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Upcoming Events at WMS

Dana Shugar Colloquium Spring 09

February 3 Rob Widell (History) -- "Familiar Issues, New Directions: Black Women and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham"

February 17 Vanessa Quainoo (AAF)--"'Cry Elmina': A Reader's Theatre." Excerpts from her spoken word epic poem about African slave women

March 5 International Women's Day -- Jane Lazarre and Jan Clausen. A joint event with Read-Write (English Dept.)

April 9 - Fredrika Wild Schweers Memorial Lecture on Women and Health, Dr. Nancy Fey-Yensan, “Poverty and Nutritional Health: The Gender and Age Divide,” Galanti Lounge (3rd floor URI Library, 7 p.m.

April 16 - Eleanor M. Carlson Lecture, Dr. Jody Heymann, “Meeting the Needs of Working Families: Getting to the Core of Global Gender Inequalities,” Swan Hall 7 p.m.

April 21 - Dana Shugar Colloquium, Dr. Annemarie Vaccaro, “Using Criticial Race and Feminist Perspectives to Explore the Intersections Between the Race, Gender, and Educational Engagement of Non-Traditional Age Undergraduate Women,” Lippitt 402. 4:30 p.m.

April 23 - Jane Roberts, founder with Lois Abraham of the 34 Million Friends of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), will be at URI to speak in WMS classes at 11 a.m. and will participate in a Brown Bag lunch 12:30-1:30.

For more information call 874-5150. Program access will be provided to persons with disabilities. If you need disability assistance, sign interpretation, or have questions about accessibility, please call 784-5150 at least 3 days in advance.