Celebrate Women's Day March 4 & 5, 1999 at

Welcome to General Studies 132 WOMEN AND POWER, WOMEN IN POWER Co-Sponsored by CSUB Women's Network, Women's Studies Committee & Women's Faculty Network: Dr. Jane Granskog and Dr. Joanne Schmidt, Coordinators

This seminar is open to the public. Students who are taking the course for credit must attend the Thursday night concert on March 4th in the Multipurpose Room at 8:15 p.m. and attend three (3) sessions on Friday, March 5th. A short typed critique on all events attended must be submitted for one (1) unit of credit. Critiques can be sent to Dr. Jane Granskog, Department of Sociology/Anthropology, CSUB, or delivered to her office at DDH/BB203 no later than March 16th, 1999.

Schedule of Events

	Time:  Thursday, March 4 @ 8:15 p.m. Place:  Student Union Multipurpose Room "Judy Gorman in Concert" Judy Gorman is a high intensity, blues rooted singer whose original songs get their wings from her imagination and their roots from the folk, blues, jazz and gospel music she has been surrounded by all her life.  Her earliest childhood memories are of hearing the albums of of Billie Holiday, Woodie Guthrie, Paul Rebeson and Leadbelly.  She has given concerts of her own music in over ten countries and forty of the United States, performing at clubs, universities, festivals, and peace and justice events, some of which have been attended by as many as half a million people.
	Time:  Immediately after concert Place:  Student Union Multipurpose Room Presentation of the fifth "Annual CSUB Women's Day Achievement Award for Enhancing the Quality of Life and Educational Opportunity at CSUB and in the Community" to Dr. Jane Granskog, Chair, Women's Studies Program Committee and Coordinator of Women's Day at CSUB To be followed by a reception
	Time:  Friday, March 5 @ 9:00 a.m. Place:  Student Union Multipurpose Room "The History of Women and Music:  Empowerment Through Song" ...a look at the roles of women and music from prehistoric times up to today's contemporary songs of, by, about, against and for women and the messages they have for us. Judy Gorman, New York singer, songwriter, and guitarist
	Time:  Friday, March 5 @ 10:30 a.m. Place:  Student Union Multipurpose Room "Mothers of a Hundred Children - A Journey  Among Women's Projects in Asia" ...an examination of grassroots organizations of women throughout Asia based on information gathered while on sabbatical in the Fall of 1998 Dr. Kaye Bragg, Political Science, CSUB
	Time:  Friday, March 5 @  11:30 a.m. Place:  Student Union Multipurpose Room "A Glimpse of Women in Ethiopia:  Challenges of Becoming Visible" ...a recounting of the experiences of the past two years living and working in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as an educational television producer for the Ethiopian Educational Media Agency with footage of how women of Ethiopia exist from day-to-day, and the challenges they've yet to overcome. Dr. Elizabeth Jackson, Communications, CSUB
Lunch Break                              12:30 - 1:00 p.m.
	Time:  Friday, March 5 @  1:00 p.m. Place:  Student Union Multipurpose Room Law and its Impact on Women's Everyday Lives" ...a look at recent legislation and court cases which empowers women's lives, in particular, the pivot laws which help change women's lives for the better. Dr. Doris Hall, Criminal Justice, CSUB
	Time:  Friday, March 5 @ 2:00 p.m. Place:  Student Union Multipurpose Room "'All Women are Healers' - 'Medicine' Women in Today's World" ...a look at various contemporary female healers from different cultures and the emergent spirituality they express through their healing activities. Dr. Jane Granskog, Anthropology, CSUB
	Time:  Friday, March 5 @ 3:00 p.m. Place:  Student Union Multipurpose Room "'Please Pass the Peas' - A Play by Jill Egland" ...a reading of a play to be presented on Broadway in May, 1999 about a woman who comes to understand her own life by exploring the lives of her mother and aunt. Presented and Performed by Mandy Rees, MFA and Dr. Anita DuPratt, Performing Arts, CSUB along with Paul DuPratt
	Time:  Friday, March 5 @ 4:00 p.m. Place:  Student Union Multipurpose Room "Summing It All Up:  Prospects for the Future" ...a discussion of the ways in which women can and are making a difference in the world today. Dr. Joanne Schmidt, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, CSUB, moderator

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**If you are a matriculated student, register via an add slip through Records and Admissions.   A signature is required by Dr. Granskog which she will gladly sign.  However, please be advised that attendence in the Multi Purpose room is limited to 200 people.  SIGN UP EARLY!