Conference on Gender and Culture

Dates of Conference: March 7-10, 2006

Tuesday March 7: Day of Activism

When the Personal Becomes Political: A Retrospect on Betty Friedan : 10am to 3pm @ the MU Quad

Yolanda Martinez: the Chicana Movement in the United States: 1:30 pm @ the WC

Keynote Speaker: Author and Activist Gayle Brandeis: 7pm @ MU 206

•  Co-sponsored by the Office of Community and Diversity, The Office of Student Life, OSU Convocations and Lectures, the Women Studies Program, and the Women's Center.

Wednesday March 8: Women in Higher Education Day

Mothering with Feminist Intention: 10 am @ MU 206 (childcare available)

Title IX Revisited: 1 pm @ MU 109

Honor's College Symposium, Listener's Panel: 4:00 pm @ MU 206 (pre-registration required, email Cynthia.briggs@oregonstate.edu or Kristin.price@oregonstate.edu )

•  Cosponsored by the Honor's College and the Women's Center

Thursday March 9: The Culture of Gender Day

Masculinity and the Media: 1pm @ MU 206

•  Cosponsored by Men Advocating for Responsible Sexuality and the Women's Center

Voices from Africa: 4pm @ MU 206

Pride Panel on Gender Identity: 6pm @ MU 206

Kate Bornstein: Activist and Performance Artist: 8pm @ MU Ballroom

•  Cosponsored by the Women's Center; the Office of Student Life; the Office of Student Affairs; the Pride Center; the Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez; Difference, Power, and Discrimination; the President's Commission on the Status of Women; the Rainbow Continuum; Convocations and Lectures; the Office of Community and Diversity; the Women Studies Program; the Office of Diversity Development; LBGT Services; and the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity

Friday, March 10: Feminist Film Festival

6-10pm @ the Women's Center

Co-sponsored by the Women Studies Program and the Women's Center

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