BEMIDJI, Minn. – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Women’s Studies Program and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Women’s Resource Center will host or be involved with a six-week series of activities to celebrate March as Women’s History Month, beginning Feb. 25 and ending April 5. The events range from an open house at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Women’s Center to a presentation of “The Vagina Monologues.”
On-campus events surrounding the Women’s History Month celebration include:
• Feb. 25; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Women’s Center open house; Lower Union.
• Feb. 29; 7-9 p.m. – Dust & Fire Reception; American Indian Resource Center.
• March 1; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. – Northwest Minnesota Women’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony; Beaux Arts Ballroom.
• March 4; noon-1 p.m. – Brown Bag lunch: “Waste Not, Want Not,” by Colleen Greer and Carla Norris-Raynbird; Viking Room, Lower Union.
• March 5; 7 p.m. – Women on Wednesday film series, “Thunderbird Woman,” a biography of Winona LaDuke; American Indian Resource Center.
• March 18; noon-1 p.m. – Brown Bag Lunch: “Writers Who Care Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ the Environment,” by Erika Johnson and Anna Carlson; Viking Room, Lower Union.
• March 19; 7 p.m. – Women on Wednesday film series, “Erin Brockovich,” American Indian Resource Center.
• March 25; noon-1 p.m. – Brown Bag Lunch: “Babes and the Woods: Women’s Objectification and the Feminine Ideal as Ecological Hazards,” by Dr. Britan A. Scott; Viking Room, Lower Union.
• March 28-29, 7:30 p.m. -“The Vagina Monologues,” Beaux Arts Ballroom.
• April 1; 6 p.m. – Women on Wednesday film series, “Taafe Fanga (Skirt Power),” Hagg-Sauer Hall 100.
• April 2; noon-1 p.m. – Brown Bag Lunch: “Women’s Reproductive Health,” by Jan Maas and Barb Eriksson-Capes; Viking Room, Lower Union.
A complete listing of events surrounding Women’s History Month is available by visiting the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ events calendar on the Web at http://. For more information about Women’s History Month and the activities surrounding its recognition, contact the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Women’s Center at (218) 755-3771.