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<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'>Recognizing the
contributions/achievements of Chicanas/Latinas <br>
<span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Semana de la Mujer</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>UC
Riverside <br>
February 28 – March 4, 2011<br>
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</span></b><b>Monday, February 28<br>
<br>
</b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Opening Reception/Ceremony &<br>
Gallery Showing: Mujeres Asi Somos<br>
<br>
</span></b>The exhibit hopes to challenge society’s definition of beauty with
the intention of confronting gender/beauty stereotypes, bias and assumptions. <br>
It also hopes to widen the definition and provoke discussions of redefining
beauty.<br>
12:00-5:00 pm / HUB 302 North<br>
Light refreshments will be provided<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Tuesday, March 1<br>
<br>
</b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Breast Cancer Awareness Workshop<br>
</span></b>Self Breast Exams & Preventative Information<br>
12:00-1:00 pm / HUB 269<br>
Sponsored by Mujeres Unidas<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Chicana Graduate Student Panel<br>
</span></b>Panel of Chicana/Latina graduate students discussing <br>
their research & their lives.<br>
3:00-4:30 pm / HUB 379<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>10th Annual Women Against Violence Workshop<br>
</span></b>Learn about Domestic Violence Prevention<br>
6:00-8:00 pm / INTS 1121<br>
Sponsored by Latinic Societas Unitas <br>
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<b> <br>
Wednesday, March 2<br>
<br>
</b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Healing Almas Con Palabras<br>
</span></b>MALCS de UCR presents Healing Almas Con Palabras as an open and safe
place to read and share our creative work. <br>
<br>
Chicana scholars, writers, and poetas have used words as a way to empower their
communities, to tell their stories, and strengthened their almas. <br>
We invite all raza to come out and read their own creative pieces or to share a
piece from their favorite Chicana writer. <br>
5:00-7:00 pm / HUB 268 <br>
Sponsored by MALCS de UCR<br>
<br>
<b>Thursday, March 3<br>
<br>
</b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Uncovering Chicana and Latina Women Poets<br>
</span></b>In this workshop students will become aware of the Chicana/Latina
women writers. By looking at their work students will become aware of the
experiences of these writers through their particular voice and style. <br>
As well this will make students more knowledgeable of the women poets/writers that
they can connect to as Chicana or Latina women.<br>
Presented by Melisa Garcia, Creative Writing Major<br>
1:00-2:00 pm / Ethnic Studies Conference Room<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Screening: A Crushing Love<br>
</span></b>Platica/Q&A with Sylvia Morales, Director<br>
A Crushing Love, Sylvia Morales’ sequel to her groundbreaking history <br>
of Chicana women, Chicana (1979), honors the achievements of <br>
five activist Latinas – Dolores Huerta, Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez, <br>
Cherrie Moraga, Alicia Escalante, and Martha Cotera – <br>
and considers how they balanced single motherhood and activism.<br>
INTS 1128 / 6:30-8:30 pm<br>
Co-sponsored by the Women's Studies Department<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Friday, March 4 & Saturday, March 5<br>
<br>
</b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Men Can Stop Rape: <br>
Men Creating Change<br>
</span></b>Men Can Stop Rape is the nation's most comprehensive platform for
engaging college men in preventing violence against women, developing and <br>
supporting healthy masculinity, and organizing to create sustainable violence
prevention programs and cultures.<br>
Join this two-part discussion on relationship violence, men's roles in addressing
violence against women, the development of a possible Men Creating Change
Chapter; and theories, tools and concrete activities for <br>
probable trainers and facilitators to educate, decrease violence, <br>
and increase the rate of reporting.<br>
<br>
March 4th, 1-5 p.m.., Pentland Bear Cave (B107/C101)<br>
March 5th, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Pentland Bear Cave <br>
Free! Everyone welcome!<br>
Sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center <br>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif"'>Estella
Acuņa <br>
Chicano Student Programs<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
145 Costo Hall <br>
Riverside, CA 92521<br>
<br>
Phone: (951) 827-3821 <br>
Fax: (951) 827-2189<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:estella.acuna@ucr.edu">estella.acuna@ucr.edu</a> <br>
Website: <a href="http://csp.ucr.edu">csp.ucr.edu</a><br>
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