Calvin Presents Women's History Month Events

February 26, 2008 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Summary: Calvin College will present a variety of events in March and April
to honor Women's History Month.

Full story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2007-08/women's-history-month.html
  
In March and April, the gender studies department at Calvin College will
recognize Women's History Month with a diverse schedule of activities:
everything from a feminist reevaluation of the wedding ceremony to a discussion
of intersexuality.

Simona Goi, the director of the gender studies minor at Calvin, said the
college's events are less a celebration of the milestones of women's history
than an exploration of gender issues.

"All of us—men and women—deal with gender issues throughout our lives, and
this is an opportunity to stop and reflect on these issues," Goi said.

The month kicks off with the lecture "Reading the Scripture with our
Foremothers" by Dr. Marion Taylor, a professor at the University of Toronto's
Wycliffe College, at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4 in the Commons Lecture Hall.
The lecture is co-sponsored by the religion department and the Calvin Center
for Christian Scholarship and will also celebrate the publication of Recovering
Nineteenth-Century Women Interpreters of the Bible, a book co-edited by Taylor
and Calvin religion professor Christiana de Groot.

Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige, the Calvin dean of multicultural affairs, will speak
on "The Faith of Our Mothers: Black Women's Jesus, White Women's Christ" at
3:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 18 in the Commons Lecture Hall.

On Tuesday, March 25, Dr. Alice Dreger will speak on "Intersex in Theory,
Life, and Practice" at 3:30 p.m. in the Commons Lecture Hall in a talk
co-sponsored by the biology department, while the next day will feature a panel
discussion at 7 p.m. in the Meeter Center Lecture Hall called "Our Big, Fat,
Feminist Wedding: Traditions, Alternatives and What They Mean for Marriage."

Another panel, this one a sampler of successful Calvin women alumni from a
range of fields, will conclude the Women's History Month celebration.

"How Does She Do It? Women Balancing Careers, Marriages and Families," will
take place at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 3 in the Commons Lecture Hall. The panel,
co-sponsored by Calvin's Student Life department, will feature a liver
transplant surgeon, a business owner, an attorney, a professor and a minister,
and their different approaches to integrating families with demanding careers.

Said Goi: "We want to say to our women students, 'Here are some interesting
options for combining a family and a career. You can do it too."

Contact Goi at 616-526-6459

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Received on Tue Feb 26 09:58:17 2008