September
Movie Party - Showing of Girlfight
A chance for WRC volunteers
and WRCSA members to hang out, eat popcorn,
and watch a movie about women
boxing. Snacks!
Sunday, September 23rd
7 p.m.
for location and more info,
e-mail
here
October
Photography Entries Due
Are you a woman? Are you
an artist? Do you take photographs?
The WRC is taking entries for
an exhibition of photographs by woman artists;
the exhibition will take place
on the same day as the WRC Open House.
E-mail
for guidelines re: theme and formats.
Submissions due at the WRC
October 8th.
Women's Resource Center Open
House
Come visit us. Eat cake.
Check out our new space,
and gawk at the artistic
talent of some local female photographers,
because we're holding a photography
exhibition that same day!
Date/Time TBA
Domestic Violence Awareness
Month
October is Domestic Violence
Awareness Month.
A speaker from Stillwater Domestic
Violence Services will be visiting to speak
about women and domestic violence.
Date/Time TBA
February
Dramatic Reading
The Vagina Monologues
an award-winning play about
accepting women's sexuality and ending violence
against women, performed for
the fourth time annually at OSU, co-sponsored by
the WRC/WRCSA and the OSU NOW
chapter as part of
the V-Day College Campaign (www.vday.org)
Date/Time TBA
April
Festival of Women
Fourth Annual FOW!
Join us on the library lawn
for cool women's music, booths by OSU and local organizations
celebrating Women's History
Month (we know that's really in March -- but FOW is in April
because it's too cold to have
fun outside in March), and merchandise showcased
by local women-owned businesses.
Free sodas and nifty prizes, too.
Date TBA
April...
Celebrate Women's History Month -- Belatedly!
Festival of Women
Come be a part of our outdoor celebration of
women's history and the roles women choose
for themselves -- free cokes, great music, tons
of cool exhibits and some very noteworthy
merchandise by local women's businesses.
Monday, April 16th
(rain date: Tuesday, April 24)
11:00-3:30
Library Lawn
for more info or to get your group involved
in the Festival, click
here
February...
Dramatic Reading
The Vagina Monologues
an award-winning play about accepting women's
sexuality and ending violence against women,
performed for the third time annually at OSU,
co-sponsored by the WRC/WRCSA and the OSU
NOW chapter as part of the V-Day College Initiative
(www.vday.org)
February 19th
7 p.m.
Student Union Theater
November...
Movie Showing
Boys Don't Cry
Tuesday, November 7
7:00 p.m.
212 Classroom Building
Pottery Painting
We'll all meet at Your Finishing Touch
to paint mugs, plates, ornaments or whatever our hearts desire --
most of our events are free, but for this one,
you'll pay for the cost of the item you paint.
Plates run $15-$18, mugs run $12-$13, and ornaments
a very affordable $5-$6.
Be there on Tuesday, November 28th.
Time is still TBA,
so check back next week or call 707-0185 for
details.
If you need a ride to Your Finishing Touch
or have questions, call 707-0185 or email fostere@okstate.edu
December...
Finals! Winter Break! No School!
Pssst... If you have any really good
ideas for Spring activities or you'd just like to be involved, our Chair
would love it if you emailed her at fostere@okstate.edu
Calendar of Events
1999-2000
Go
straight to Festival of Women...
January...
*Movie Showing
On the anniversary of Roe v.
Wade, join us in viewing
If These Walls Could Talk,
a film considering the issue of abortion
from the point of view of four
generations of women.
February...
*The Vagina Monologues
A dramatic reading of Eve Ensler's
award-winning off-Broadway play
concerning violence against women
and women's search for positive roles.
Playing
February 28th
7 p.m.
in the
Student Union Theater
*Eating Disorders Awareness
Week
Each year, OSU Counseling Services
raises awareness about eating disorders
through excellent education programs.
We just wanted to make sure you knew about it.
Watch for advertisements and support
their hard work by attending the programs.
March...
*Jewelry Workshop
Learn how to make professional
beaded jewelry from an OSU graduate student who sells her own jewelry.
Material costs must be paid in
advance. Call 707-0185 or e-mail morrigangoddess@mail.com
to sign up.
*Women's Poetry Nite
Now, you can celebrate Women's
History Month and National Poetry Month
all in one fell swoop! Join
us for readings by local female poets,
coffee, and bring your own work
-- open microphone.
April...
*Festival of Women
Tuesday, April 11th
(rain date: Thursday, April 13th)
Library Lawn
Want to to sponsor a table?
Call 744-5593 and leave a message, OR e-mail
fostere@okstate.edu
Remember last year? Loud music,
free sodas, and lots of booths with cool stuff
celebrating women's accomplishments
and choices, all on the library lawn
in Oklahoma's first good weather
of the year! Join us for food and fun
on the library lawn in April.
September...
*Book Drive!
We invite you to donate books on
Women's Studies topics (anthologies, academic texts, biographies/autobiographies,
or other), scholarships/grad. exam preparation,
life skills (like financial management,
work skills, etc.), conception/pregnancy/mothering,
women's health, civil rights, and
women's issues to the WRC.
Books can be sent through campus
mail to 108 Willham North, Women's Resource Center.
October...
*Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual History Month
*Movie Showing
Join us in viewing The Burning
Bed, a film based on a real-life, precedent-setting
court case in which a domestic
violence victim murdered her attacker.
Brief lecture by family relations
expert will be followed by movie showing.
303 Classroom Building, October
26, 6 p.m.
November...
*Porn Week
A week-long series investigating
pornography's effect on women
and the role of pornography in
our society, featuring:
-two guest speakers presenting
opposing views on pornography and the control of pornography
-screening of a documentary about
pornography's effect on women
-discussion panel of professors
from several OSU departments, representing
different viewpoints on porn and
different academic perspectives.
POSTPONED as we work on getting
funding. This program will take place in Fall 2000.
***Winter Break!!!***
...calendar of events 1998-99...
February...
Information Table in the Student
Union...
TBA
Speakers' Panel on Women &
Spirituality...
February 23rd
March...
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH!!!
(All month long...)
Do you belong to a women's group
on campus? Would you like to participate in a huge outdoor celebration
of Women's History Month? Email queries tofostere@okstate.edu
April...
The Celebration of Women
the outdoor celebration of women's
history month (yeah, we know -- MARCH
is Women's History Month --
but we moved the event due to weather), with food, drinks,
displays, activities, and a
drawing for 2 free Ani Difranco tickets!
Friday, April 2nd
~The Vagina Monologues~
join us for a dramatic reading
of Eve Ensler's award-winning performance piece!
Monday, April 5th
Student Union Little Theater
7 p.m.
Equal Pay Day
check out our evening program
highlighting the male/female wage gap on April 8,
which is the day that women's
earnings catch up to what men's earnings were on January 1st.
April 8
Family Resource Center
evening
ChickFlick: Grrls' Night Out
at the Movies
Come to our FREE showing of
the fantastic If These Walls Could Talk.
Free sodas and popcorn.
Mid-April
Look for more info in the O'Colly
Society Squares
Women's Poetry Night
your opportunity to showcase
your new poems or songs at an open-mic
night in a supportive atmosphere.
join us at Prana Coffee House,
bring your writing, and get
a chance to listen to OSU's own Pulitzer Prize nominee,
Dr. Lisa Lewis, for a brief
reading beforehand!
Mid-April
Date and Time will be in the
O'Colly Society Squares-
keep your eyes peeled!