Carnegie Mellon

Margaret Morrison's Women's History Month Lecture

March 1 at 7:00 pm, Giant Eagle Auditorium, BH A51
"Gerda Lerner, Professor Emeritus"

As a historian, author, and teacher, Gerda Lerner is one of the pioneers in the field of women's history and African-American history. Born in Vienna, Austria in 1920, Lerner immigrated to the United States in 1939 to escape Nazi persecution. In the United States, she was one of the founders of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and was former president of the Organization of American Historians. She is professor emerita of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a visiting scholar at Duke University. Lerner has written about the Grimeke sisters, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and an autobiography. Sponsored by the History Department.

Please RSVP to Helen Wang at hyw@andrew.cmu.edu.

Gender Talk

March 5 at 7:00 pm, Danforth Lounge
"Emergency Contraception & Family Planning"

Do you think you are an expert in the area of birth control and family planning? Come discuss the latest methods, concerns, and controversies surrounding family planning and birth control with a trained Planned Parenthood Educator.

Art Gallery Exhibit

March 5-9, University Center Art Gallery
"Silent Witness"

Silent Witness is an organization dedicated to ending domestic violence in the United States. Established in Minnesota in 1990, Silent Witness aims to promote a message of hope, help and healing for the victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. The Silent Witness Exhibit is a traveling memorial that has been displayed in more than 500 locations, including art galleries, museums, women's shelters, city halls, universities, high schools, and churches, touching the lives of thousands of people. Please join us in remembering those whose lives have been affected by domestic violence and help spread awareness!

Movie Night

March 20 at 4:30-6:30pm, Margaret Morrison A14
"North Country"

What Josey Aimes wants is a decent job so she can put food on the table and take care of her kids. What she gets is threatened, insulted, ogled, fondled, belittled, attacked and called filthy names. "Take it like a man," her callous male boss says. Instead, she takes it like a human being - and fights back. Charlize Theron portrays Josey in North Country, the searing story of women who broke the gender barrier laboring in hazardous Minnesota iron mines... and broke legal ground with the nation's first class-action sexual-harassment lawsuit. (2005)

Movie Night

March 26 at 4:30-6:30pm, Margaret Morrison A14
"Pretty Things"

Zorita. Betty Rowland. Sherry Britton. Dixie Evans. Lois de Fee. Once upon a time, these names conjured up impossible fantasies for nearly every red-blooded male in America. They were the burlesque stars of the 1940s through 1960s, whose elegant performances left little - but just enough - to the viewer's imagination. Liz Goldwyn grew up a huge fan of these long-forgotten Queens of Burlesque. Now, in this revealing new documentary, she reaches out to her idols in an attempt to "walk in their shoes." (2005)

Gender Book Talk

March 29 at 4:30-6:30pm, McKenna Room, University Center
Tripping the Prom Queen

Women have come a long way in their careers and fields of study, even while juggling work and home responsibilities. So why is it this progress falls short in their relationships with each other? Susan Shapiro Barash interviewed women from all walks of life to discover that their interrelationships are deficient on many levels. Barash delivers a clear and provocative message that spans relationships between mothers and daughters, sisters, female friends, and co-workers to reveal undercurrents of jealously, deceit, antagonism, and even cruelty. She does, however, deliver much-needed tips for women to use to overcome these tendencies and improve their female relationships.

This event is co-sponsored by Panhellenic Council and open to Greek women.

Lecture

March 29 at 7:00-11:00pm, Peter/Wright/McKenna Room, University Center
"Magdalen Hsu-Li"

Magdalen Hsu-Li is an Asian-American music artist, painter, poet, and speaker. A pioneering Asian-American woman in music, Magdalen is one of the first openly out bi Chinese-American singer-songwriters in the United States who is becoming a star in the acoustic/pop/folk/alternative genres. She is already an acclaimed performer on the college, festival, folk, and club tour circuits, and her music offers rebellion in sexy, soaring vocals and gritty, angst-filled lyricism. One of the first Asian-American music artists to command the alternative college playlist, Magdalen brings a confident voice and an astute awareness of her role as catalytic spokeswoman for America’s melting pot. She is opening new doors of expression for Asian-Americans and people everywhere, and is poised to become a cross-cultural pop icon. Redefining her torrid mix as a woman at the threshold of tumultuous change in America, she exposes the treacherous currents that underlie our national fabric, and explores pathways through which we all meet.

This event sponsored by Lambda Phi Epsilon & other student organizations.

HPV Informational Table

March 30, Wean Commons, University Center

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the US, yet 70% of Americans have never heard of it. Up to 20 million Americans are currently infected with sexually transmitted HPV, and it is estimated that 75 percent of reproductive age women and men have been infected with genital HPV at some point in their lives. An informational table will be available with more about HPV.

Project Linus

Ongoing throughout March

Project Linus was founded in 1995 to provide homemade security blankets to seriously ill and traumatized children. Help us create blankets for children in the local Pittsburgh area that are crocheted, knitted, quilted, or made from fleece. Blankets should be made in child-friendly colors and patterns, and free of holes. Blanket sizes needed are 22” x22” or bigger. A Project Linus blanket is a “hug” when it’s needed the most!

Please return handmade blankets to the Student Development Office in Morewood Gardens.