Spring 2018 Calendar of Events

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JANUARY

MLK Day of Service: Kristy Love Foundation

Monday January 15

Women Veterans Support Group

Tuesday, January 16

10-11am, Women’s Center Conference Room

The UofL Women's Center invites you to participate in its Women Veteran Support Group! This group is comprised of Women Student Veterans from all branches of the military as well as Active Duty, Reserves or the National Guard. Please RSVP at least 3 days in advance of each date you wish to attend. Email womenctr@louisville.edu or Phyllis M. Webb phyllis.webb@louisville.edu; Call the Women's Center 502.852.8976 for more details.

Women Veterans Support Group

Thursday, January 18

3-4pm, Women’s Center Conference Room

The UofL Women's Center invites you to participate in its Women Veteran Support Group! This group is comprised of Women Student Veterans from all branches of the military as well as Active Duty, Reserves or the National Guard. Please RSVP at least 3 days in advance of each date you wish to attend. Email womenctr@louisville.edu or Phyllis M. Webb phyllis.webb@louisville.edu; Call the Women's Center 502.852.8976 for more details.

AAUW at UofL General Body Meeting: Who is AAUW?

Thursday, January 18

6-7pm, Shumaker Research Building 139

Join us for our first general body meeting! This will be an opportunity to meet members, find out more about the organization and work towards goals for the organization. 

HSC Women’s Lunch & Trivia

Friday, January 19

12-1pm, HSC CTR Building Room 123

The Women's Post-Doc Lunch on the Health Science campus gives women the opportunity to enjoy yummy food while meeting and networking with fellow post-doc and graduate women.

Women 4 Women Student Board Meeting

Friday January 19

2-3pm, Shumaker 139

Learn all about our group, programs, and leadership opportunities!

MLK Day of Service: Kristy Love Foundation

Monday January 15

Women Veterans Support Group

Tuesday, January 16

10-11am, Women’s Center Conference Room

The UofL Women's Center invites you to participate in its Women Veteran Support Group! This group is comprised of Women Student Veterans from all branches of the military as well as Active Duty, Reserves or the National Guard. Please RSVP at least 3 days in advance of each date you wish to attend. Email womenctr@louisville.edu or Phyllis M. Webb phyllis.webb@louisville.edu; Call the Women's Center 502.852.8976 for more details.

Women Veterans Support Group

Thursday, January 18

3-4pm, Women’s Center Conference Room

The UofL Women's Center invites you to participate in its Women Veteran Support Group! This group is comprised of Women Student Veterans from all branches of the military as well as Active Duty, Reserves or the National Guard. Please RSVP at least 3 days in advance of each date you wish to attend. Email womenctr@louisville.edu or Phyllis M. Webb phyllis.webb@louisville.edu; Call the Women's Center 502.852.8976 for more details.

AAUW at UofL General Body Meeting: Who is AAUW?

Thursday, January 18

6-7pm, Shumaker Research Building 139

Join us for our first general body meeting! This will be an opportunity to meet members, find out more about the organization and work towards goals for the organization. 

HSC Women’s Lunch & Trivia

Friday, January 19

12-1pm, HSC CTR Building Room 123

The Women's Post-Doc Lunch on the Health Science campus gives women the opportunity to enjoy yummy food while meeting and networking with fellow post-doc and graduate women.

Women 4 Women Student Board Meeting

Friday January 19

2-3pm, Shumaker 139

Learn all about our group, programs, and leadership opportunities!

Women 4 Women Student Board Retreat

Friday January 19 – Sunday January 21

Hopscotch House

Women Veterans Support Group

Wednesday, January 24

12-1pm, Women’s Center Conference Room

The UofL Women's Center invites you to participate in its Women Veteran Support Group! This group is comprised of Women Student Veterans from all branches of the military as well as Active Duty, Reserves or the National Guard. Please RSVP at least 3 days in advance of each date you wish to attend. Email womenctr@louisville.edu or Phyllis M. Webb phyllis.webb@louisville.edu; Call the Women's Center 502.852.8976 for more details.

UNA-Women at UofL Interest Meeting

Thursday January 25

4:30-5:30pm, Ekstrom Library 117A

Join our newly forming UNA Women Student Group to learn how you can become an advocate for global gender equality! Their focus is on advocacy, education and awareness about women’s issues on a local, national and global scale.

