September 21, 2009
Winants Auditorium, 4pm

Admission: Free

The Frankenstein of 1790 and Other Missing Links from Revolutionary France

Professor Julia Douthwaite from the University of Notre Dame will deliver a lecture on "The Frankenstein of 1790 and Other Missing Links from Revolutionary France." The paper will address Professor Douthwaite's recent discovery of a French novel that centers on a scientist called Frankenstein who create artificial life--published almost threee decades before MaryShelley's novel.

This event will be sponsored by the Programs of Women's Studies, the Modern Languages Department, the English Department, and the Cultural Heritage Program.

Call + Response Documentary Film
Saturday, September 26

Engedi Church
Doors open at 6pm, film starts at 7am; free admission

Call + Response

The film discusses how human trafficking is a thriving international industry. It exposes the injustice and inspires action.

http://callandresponse.com/about.html

Film is presented by:

Women's Service Day 2009
Tuesday, October 1
8:30am; Hope Church

Women's Service Day began in 2002 when a few women--passionate about servie their community--volunteered to work on a Habitat house for a single mother. The group blossomed into a team of 50 women--more than one Habitat House could accommodate. Every year since, we've organized a day of volunteering specifically for women, reaching a record 149 participants!

This year, Women's ServiceDay will be on Thursday, October 1. The day begins at 8:30a.m. with breakfast at Hope Church in Holland, where you'll be assigned a task for the day. Participting on work crews and sharing a meal as a gropu are fun ways to meet new people and make connections. You will start your colunteer assignments around 10a.m., working for 4-6 hours and having lunch on your own a a crew. Participants will be limited to first-registered, first-serviced, and you must be present at breakfast to get your assignment.

Questions? Email the Women's Service Day Planning Committee or visit our blog or Facebook page for more information.

October 8, 2009
Mass Conference Room
4pm

Admission: Free

Water Ethics in a Time of Climate Change An Ecofeminist Perspective
by Sara E. Leeland, PhD

Health, survival and environmental concerns have driven human concern about water for centuries, even millenia. Today humans face a new challenge: understanding how water will fare in an age of climate change and beginning early responses to those issues. In this era, we need a new water ethics that is relevant both to everyday use and global in its concern. This talk will explore how ecofeminst ethical insights can help us move toward such new ethic.

October 14, 9pm
Pine Grove

Take Back the Night

At 9 PM, we will gather in the Pine Grove to collect candles.

The march will commence shortly afterwards and we will visit 9 spots on campus where an incident of violence has occured. Speakers will offer a few moments of reflection at each site.

Please come and encourage others to share in this important expression of our opposition to all forms of violence on Hope's campus.

Sponsored by:Women's Issue's Organization