Starting this weekend, a number of events in celebration International Women's Day are taking place in Regina. A feature event is a Saturday night banquet with keynote speaker Buffy St.-Marie. Earlier on Saturday, 'Who is the woman who inspired you the most?' is the topic of a 'Linking Women to Women' gathering. On the official day, Monday, March 8, the University of Regina will be the site of a mini-conference drawing the links between African and Indigenous grandmothers. To learn more about these events, 'read
more.'
Honour and Give Banquet
The Prairie Lily Feminist Society
invites you to a celebration: "Honour & Give: A Tribute to the 100th
Anniversary of International Women's Day. Evraz Place, Regina
Featuring Guest of Honour Buffy Sainte-Marie. Dinner and silent
auction. Tickets are $50 and available at the U of Regina Women's Centre
and Book and Brier Patch Book Store.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grandmothers for Grandmothers
Monday, March 8, 2010, from 8:45am to 1pm
International Women's Day - Grandmothers for Grandmothers, with Speakers
Margaret Akan - Director of All Nations Hope AIDS Network and Dr. Dale Dewar -
past president of physicians for global survival & medical columnist on CBC
Radio. Special Panel of African and Indigenous grandmothers will speak
about challenges and hopes for their communities. In the Theatre at
the Institute Francais, University of Regina.
Lunch $10.00 adults, $5.00 students. RSVP by March 3rd to
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY SATURDAY MARCH 6, 2010 1:00 TO 4:00 PM United Way Community Room 1440 Scarth Street, Regina
Free Admission & childcare provided
Linking Women to Women
Topic: Who is the woman who has
inspired you the most?
Guest speakers: Marg Friesen,
Bonnie Morton & Lisa Faye
Music provided by Carla Mcewen
Time to share our own stories.
Art and crafts. Socializing.
Refreshments.
Sponsored
by Regina PhotoVoice - Switch Focus
Switch
Focus is a non profit organization working to voice the views of women
regarding poverty and injustice and to create positive change in society
For more information -
Monday March 8, 2010- REGINA
International Women's Day - Into the Breech: Our Indigenous and African Grandmothers
Language Institute Theatre. University of Regina.
8:45 Welcome
9:00 Film- For the Next 7 Generations
9:40 Speaker -Margaret Akan (All Nations Hope AIDS Network)
10:30 break
10:50 Panel: Sheila Fahlman from Grandmothers 4 grandmothers;
Doreen Topp from Aboriginal Grandmothers caring for Grandchildren; and
Muna DeCiman from the Daughters of Africa.
11:50 Lunch
12:20 Speaker Dr. Dale Dewar (Past SCIC Global Citizen Award winner, Physicians for Global Survival)
12:50 Wrap-up
Lunch- $10 or $5 for students and limited income. Please RSVP by March 3 by emailing or calling 757-4669. Parking available in Lot 3 area M.
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Starting this weekend, a number of events in celebration International Women's Day are taking place in Regina. A feature event is a Saturday night banquet with keynote speaker Buffy St.-Marie. Earlier on Saturday, 'Who is the woman who inspired you the most?' is the topic of a 'Linking Women to Women' gathering. On the official day, Monday, March 8, the University of Regina will be the site of a mini-conference drawing the links between African and Indigenous grandmothers. To learn more about these events, 'read
more.'