RETHINKING OUR FUTURE: INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S DAY 2001 CONFERENCE.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10TH, 9AM-6PM
AT THE LOOP CAMPUS OF DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
-- 1 EAST JACKSON BLVD, 8th Floor
Providing a forum for Chicago-area women to strategize,
network and share information and resources, the conference will
address the many personal and political issues that affect women's
lives. Dozens of social service organizations that serve Chicago
women, as well as political organizations will be represented.
Participants can choose from a dizzying array of WORKSHOPS
on diverse issues important to women, from the economic effects
of globalization to health care, reproductive freedom, herbal remedies,
Queer issues, homelessness, theories of feminism, environmental
justice, and women in prison. And this is just to name a few! In
between workshops, participants can browse through the LITERATURE
AND ORGANIZATION FAIR to find out more about Chicago area groups
working on women's issues.
If that is not enough to keep participants busy, the
day also includes screenings of women related/women produced videos,
such as "JANE," a documentary about the Jane collective,
a group that provided underground abortions for women in the late
60s and early 70s before Roe V. Wade; "SKIN DEEP," a documentary
about the distribution and effects of the contraceptive Norplant
in the U.S.; "WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND," the Women's International
Information Project documentary about women in prison; "WOMEN
UNITED," a Chiapas Media Project documentary about indigenous
women's collective work in Chiapas, Mexico.
To accompany the vegetarian lunch, the skillful KOREAN
WOMEN'S DRUMMING GROUP will perform in the afternoon. The day will
conclude with an after-hours cultural program with scenes from the
internationally acclaimed "VAGINA MONOLOGUES" and other
performances.
THIS IS A CHICAGO EVENT THAT WOMEN SHOULD NOT MISS!
Suggested donation for this event is $5
(no one turned away, lunch provided).
EVENT SUMMARY:
What: International Women’s Day Conference 2001:
workshops, videos, performances, and an organization-book fair
When:
Saturday, March 10, 9am – 6pm
Where:
DePaul Center, DePaul University,
1 East Jackson Boulevard, 8th Floor
Contact:
Jennifer 312/805-1503,
Sonia Stevens 773/728-1969 or
email IWD2001@hotmail.com
Sponsors/Endorsers/Participating Organizations:
• Co-Sponsors: Advocates for Prostituted Women and Girls, Affinity
Community Services, Autonomous Zone, Chicago Foundation For Women,
Chicago NOW, Chicago Queer Commission of DSA, DEPAUL Women's Center,
News & Letters, Not in My Name, Rape Victim Advocates, Roosevelt
University Women and Gender Studies Program, Womyn's Radical Self-Help
Network • Endorsers: African American Women Evolving, Anti-Racist
Action, Chiapas Media Project, Chicago Abortion Fund, Chicago Legal
Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM), Chicago Anit-Bashing
Network, Women's International Information Project
•Participating Organizations:
American Friends Service Committee, Amnesty International, Anti-Defamation
League, Apna Ghar, Campaign For Labor Rights, Chicago Women's AIDS
Project, Girls Unidas, Horizons Community Services, Korean American
Women In Need (KANWIN), Lesbian Community Cancer Project, Little
Village Environmental Justice Organization, Mujeres Latinas en Acción,
Neopolitan Lighthouse, People for Community Recovery, Project Hope,
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago. Lunch provided by Food Not Bombs.
Preliminary Conference Schedule:
Please note: Some workshops may shift slots,
but most are in place at the time set below.
9:00 - 9:30am Registration (plus bagels and coffee)
9:45 - 10:45am Opening Plenary session
10:55 - 11:55am
• Feminism & Theories of Liberation
• Hate Crimes: What you Need to Know
• Lifting Our Voices: Youth Speak Out on Gender Discrimination
11:00am - 1:00pm
• Black Women Fighting Racism within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgendered Liberation Movements
• Globalization: Economic Effects on Women Nationally
and Internationally
• The Many Faces of Domestic Violence
• Sage Femme: Fertility Awareness, Natural Birth Control,
Safe Herbal Menagogues and the Politics of Women's Health
12:00 - 1:00pm
• Reproductive Freedom Nationally and Internationally
• Sex for Women
1:00 - 1:50pm Lunch
• Korean Women’s Drumming Group
• Videos— “Skin Deep” and “Women United”
2:00 - 3:00pm
• Environmental Justice: Women Fighting Toxic Racism in Chicago
• Impact of Sexual Assault on our Communities
3:05 - 4:05pm
• Global Perspectives on Women
• Israeli and Palestinian Women Uniting for a Just Peace
• Women and Homelessness: Welfare "Reform" and
the Criminal Injustice System
2:00 - 4:00pm
• Global and Local Organizing to Stop Pimps and Traffickers
• Global Struggles of Women Against Sweatshops
• The Politics of Women's Health Care Today
• Women Fighting Back Against the Criminal Injustice System
and Video — “What We Leave Behind”
4:15 - 5:15pm Wrap-up/Rap
5:15 - 6:15pm Cultural After Hours:
•Video — “Jane”;
•Performances including —“Vagina Monologues”
