August 2009

• Aug 15  Palouse Pride, East City Park, 12:00 – 5:00 pm. March from Friendship Square at 11:30 am. Come and enjoy free music by The Fabulous KingPins, eat some yummy food from Patty’s Kitchen, and check out the Women’s Center’s and LGBTQA Office’s booths!
• Aug 26  Women’s Equality Day! Established in 1971, this historic day commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment - the Woman Suffrage Amendment - to the U.S. Constitution, which gave U.S. women full voting rights in 1920.

Ø   Pay Equity Bake Sale – Idaho Commons Plaza, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. Stop by our booth to buy delicious baked goods, learn more about Women’s Equality Day, and find out how you can be involved in helping to work towards greater economic, social, and political equality for all! Treats on sale! Women = $0.78, Men = $1.

Ø   Free film showing: One Woman, One Vote – Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 5:00 pm. From Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s electrifying call for women's rights at Seneca Falls in 1848, to the last no-holds-barred fight in 1920, this film illuminates the story of the fledgling alliances that grew into a sophisticated mass movement. The films portrays the movement’s leaders, among them Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul, who gave their lives to making America a true democracy. Narrated by actress Susan Sarandon.

September 2009

·         Sept 2  “Get the Scoop” Women’s Center & LGBTQA Office Open House & Ice-Cream Social, grassy area in front of Memorial Gym, 12:00-2:00 pm. Sundaes on Wednesday! Come learn about our services and upcoming programs and events, meet our staff, find out about ways to get involved, and enjoy a delicious build-your-own ice-cream sundae on us! Free and open to all!

·         Sept 4  Non-Traditional & Student Parent Welcome (Back) Picnic, Ghormley Park, 4:00-6:00 pm. Join the Dean of Students' Office and the Women's Center for a fun, free, family-friendly picnic! Meet other student parents/non-traditional students and get information and referrals to resources on campus and in the community that will help to foster your success as a U of I student! Dinner provided. Please RSVP to wcenter@uidaho.edu so that we know how much food to order!

• Sept 9  Women’s Mentoring Program Application Deadline
• Sept 10  Women’s Mentoring Program  “Meet Your Match” event, Student Diversity Center, 4:30-6:00 pm. Sorry, open to 2009-2010 WMP participants only.
• Sept 23  Women’s Center Brown Bag Series, Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 12:30-1:30 pm. Giving Hope to Tibetan Women: Travis Thompson, a University of Idaho alum, will discuss his book, "Breaking the Shackles: 50 Years of Tibetan Women's Struggle", and present information on his newly-established non-profit organization, TACTIC. TACTIC is a social activist organization that helps indigenous cultures around the world preserve their history and maintain independence in a modernizing world. The organization is hoping to start an outreach program at the University of Idaho to aid Tibetan women seeking higher education opportunities within the Indian and Nepalese university education system. Free and open to all.
• Sept 24  Women’s Reading Club, Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 4:00-5:30 pm. We will be discussing Vladmir Nabokov's classic novel, Lolita.  For more information, contact group leaders Dina Zeiger or Rami Attebury.
• Sept 30  Women’s Center Film Series, Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 12:00-2:00 pm. War Zone: What does it feel like to be a woman on the street in a cultural environment that does nothing to discourage men from heckling, following, touching or disparaging women in public spaces? Filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West believes that the streets are a War Zone for women. Armed with only a video camera, she both demonstrates this experience and, by turning and confronting her abusers, reclaims space that was stolen from her. Discussion to follow film. Free and open to all.

October 2009
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Prevention Month
LGBT History Month

• Oct 2  Women’s Center Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. Hey guys, kick off Dads' Weekend by walking a mile in high-heeled shoes! This fundraising event will benefit local agencies and organizations that provide advocacy, education and support services for survivors of gender-based violence.
  
  
• Oct 9   LGBTQ Ally Fest
  
  
• Oct 11  National Coming Out Day
  
  
• Oct 12 & 13  ASUI Vandal Entertainment’s International Film Series: Finding Face, Borah Theater, SUB, 7:00 pm. $2 students, $3 general admission. The film details the controversial case of Tat Marina, a young woman who was attacked with acid in Cambodia in 1999. Acid attacks, which involve the deliberate throwing of nitric or sulfuric acid into the face of another person (usually young women), are on the rise worldwide. The film contextualizes acid violence as both a human rights violation and a form of gender-based violence, as most victims are accused of transgressing gender or sexual norms in some way.
  
