The 12th Annual International Women's Day Celebration
Free and open to the public!
The 12th Annual International Women's Day Celebration
Crossing Borders, Connecting Cultures
Panels and workshops, performances, film, and display and information tables from over 60 co-sponsoring organizations
March 3, 2007
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Coffman Memorial Union
University of Minnesota
For a complete schedule visit http://www.mnadvocates.org/
Keynote Speaker: María José Alcalá, United Nations Population Fund
Film screenings, photo exhibits, performances by Voices Merging and Global
Site Performance, information tables from over 65 co-sponsoring
organizations, and workshops on women's human rights including:
* Counseling and Culture: A Way to Empowerment
* An International and National Perspective on the Rights of LBT Women and
Families
* Immigrant Women in Detention: A Minnesota and National Perspective (CLE)
* Human Trafficking at Home and Abroad
* Losing Home, Finding Home/Women and Immigration: Causes, Concerns and
Community Activism
* The Many Cultures of Minnesota Homelessness
* Global Needs, Global Change: New Developments on Violence against Women
(CLE)
* Enhancing the Bonds between Police and New Americans
* Voices of Change: Girls Respond to Media Images
* Reproductive Rights as Human Rights
* Empowering Women around the World through Fair Trade
Support for this event provided by the Women's Foundation of Minnesota and
the following groups at the University of Minnesota:
Office for University Women; Institute for Global Studies, through a Title VI
grant in International Studies from the U.S. Department of Education; Center
on Women and Public Policy, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs; Human
Rights Center; Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies;
Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change; The Arleen C.
Carlson Chair in Political Science; Students Against Human Trafficking; The
University Pro-Choice Coalition; The United Nations Student Association; The
Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education; Event Partnership Grant provided by
the Student Activities Office; The University of Minnesota Academic,
Community, and Campus Life Initiatives in Partnership with Coca-Cola;
Administrative Grant for Student Initiatives; Diversity
Education Fund of the Minnesota Student Association; Graduate and
Professional Student Association
For complete schedule and more information, visit www.mnadvocates.org