2007 National Crime Victims' Rights Week
Victims' Rights: Every Victim. Every Time.

April 22-28 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week – a time for all American’s to learn about victimization, reflect on the cost of crime to our society and promote laws, policies, and programs to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. The week’s theme, “Victims’ Rights: Every Victim. Every Time.,” envisions a strengthened national commitment to the nearly 24 million Americans harmed by crime each year. Read On...

The opening reception starts at 5:00pm and the program is 5:15-8:00pm. Paula Stark will speak about her experience as a survivor of sexual abuse. Author and survivor, Sue Silverman, will read exerts from her publications including "Because I
Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You." Refreshments will be provided. Please join us for this remarkable exhibit as we commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

This exhibit will also be open to the public on April 20 and 27 5:00-8:00pm at Center for Women in Transition.

Women’s Reproductive Health Conference
“Every woman facing a difficult reproductive choices deserves a surrounding where she can gather factual information, explore all her options and receive sensitive support"

Featuring artistic representations from Hope students, information on local organizations that provide reproductive healthcare, including Hope College's Health Center and Counseling Center, a keynote speaker from Planned Parenthood, a roundtable discussion including issues of sexuality, and personal testimonies.

Time Schedule:

Begin at 4pm
Walk through until 4:15pm
“Back Alley Detroit” Documentary at 4:15pm
Keynote Speaker at 5pm
Walk through at 5:45pm
Round Table Discussion at 6pm

Sponsored by Women Studies. Organized by three Psychology and Women Studies majors with participation by the Hope College Health Center and Counseling Center.

"The Role of Feminism in My Life"

Sandra Hansen, of “Women’s History Alive,” will present her one-woman show: Kate’s Pants and then speak about the role of feminism in her life. From the second ever Hope College Women’s Studies major to carpenter, political activists, actor, world traveler, painter and visionary.

Kate’s Pants is a light hearted introduction to women’s history. As Sandra removes eleven layers of clothes she becomes Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and others.

Sponsored by Women's Studies

Heal with Teal 5K Fun Run

Late registration and packet pick up begins at 10:30 am in Centennial Park (10th and River Avenue) in downtown Holland on race day (t-shirts are not guaranteed for late registration

*This is a FREE event
*Prizes will be awarded to the first 3 male and female runners
*Free raffle for prizes, refreshments and bagels will be provided following the event

Pick up a registration form at the Hope Counseling Center and mail it to:

Center for Women in Transition
411 Butternut Drive
Holland, MI 49424

Sponsored by The Center for Women in Transition

Apr. 12, 7:30pm
Park Theater on River Avenue

West African Music Performers
The principal performer is Alhaji Papa Susso, and he is a griot from the Gambia. The female singer/dancer is Tapa Demba, from Mali. Papa Susso is a Griot (traditional oral historian) from the Gambia, and plays the kora (a 21-string lyre).

In the Gambia, he directs a center for the study of Mande history and culture. In the US, he has an impressive list of concert and campus performances, and holds a lectureship at UC Santa Barbara.

Admission is free for Hope students, faculty and staff.

Sponsored by Music & Women's Studies Departments

Jazz Combo and Joan Silber, Fiction Reading
A part of the Visiting Writers Series

National Day to End Sexual Violence & Denim Day
Wear denim in honor of the National Day to End Sexual Violence. Denim Day began in response to a 1999 Italian Supreme Court decision to overturn a rape conviction because the victim was wearing jeans. Show your support and encourage others to challenge harmful attitudes and myths about sexual violence by wearing denim.

Sponsored by Greek Men Take a Stand, Hope College Counseling Center & The Center for Women in Transition

Jazz Combo and Anele Rubin and Mary Ann Samyn, Poetry Reading
A part of the Visiting Writers Series

Vagina Monologues

Eve Ensler's production of Vagina Monologues has become a national event in support of women all over the world, particularly women who have experienced violence.

The production of Vagina Monologues in Holland will include almost 40 faculty and students from Hope.

Tickets are $5. $8 at the door. Box office number is 616-395-6913. The proceeds will go to support local women's organizations.

Amnesty International Focus Week 2007:
Write-a-thon! Come and write letters on behalf of women and girls all around the world. Make your voice heard!

Amnesty International Focus Week 2007:
A showing of the Emmy-award winning documentary, Until the Violence Stops, that chronicles an international grassroots movement to stop violence against women and girls all around the world.

Women of Color Dinner (RSVP required)
From the Office of Multicultural Life

Mar. 7, 11:45am
DeVos Place, Convention Center, Grand Rapids

18th Annual Employer Recognition Award
Organized by Grand Rapids Women's Resource Center
This event is West Michigan's only prestigious award publicly recognizing employer's contributions to the success of women in their workplaces.

Keynote Speaker: Kendra Todd
President of The Kendra Todd Group and Winner of Donald Trump's The Apprentice

Tickets: $50 (To purchase tickets, contact contact Megan Taliaferro at mtaliaferro@grwrc.org or call 616-458-5443 for more information.)

Vagina Monologues

Eve Ensler's production of Vagina Monologues has become a national event in support of women all over the world, particularly women who have experienced violence.