  
• Oct 14  Women’s Center Brown Bag Series, Women’s Center lounge, Mem Gym 109, 12:30-1:30 pm. Finding Face: Patti Duncan, Associate Professor of Women's Studies at Oregon State University, will discuss her documentary film and provide information about how participants can get involved in advocating for justice for survivors of acid attacks. Free and open to all. 
  
  
• Oct 14  Special fundraising showing of Finding Face, Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 S. Main Street, Moscow, 7:00 pm. Patti Duncan, co-director of this critically-acclaimed documentary, will introduce this special screening of her film. A meet-and-greet reception with refreshments will follow.
  
  
• Oct 17  Women's Build 2009. The Women's Center and the ASUI Center for Volunteerism & Social Action are teaming up for a day of volunteer construction work for women only! This is a great opportunity to meet other people who are interested in volunteering, and hopefully, to learn some new construction skills. We will be going to Palouse, WA for a day to work with Habitat for Humanity to help frame a house that the organization has just begun building. We will depart Moscow around 7:30 am and will be back around 4:00 pm. Transportation and lunch will be provided. Please go to http://volunteer.asui.uidaho.edu/volunteer/womensbuild to register by October 13 . Hurry, space is limited to the first fifteen volunteers!
  
• Oct 28  Women’s Mentoring Program Mid-Semester Social, Student Diversity Center, TLC 229, 5:00-7:00 pm. Sorry, open to 2009-2010 WMP participants only. 
• Oct 29  Women’s Reading Club, Women’s Center lounge, Mem Gym 109, 4:00-5:30 pm. We will be discussing the novel Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. For more information, contact group leaders Dina Zeiger or Rami Attebury.
  
• Oct 30  Women’s Center Film Series, Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 12:00-2:00 pm. Dreamworlds 3: Sut Jhally's groundbreaking film examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives shape individual and cultural attitudes about sexuality. Illustrated with hundreds of up-to-date images, the film offers a unique and powerful tool for understanding both the continuing influence of music videos, and how pop culture more generally filters the identities of young men and women through a dangerously narrow set of myths about sexuality and gender. Free and open to all.

November 2009 

• Nov 6-7  WomensWorks Holiday Art Fair, SUB Ballroom, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm. Featuring 50 women artists from around the Pacific Northwest region selling jewelry, handmade cards and prints, beadwork, fiber art, pottery, stained glass, candles, soaps, hand-blown glass, handmade paper journals, quilts, and much, much more! Food booths offering international dishes, homemade desserts, and baked goods. Live instrumental holiday music provided by local musicians, raffles of artist-donated items throughout the fair. Admission by donation. Proceeds benefit the Betsy Thomas Gender Equity Scholarship and Women's Center programming.  
• Nov 13  Women’s Center Film Series, Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 12:00-2:00 pm. Who Does She Think She Is? This documentary by Academy Award-winning director Pamela Tanner Boll explores the lives of five women struggling to balance mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art. Discussion follows film. Free and open to all. 
• Nov 13-14 Auditions for The Vagina Monologues. Time and location TBA.
• Nov 18  Women’s Center Brown Bag Series, Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 12:30-1:30 pm. Taking a Bite out of Twilight: Race, Class & Gender though Vampire Eyes: Just days before the release of the second "Twilight" movie, "New Moon", we will explore the "Twilight" series and examine how race, class, and gender are portrayed in teen literature. Does this popular series perpetuate racism? How does classism play out in the dynamics between Bella, Jacob, and Edward? What gender dynamics are evident between the interplay of the main characters? Upon exploring these questions, we will ask – does this matter and why should we be concerned with these norms in popular teen literature? Free and open to all!

• Nov 19  Women’s Reading Club, Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 4:00-5:30 pm. Book/reading TBA.
  

December 2009

• Dec 1  World AIDS Day
• Dec 4  Women’s Center Film Series, Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 12:00-2:00 pm. Three Girls I Know: Maggie, Ari and Tishaun, three ethnically diverse teenagers from Montana, San Francisco and Baltimore, find their lives abruptly altered by the impact of a sexual decision. How each girl subsequently deals with the consequences gives an up-close-and-personal look at teenage life: peer pressure, parents, relationships, sexuality, pregnancy and HIV/AIDS. Discussion follows film. Free and open to all. 
• Dec 9  Women’s Center Brown Bag Series, Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 12:30-1:30 pm.
• Dec 16  Women’s Mentoring Program Holiday Party, Student Diversity Center, TLC 229, 5:00-7:00 pm. Sorry, open to 2009-2010 WMP participants only. 
• Dec 17  Women’s Reading Club, Women’s Center lounge, Memorial Gym 109, 4:00-5:30 pm. Book/reading TBA.