 


FEBRUARY


 

Women 4 Women Student Board Meeting

Friday, February 2

2-3pm, Shumaker 139

Learn all about our group, programs, and leadership opportunities!

UNA-Women at UofL Volunteer at LaCasita Center

Saturday February 3

1-3pm

Co-Sponsor 22nd Annual African American Music Heritage Institute AIN’T I AM WOMAN

Monday February 5

8-9:30pm, Comstock Concert Hall at the School of Music

The program celebrates the lives and times of four significant African American women.  As presented by the CORE Ensemble, an ensemble that celebrates diversity through chamber music theater.  “Ain’t I a Woman” is a chamber music theatre work for actress and trio (cello, piano & percussion) celebrating the lives and times of ex-slave and fiery abolitionist Sojourner Truth, renowned novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, exuberant folk artist Clementine Hunter and fervent civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer.  Text is by Kim Hines. The musical score is drawn from the heartfelt spirituals of the Deep South, the urban exuberance of the Jazz Age and concert music by African American composers including Diane Monroe.

General admission to the performance will be $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students.   Children 10 and under will be admitted free.  U of L students will be admitted free with their valid student ID.  Tickets may be reserved by calling (502) 852-6907, or they may be purchased at the door.

UNA-Women at UofL International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

Tuesday February 6

11am-1pm, SAC LL

AAUW at UofL General Body Meeting

Thursday, February 8

6-7pm, Shumaker Research Building 139

Join us! This will be an opportunity to meet members, find out more about the organization and work towards goals for the organization. 

UNA-Women General Body Meeting: Female Gentile Mutilation

Thursday, February 8

6-8pm, Ekstrom W104

Join us! This will be an opportunity to meet members, find out more about the organization and work towards goals for the organization. 

HSC Women’s Lunch & Trivia

Friday, February 16

12-1pm, HSC CTR Building Room 123

The Women's Post-Doc Lunch on the Health Science campus gives women the opportunity to enjoy yummy food while meeting and networking with fellow post-doc and graduate women.

Women 4 Women Student Board Meeting

Friday February 16

2-3pm, TBD

Learn all about our group, programs, and leadership opportunities!

Campus Talk: Stain the Stigma

Tuesday, February 20

12-130pm, Shumaker Research Building 139

Let’s talk about it. Period. Join us for a fun, interactive & informative session on all things menstrual!

National Wear Red Day

Tuesday, February 20

3:30-5pm, Cultural Center MPR

Other partners include the Student Parent Association; MAPS (Multicultural Association of Pre-Medical School Students); TREW Friends of the University of Louisville; and others (to be announced).

AAUW at UofL General Body Meeting

Thursday, February 22

6-7pm, Shumaker Research Building 139

Join us! This will be an opportunity to meet members, find out more about the organization and work towards goals for the organization. 

Human Trafficking Awareness Conference

Thursday February 22

Doors open at 5:30pm; 6-8pm, Student Activities Center Multipurpose Room

The Women 4 Women Student Board hosts this annual conference about this modern-day slavery issue in Louisville with local and national speakers. They encourage students and the public to become involved in efforts to make other people aware of the problem and to help stop it.


MARCH


 

Women’s Yoga Class

Thursday March 1

6pm, SAC W309K

Join us for a Women’s only yoga class! Dress in comfortable clothes to move in. Bring water bottle and mats will be provided. Arrive at 5:45pm. Class size limited so registration required. Made possible by: Health Promotion & Women's Center.

Women 4 Women Student Board Meeting: Women's Issues Around the World

Friday March 2

2-3pm, SAC W310B

Kentucky Women’s Book Festival

Saturday March 3

9:30 a.m. (meet ‘n greet); 1st session starts at 10:00 a.m., U of L Ekstrom Library

The KWBF is celebrating its 11-year anniversary with a full slate of author presentations, book signings and opportunities to mingle with fell book lovers.  

5th Annual International Women’s Day, Cultural Awareness Event

Thursday, March 8

6-8pm, SAC MPR

Bring your family and friends to celebrate Women all around the world with international food, cultural performances, presentations and more!

