Women's History Month March 2013

Please join CROW and the University of Memphis Community as we celebrate "Women Making History Every Day." This year we are celebrating the everyday women in our lives who have contributed to making change right in our own homes and communities.

We invite you to participate in celebrating women this month by attending the events offered for this month. 

Tue., March 19, 2013, 5:30pm

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by the Late Dr. Manning Marable.Join the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change as they welcome Zaheer Ali who will give a lecture based on the book Malcolm X: A Life of Reinventionby the Late Dr. Manning Marable. Ali is the project manager and principal researcher for Marable's Malcolm X and the project director for the Malcolm X Project at Columbia University in NYC. 

Featuring: Chosen Generation, an inspirational choir at University of Memphis, and Andrew Golden, a U of M dance theatre major, whose artistic expressions capture the essence of the continuing struggle for civil and human rights.

University Center Theatre, University of Memphis. Reception at 5:30pm. Lecture at 6pm. Free and open to the public. For more information call 678-3974. 

Thur., March 21, 2013 6pm

It's Not Your Mother's IUD! With Nikole Gettings, MSN, CNM. Please join CHOICES. (Memphis Center for Reproductive Health) in a casual and safe atmosphere as they discuss IUDs as an effective form of long-term family planning & pregnancy prevention. Learn how you can achieve & enjoy optimal sexual and reproductive health. To register email: volunteers@MemphisChoices.org. All sessions are free & held at CHOICES. 1726 Poplar Ave,. Midtown Memphis. For more information contact info@MemphisChoices.org. Please feel free to print and share this flyer!     

Tue., March 26, 2013, 2:30pm

Third Annual Dr. Nancy Hardt Women's Health Lecture. Dr. Nancy Hardt will lecture on the topic of "Sexual Coercion and Birth Control Sabotage within Intimate Partner Violence." She will be joined by local specialists in a response panel for questions and discussion. 

Dr. Hardt is a Professor, Pathology and Ob-Gyn, Senior Associate Dean for External Affairs at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and Associate Director of the UF Family Data Center, Director of Health Disparities and Service Learning Programs in the UF College of Medicine 

2:30pm hospitality, 3-5pm presentation at The Urban Child Institute, 600 Jefferson Avenue. RSVP to Deborah Clubb, Memphis Area Women's Council, dclubb@memphiswomen.org. 

Sponsored by Memphis Area Women's Council. 

Thur., April 18, 2013, 6:00pm

Goya and the Guitar. Lily Afshar, Professor of Guitar at the University of Memphis, blends a fascinating analysis of etchings by Francisco Goya with her own inimitable performance on the classical guitar. Her first album, The 24 Caprichos de Goya, OP. 195, was originally inspired by a series of Goya's satirical black and white etchings in the eighteenth century. In order to understand the meaning of each guitar piece, Afshar extensively studied the pictures along with Goya's life, his political, social, personal and philosophical beliefs. The result is a musical masterwork. Dr. Afshar will both explain the artwork and perform selected pieces.

The event will be held at the University Center Theater, with a reception at 6:00 p.m. and the lecture/recital at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities. 

Co-sponsored by the Center for Research on Women and the Women's Leadership & Philanthropy Council.