NOON, Thursdays. The Women's Resource Center sponsors Brown Bag Lunches every Thursday.  Drop in for conversation - and bring along your lunch. Beverages and chocolate are provided.

NOVEMBER.

November 6-15 KENT STATE FOLK FESTIVAL, featuring Nanci Griffith.  Click for Full Schedule and Ticket Info.

SERIES OF TALKS on MILLENIUM GOALS

November 17, 1:30 , Kent Student Center Governance Chambers  Dr. Susan Iverson, TLCS,  Sticky floors and glass ceilings: Barriers to women’s advancement    Dr. Iverson will present her research on women, leadership, and advancement.

November 19, 4:00,   Kent Student Center Multicultural Center Dr. Andrew Lepp, SELS,  People and Parks:  Stories of Conservation and Development in Uganda   Dr. Lepp will share research and stories from his visits to Uganda, East Africa.  A highlight: Studies from  Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to over 350 mountain gorillas, and Kibale National Park, home to over 1,000 chimpanzees.

November 20, 1:00 Kent Student Center Governance Chambers Dr. Diane Kerr, ACHVE, HIV/AIDS in the US and the World:  Winning the Battle, but Losing the War.Dr. Kerr will reflect on her research on HIV/AIDS, the role of better education and treatment, the contextual challenges of leadership, access, ignorance, etc.

November 20, 7:00   Kent Student Center  Dr.  Vilma Seeberg, Universal primary education, gender equality, empowering women

Dr. Seeberg will be telling stories of Han Chinese, Tibetan, and Muslim girls in Western China, illustrating women’s empowerment even in places at the outer edge of the world. Her talk will celebrate these girls' capacity to envision a new path and future, challenging patriarchy, breaking the vicious cycle of poverty.

NOV. 12   Barbara Oakley Lecture:  “Bad to the Bone: Horrors!—Can Our Genes Help Make Us Evil?”  The talk will be held Wednesday, November 12, 7:00 PM at Strosacker Auditorium, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue , Cleveland , Ohio 44106 .  For directions that will route you neatly around any construction, please see http://www.case.edu/visit/map/dir.html.  A talk with "ramifications for psychology, sociology, politics, philosophy, theology, biology, communications, history, understanding the motivations of fictional characters—and even understanding the motivations of the less scrupulous in business." 

More about Professor Oakley:  www.barbaraoakley.com
http://www2.oakland.edu/users/oakley/
oakley@oakland.edu

November 17, 7:30 p.m. Kent Campus
Wick Poetry Presents Lucille Clifton
Wick Poetry Reading Series presents Lucille Clifton and Honoree Jeffers.
Location: Kiva   Phone: (330)  672-2067

NOVEMBER 18, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm, 340 Franklin Hall (First Energy Auditorium)
Award-winning Plain Dealer journalist Regina Brett and her daughter Gabrielle
A discussion of their experiences with breast cancer.  Regina has undergone both
chemotherapy and radiation treatments, subsequently a prophylactic double-mastectomy;
Gabrielle chose to undergo a preventative double mastectomy.

A brief reception will follow.

NOV. 19 - 7pm  Campus Conversations: "That's So Gay" - a discussion moderated by Dr. Tina Kandakai.  KSC Room 204

Nov. 21   Women's Studies Minors! 

There will be a Dinner Party Meeting on Friday, November 21 from 5:30 'til 7 or so. 

RSVP:slholt@kent.edu - and yes, you are welcome to bring guests.

Prospective minors are also welcome.

DEC. 5th  WOMEN'S STUDIES FACULTY AFFILIATES MEETING - 5pm, Women's Resource Center

ARCHIVED WMST EVENTS AND NEWS/CLICK HERE.

Students and faculty alike are encouraged to tune in regularly to the Women's Resource Center Calendar of Events and Activities - and to attend, participate, enjoy!  Check it out at: http://www.kent.edu/wrc/UpcomingEvents.cfm

Students and faculty with an interest in intercultural and international news and events can visit: www.kent.edu/ciie

Visit and Support PRIDE!Kent by attending meetings and participating in their events.

For info, check out their website. http://dept.kent.edu/stuorg/pride/calendar/calendar.htm

And please support women's athletics at Kent State (Men's, too, of course!)

Women’s Basketball: http://www.kentstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11400&KEY=&SPID=4465&SPSID=47658

Women’s Field Hockey: http://www.kentstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11400&KEY=&SPID=4439&SPSID=47563

Women’s Golf: http://www.kentstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11400&KEY=&SPID=4459&SPSID=47635

Women’s Gymnastics: http://www.kentstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11400&KEY=&SPID=4440&SPSID=47564

Women’s Softball: http://www.kentstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11400&KEY=&SPID=4467&SPSID=47666

Women’s Volleyball: http://www.kentstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11400&KEY=&SPID=4463&SPSID=47653

Track & Field/Cross Country: http://www.kentstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11400&KEY=&SPID=4442&SPSID=47572

http://www.kentstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11400&KEY=&SPID=4436&SPSID=47550

Throughout the year (particularly during March, Women’s History month), the Women’s Studies Program at Kent State University sponsors and co-sponsors speakers and events with relevance to students and faculty.  In years past, speakers have included Elaine Brown (African-American writer, researcher, activist, and former Black Panther Party leader); Lynn Peril, author of Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons; and the well-known second wave feminist author and activist, Mary Daly. Events and speakers are announced in advance on the WMST-L listserv.  If you wish to be added to the WMST-L listserv, please send your name and e-mail to slholt@kent.edu.  

From the Display Cases during Women's History Month in the KSU Library and Student Center:

The first wave
brought you
the vote           

The second wave
brought you
Reproductive Choice and
Title IX (Educational Equality)

The third wave
"What will you undertake?"
                         --Adrienne Rich

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