Empowering Ladies Together (ELT) Lock-In

Friday, March 9

10pm, Miller FYRC

Have no plans for Spring Break? Join ELT for our annual Lock In on Friday, March 9th at 10PM! The admission fee will only be a feminine hygiene product, lightly used purse, or $5 donation. We'll have FREE food and a host of activities for the evening. We look forward to seeing you there!

Spring Break: March 12 – March 18

Student-Parent Association (SPA) Cards Financial Workshop

Tuesday March 20

4-5pm, SAC W305

Learn the 'ins and 'outs of budgeting; budget, income and expense management. Facilitated by Commonwealth Credit Union.

Making and Shaping History: Women in Space Science

March 22 - March 24

March 22

6:00 – 6:30: Reception (co-sponsored by the Cultural Center and possibly AKA)

6:30: Hidden Figures

 

March 23

6:30 – 7:25: “Women in Space” (PBS series, Makers, season 2 episode)

Break

7:40 – 8:30: “Sisters of the Sun” (Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey episode)

8:30 – 8:50: Q&A with Breanna Ausbrooks, Bri Mills and others from Physics (Bri coordinate?)

 

March 24

4:00 – 5:00: Presentation

Sophia Mitchell, Aerospace Engineer

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Women 4 Women Student Board Meeting: Sexual Assault, Rape Culture and Recent News

Friday March 23

2-3pm, Shumaker 139


APRIL


 

Book Donation Drive

April 2 - April 30

The U of L Women’s Center is partnering with the Family Scholar House and Gray’s Bookstore for a Book Collection Drive to benefit the Women’s Center Student Parent Association, Women 4 Women Student Board and the Family Scholar House.

U of L faculty can drop off old editions of textbooks that are no longer used or spare copies of texts that have been piling up over several semesters.

Drop off location for faculty:  U of L Women’s Center, Administrative Annex Building), lower level. Visit the web site, http://www.louisville.edu/womenscenter for additional on-campus drop off locations.

Anti-Street Harassment Week: April 2-8

Empowering Ladies Together (ELT) General Body Meeting

Tuesday April 3

TBA

Women 4 Women Student Board Meeting: Sexual Health

Friday April 6

2-3pm, Shumaker 139

Equal Pay Day

Tuesday April 10

$tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshop

Tuesday April 10

TBA

This is an interactive workshop designed to give college women the confidence and skills they need to earn fair compensation and help close the gender gap. Light refreshments. 

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Panel: Global Challengers to Gender Equality

Wednesday April 11

TBA

This panel discussion is co-sponsored by the United National Association of Louisville and the Louisville Coalition for CEDAW. Speakers will include Jamieca Jones, UofL Women's Center and others. 

AAUW at UofL General Body Meeting

Thursday, April 12

6-7pm, Shumaker Research Building 139

Join us! This will be an opportunity to meet members, find out more about the organization and work towards goals for the organization. 

UNA-Women General Body Meeting

Thursday, April 12

6-7pm, Ekstrom W104

Join us! This will be an opportunity to meet members, find out more about the organization and work towards goals for the organization. 

Women 4 Women Student Board Meeting

Friday April 13

2-3pm, TBD

Learn all about our group, programs, and leadership opportunities!

Cards Against Catcalling

Tuesday April 17

12-2pm, Red Barn

Women 4 Women Student Board & the Women's Center will be hosting events for National Anti-Street Harassment Week with education, engaging, and interactive presentations and discussions on what street harassment is; the prevalence of it, and ways to combat street harassment in our community. 

UofL Women's Network Roundtable Discussion

Thursday April 19

4-6pm, Clinical Translational Research Building

The roundtable discussion will feature speakers from various disciplines. This professional development event is open to all UofL faculty and staff. RSVP to womenctr@louisville.edu by April 17. 

HSC Women’s Lunch & Trivia

Friday, April 20

12-1pm, HSC CTR Building Room 123

The Women's Post-Doc Lunch on the Health Science campus gives women the opportunity to enjoy yummy food while meeting and networking with fellow post-doc and graduate women.

Women 4 Women Student Board Meeting

Friday April 20

2-3pm, Shumaker 139

Women's Yoga Class

Friday April 20

5-6pm, SAC East Gym

Join us for a Women’s only yoga class! Dress in comfortable clothes to move in. Bring water bottle and mats will be provided. Arrive at 4:45pm. Class size limited so registration required. Made possible by: Health Promotion & Women's Center.

MAY