Black community for years.  The panel of six individual African American women will examine how hair is used as a political statement in the Black community, as well as share dialogue about the various ways that African American women wear their hair and the reasons behind it. For additional information contact Iesha Moná Wilson at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . U-Card Event

Wednesday, March 25

The Mirror Test

SIUC, Engr. Bldg. 131A

7:00pm

A real look at image; how we as women view ourselves, and how outside entities affect our self image.  For additional information contact Black Women’s Task Force, Karita Tutwiler at 708-769-3264.

Thursday, March 26

Gender and Disruptive Behavior in 4th and 5th Grade Classrooms

SIUC Student Center, Missouri Room

12:00pm-1:00pm

Research presentation and discussion.  For additional information contact Janet Fuller at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Thursday, March 26

Roxana Rivera Memorial Poetry Contest Ceremony

SIUC Student Center 2nd Floor, Auditorium                    

4:00pm

This ceremony features the winners of the Roxana Rivera Memorial Poetry Contest and the contest’s judge, poet Stacey Lynn Brown.  The winners and the judge will read from their poetry in celebration of Women’s History Month.  Reception/book signing for Stacey Lynn Brown follows in the Old Main Lounge.  For additional information contact Allison Joseph at 453-6813.

Thursday, March 26

Nudity and Censorship on Campus

SIUC School of Law 108

7:00 p.m.

Panel discussion of art and censorship on SIUC campus, featuring work of Tracey Weiersmueller, Panelists:  Peter Chametzky, Sue Liemer, and Paul McGreal.  For additional information contact M. Joan McDermott, Women’s Studies, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Thursday, March 26

Men Who Live Off Women

Discussion Facilitator Bryant Payne

SIUC, Health Center Auditorium

7:00pm

Progressive Masculinities Mentors will host a special R.A.P. session on men who live off women through financial and sexual exploits by exhibiting selfish acts of “self gratification.”   For additional information contact Derrick L. Williams at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Friday, March 27

Women’s Words

SIUC Student Center 2nd Floor, Mississippi Room

4:00pm

Reception follows in the Old Main Lounge

Features women writers from the SIUC MFA Program reading from their works and from the works of their literary foremothers.  For additional information contact Allison Joseph at 453-6813.

Saturday, March 28

Public Service Project

Flower Pot Decorating

SIUC, Student Center Craft Shop

12:00pm-2:00pm

Students will get a chance to participate in a service project that celebrates the coming of the spring season.  Participants will paint and decorate flower pots that will be donated to the Women’s Center.  Registration will be available in the Student Development office.  Materials will be provided.  Sponsored by the AmeriCorps *VISTA Program and Saluki Volunteer Corps. For additional information contact Iesha Moná Wilson at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . U-Card Event

Monday, March 30         CANCELLED

Sisterhood Without the Letters Sorority Panel

SIUC Student Center 2nd Floor, Illinois Room

7:00pm-9:00pm

Join us for a discussion on how women across campus and the community can come together outside of the sorority to establish sisterhood.  For additional information contact Kendra Torres at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .  U-Card Event

Tuesday, March 31

Dialoguing Dissertations and Dinner:  An Event for Female Scholars

Student Center 2nd Floor, Old Main Lounge

5:00pm-7:30pm

Join us for an evening of lively discussion, networking, resource sharing and dinner.  Gain knowledge from an all female multidisciplinary, faculty panel.  RSVP is required.  Please respond no later than March 24th to guarantee your space.  Call 453-5714 and leave your name, program of study and whether you need a vegetarian option for dinner.  Sponsored by Women’s Studies and Student Development Multicultural Programs and Services.  U-Card Event

Tuesday, March 31

We Still Love Her: What We Love and Loathe About Hip-Hop

SIUC Grinnell Hall, Lower Level                

7:00 pm 

Join the Progressive Masculinities Mentors and Black Togetherness Organization as they explore the concept of “love” in Hip Hop and how love is negotiated, discussed, written, and performed by artists.  For additional information contact Derrick Williams at 453-4204.

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH SPONSORS

American Civil Liberties Union, Black Togetherness Organization, Black Women’s Task Force, Carbondale Branch of American Association of University Women, Creative Writing Program and Department of English, Department of History, Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology, Humanities Forum, Multicultural Greek Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor, Panhellenic Association, Progressive Masculinities Mentors, Student Development Multicultural Programs and Services, Student Health Service-Wellness Center, University Women’s Professional Advancement, V-Day Task Force, Women’s Law Forum, Women’s Studies

For additional information contact Women’s Studies (618) 453-5141 or Student Development Multicultural Programs (618) 453-5714