Monday March 2,
6-8pm,
Berman Hall, Fromm
University of San Francisco

Speakers:
Women from the Lideres Campesinas organization (Salinas).

Tuesday March 3,
6-8pm,
Berman Hall, Fromm
University of San Francisco

Speakers:
Joya Banerjee, Founder, Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Shamillah Wilson, Sowilo Leadership Solutions (South Africa) and representatives from LYRIC:Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center(San Francisco).  Moderator: Heather Hoag and members of the Uthombo student organizationSpeakers include women from the Lideres Campesinas organization (Salinas).

Tuesday March 3,
6:30-7.00 p.m.
Lisser Hall

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Mills students display their ingenuity and creativity in a fashion extravaganza highlighting the pervasiveness of militarism in popular styles and cultures.

7:00-9:00 p.m. – Roundtable Discussion and Public Debate: “Challenging Militarism: Transnational Feminist Activism and Scholarship”
Moderator: Dr. Margo Okazawa-Rey, a founding member of the International Network of Women against Militarism with panelists from Uganda, Nigeria, Korea and the U.S.

Wednesday March 4, 6-8pm
Berman Hall, Fromm
University of San Francisco

Speakers:
Teresia Hinga, University of Santa Clara,
Maria Suarez Toro, FIRE: Feminist International Radio Endeavour (Costa Rica)
Lois Lorentzen, Chair, Theology and Religious Studies.. Moderator: Lilian Dube, Theology and Religious Studies.  Co-Sponsored with theLane Center and Vesper Society (San Francisco).

Thursday, March 5, 1:30-3:30pm

Location: TBD

Presentation by Maria Suarez Toro, FIRE. 

Co- Sponsored by the Davies Forum and the Global Fund for Women.

Thursday, March 5, 2009
6:30 p.m.

Concert Hall
Mills College Art Museum

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Oakland Film Screening
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is an award-winning documentary about the Liberian Women’s Peace Movement [Read The NY Times Review ].
A panel discussion follows the film screening with the film’s producer Abigail Disney and human rights activists from Sierra Leone and Ghana: Yasmin Jusu-Sheriff, Human Rights Commissioner, Sierra Leone and Rose Mensah-Kutin, Regional Director ABANTU ROWA, Ghana.

9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.— Public Reception
Hosted by Mills College President Janet L. Holmgren and Global Fund for Women President and CEO Kavita N. Ramdas. 

Thursday, March 5, 2009

At select theatres nationwide.
8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 6 p.m. MT / 8:00 p.m. PT (tape delayed)

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CARE together with various organizations, including ONE and the UN Commission on the Status of Women – present the acclaimed documentary A Powerful Noise. 

 
A Powerful Noise takes viewers into the lives of three women in Vietnam, Bosnia and Mali. After the film, there will be a live panel discussion broadcast live via satellite from New York City to your local big screen.  The panel features Christy Turlington Burns - model, filmmaker and CARE’s advocate for maternal health, CARE President Dr. Helene Gayle, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, and others to be announced.

Saturday, April 25, 2009 6:30 PM

Global Fund President and CEO Kavita Ramdas will receive the Haridas and Bina Chaudhari Award for Distinguished Service at the California Institute of Integral Studies' Seventh Annual Dinner. 

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