The production of Vagina Monologues in Holland will include almost 40 faculty and students from Hope.

Tickets are $5. $8 at the door. Box office number is 616.395.7890. The proceeds will go to support local women's organizations.

Feb. 28, 1pm/Mar. 1, 1:30pm
Maas Conference Room/ Science Center
3128

Talk on Anorexia by Jill Tanis
Jill Tanis, Holistic Health Counselor, will be speaking about her college struggle with anorexia and her journey towards healing. She will then share a wholistic approach to nutrition that inspires and empowers people to powerfully impact their health.

A Certified Holistic Health Counselor and a member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners, she received her education from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City. Before becoming a health counselor, she earned a B.A. in Exercise Science and Psychology from Hope College and worked as an Education Coordinator in a corporate wellness department. She runs a private health counseling practice in Holland, Michigan and counsels women all over the U.S.

Jill supports women around primary food issues, sugar cravings and blood sugar imbalances, emotional eating, irritable bowel syndrome and overall healthy eating and living. It is her desire to nourish, educate and inspire her clients from the inside out, empowering them to lead healthy, vibrant lives!

Women of virtue - ladies only
This program is for female students from all backgrounds, as it encourages intercultural dialogue. We had a diverse group of female students last month. The discussion certainly revealed that we have many more things in common than society would like us to realize.

"Piles of Stones? Challenges of Diversity in a Global World" by Dr. Carolyn Calloway-Thomas

Dr. Calloway-Thomas is the director of the Interracial Community Project, Associate Professor of Communication and Culture, and Adjunct Professor of Afro-American Studies at Indiana University - Bloomington. She specializes in African-American oratory and communication and teaches about the different ways ethnic culture conditions people to communicate.

Presented by the Communication Department, the Dean of International and Multicultural Education and the Dean of Social Sciences.

Feb. 15, 4:00pm
Maas Auditorium

Feb. 1, 8:00pm
Maas Conference

Heather Sellers & Susanna Childress, Poetry Reading
The reading is free and open to the public.  The poets will sell and sign their books after the reading.

Heather Sellers is the author of six books, most recently Chapter by Chapter, a sequel to her book for writers, Page After Page, as well as forthcoming poetry from New Issues Press and a creative writing textbook from Bedford/St. Martins. A multi-genre writer, her work has been awarded an NEA fellowship, Millay and Ragdale residencies, and a Barnes and Noble New Discovery Writers Award. She is currently working on a memoir, Face First, addressing her own experience with prosopagnosia, or, face blindness.

Susanna Childress is the author of Jagged with Love, a debsut volume of poems chosen by Billy Collins for the 2005 Brittingham Prize. She is also recipient of an AWP Intro Award, the Foley Award, a National Society of Arts and Letters Award, and creative writing fellowships form the James Michener Center and Florida State University. She is
currently working on her second book of poetry and a collection of short stories.

Jan. 29, 7PM
Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids
Bus leaving from the Science Center parking lot at 5:30PM. Contact Jane Dickie, if you are interested in joining us on the bus.

Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Sponsored by the West Michigan Women's Studies Council

Wangari Maathai combined ecology, global feminism, and peace as she risked her life challenging the international systems, in her native Kenya. Known as the woman who plants trees, she has been asked, "What is the relationship between trees and peace?"

The Nobel committee explained it this way: "Peace on Earth depends on our ability to secure our living environment. Maathai stands at the front of the fight to promote ecologically viable social, economic and cultural development in Kenya and Africa. She has taken a holistic approach to sustainable development that embraces democracy, human rights and women's rights in particular. She thinks globally and acts locally."

DO NOT miss this amazing woman!

The Ahn Trio, classical music
A part of The Great Performance Series

Pacific Connections Movie: "Khandahar"
Part of International Education Week 2006: "Peace & Justice"

Follows an Afghan-born Canadian journalist as she journeys back home to find her sister. It shows the oppression of women under the Taliban and the dire situation and despair that follows.

Organized by International Relations Club

Women in the Workplace           
Panel Discussion, followed by a Networking Reception
A Career Services event

Feminism and Multiculturalism
Is Gender Equality a Universal Norm? How do different cultural practices affect our views on sex and gender?

Refreshments Provided. No Prior Knowledge Required. All are welcome!
Organized by Inquiring Minds, a discussion group, open to anyone, that meets to discuss philosophical issues of interest to our campus community.

"A Call to Men" By Tony Porter
Sponsored by the Sexual Harassment Policy Advocates

Oct. 12, 6:30 - 7pm
Knickerbocker Theater
   

Jazz Combo and Vievee Francis, Poetry Reading
A part of the Visiting Writers Series

"The Power of Positive Feminism" By Bell Hooks
Bus leaves at 5:30 p.m. from Science Center parking lot on 12th St. 
Sponsored by the West Michigan Women's Studies Council and the Nokomis Foundation

Sept. 14, 4-5:30pm
Maas Auditorium  

Sept. 1, 9:00pm
Kletz   

Singer/Songwriter Night, hosted by Carrie Newcomer         
Sponsored by the CrossRoads Project

Carrie Newcomer, Singer/Songwriter
Sponsored by the CrossRoads Project