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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY @ JOHNS HOPKINS

On March 2nd, there will be an International Women's Day event at Johns Hopkins University. The event will include a forum with a wide array of speakers (including Tuncel- deputy from Turkish parliament); open discussion; film screening (Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Women); and free food!
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The Forgotten Social Histories Community of Johns Hopkins University is holding an event this Sunday, March 2, to celebrate International Women's Day. As you can see from the program listed below, there is an impressive array of speakers scheduled for the event. Also note that there will be plenty of discussion time, and free food!

Social Histories Community is largely made up of international graduate students. For more information:
socialhistories.blogspot.com/

Sunday, March 2nd @ Arellano Theater, in Levering Hall (under the glass pavilion),
Homewood Campus, JHU, 3400, North Charles St, Baltimore.

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

1:00 PM
Opening Comments, Social Histories Group
Presentation on IWD, Social Histories Group
Sebahat Tuncel (Keynote Speaker-deputy of Turkish Parliament)
Nadine Bloch (anti-war activist)

Joanne M. Martin (Co-Founder and Director of Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Susan Pearce (Global Women of Baltimore)
Edythe Jones (Women in Black)

Steven Strauss (Freedom Socialist)
United Workers
Susan Black (Worker's World)
Paula Robbins (Women of Palestine)

Esra Saríoglu (Binghamton University-feminist/socialist movement in Turkey)
Katie Allston (Marian House)
Open Discussion
Closing Comments, Social Histories Group
Free Food Service

5:30 PM
Film Screening: Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Women (Documentary, 2005, 27 minutes).

Organizations with Tables:
Women in Black
United Workers
Spark
IRC
Amnesty International (JHU)
DSAGA
Marian House
Ladyfest Baltimore
Red Emma's
 
 
 

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