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EVENTS IN MARCH 2011

TUESDAY, MARCH 29th
Lang Recital Hall - Hunter North 424
5:30pm-7:30pm
The BELLA ABZUG LECTURE
Speaker: Widney Brown, Senior Director, International Law and Policy at Amnesty International. She spoke on bullying and harassment of LGBTQI students.

WEEK of MON. MARCH 21 through FRI., MARCH 25th
Women & Gender Studies was one of the 146+ participating organizations that signed up with the Triangle Fire Coalition. Please check www.rememberthetrianglefire.org for a list of cultural and educational events in NYC that commemorated the centennial of the fire. For information: ccartei@hunter.cuny.edu

SATURDAY, MARCH 12th - SUNDAY, MARCH 27th
Hunter West/Hunter North 3rd floor Bridges
Art and research exhibit by students who took WGS 100 during Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 on: “Remember the Triangle Fire, Improve Workers' Lives Today.”

TUESDAY, MARCH 8th
Hunter West 1st floor Lobby
5:30pm-7:30pm
Panel discussion: “The Fire that Ignited a Movement of Women Workers”
In commemoration of the centennial of the Triangle Factory Fire that took the lives of 146 workers, scholars and activists discussed the legacy of the fire and the status of workers' rights then and now.
Speakers: Prof. Hasia Diner (NYU), May Y. Chen (CUNY), & Priscilla Gonzalez (DWU); moderated by Kate Kelly (Women's eNews, sponsor of the event), with opening remarks by Prof. Rupal Oza (Director, Women & Gender Studies Program at Hunter, co-sponsor of the event).

TUESDAY, MARCH 8th
HW 3rd floor area
11am - 4pm
WE CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY at our GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY FAIR with the organization working on immigrant workers' and women's rights.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2nd, FRIDAY, MARCH 4th & SATURDAY, MARCH 5th
BENEFIT PERFORMANCES OF EVE ENSLER'S THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
All performances took place in the Lang Recital Hall, room 424 Hunter North.

EVENTS IN FEBRUARY 2011

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25th
Hunter North 543
7:30pm - 10:30pm
V-DAY CABARET: a FUNDRAISER for HAITI
Featured Mother Eve; music by Boxes for Everything; Jessica Cruz; and Haitian drumming by La Troupe Makandal, Also featured an OPEN MIC SESSION. This year the V-DAY campaign SPOTLIGHT was on Haiti. Funds went to support a women's campaign in Haiti and a local grassroots group (www.vday.org).

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17th
Hunter West 3rd floor area
11am to 5pm
V-DAY FAIR: UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS
Informational tabling by organizations that work to eliminate violence against girls, women, and youth. Music, food, & more. FREE and OPEN to the public.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14th
Hunter North 3rd floor area
11am to 4pm
V-DAY TABLING for Valentine's Day