Sack
Lunch Seminars
Fall
2009
Wednesdays Noon
- 1:00 pm
Sponsored by
the MSU Women's Center.
Sack
Lunch Seminars are Free, Informal, and Open to Everyone!
Bring
your lunch and join us!
"For
what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of
their common womanhood, the property of all women."
-Elizabeth
Blackwell (first U.S. female physician)
September
16 Women of the Iris Garden: Danforth Park Revisited
SUB
168 (formerly 106E) Noon-1pm
"Students
for Danforth Park" will share the history of the movement by
MSU women in 1929 to create the Iris Garden (renamed Danforth Park
in 1972) during the Depression Era. This panel discussion by
Alta Howells, Alexey Kalinin, Kristin Orelup and Raquel Peterson will
also focus on the present student movement to restore and revitalize
a forgotten place on MSU's campus.
September
23 Super Hormones for Super Health
SUB
168 (formerly 106E) Noon-1pm
Join Robin
Thompson, a naturopathic physician at Gallatin Valley Natural Medicine
in Bozeman, to learn how natural, or "bio-identical" hormones
can help you feel better, look better and perform better. For
those with a hormonal imbalance, natural hormones can help increase
weight loss, heal metabolism, improve sleep, decrease menopausal and
PMS symptoms, and increase cognitive ability.
October
7 Promoting Peace Through Educating Girls in Pakistan
SUB
168 (formerly 106E) Noon-1pm
Learn how Greg
Mortenson of Central Asia Institute has developed a model of promoting
peace through education in one of the most focused-on conflict regions
of the world. Come hear Genevieve Chabot's stories about her
two years of work with the CAI in some of the most remote and religiously
conservative regions of Northern Pakistan and how working within a
model of empowering communities has changed women's lives. Hear
a woman's perspective of navigating the male-dominant society to provide
opportunities for girls and women. Also participate in a discussion
on how and why the CAI model of community development is so successful
and how this model could be used to promote peace and equality anywhere
in the world.
October
21 Gender and Hindu Politics in 21st Century India
SUB
168 (formerly 106E) Noon-1pm
This presentation,
alternately titled: "Not Gandhi's Hinduism: Women and Violence
in Politicized Hindu Politics in 21st Century India," will focus
on post-Independence political issues Hindu Indian women face, especially
in light of the results of India's Spring 2009 elections. MSU
History professor, Michelle Maskiell, will provide an historical context
for the gender issues enmeshed in current politics within the largest
democracy in the world.
October
28 Forgotten Victims
SUB
168, Noon-1 p.m.
In honor of
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Erin Diehl, Victim Advocate
for the Gallatin County Victim/Witness assistance Program, and Krystal
Redmond, Legal Advocate for HAVEN (formerly the Network Against Sexual
and Domestic Abuse,) will present this talk on the ways their organizations
can give victims a voice and help them navigate our complex criminal
justice system. Erin will discuss how victim services advocates
for victims of domestic violence, and Krystal will discuss services
offered by HAVEN and the details of obtaining orders of protection
and the purpose they serve.
November
4 Don't Just Sit There...Take a Stretch!
SUB
168 (formerly 106E) Noon-1pm
Sitting in
front of a computer working all day may be productive and great for
your job, however, prolonged static postures are not good for your
spine. Join Patty Inskeep, Certified Yoga Instructor, to learn
chair yoga. You can use these easy postures to stretch throughout
your day to help keep ligaments, joints, muscles and tendons loose
to help increase comfort, relaxation,
and productivity!
November
18 "Gratitude is the Mother of Virtues" (Marcus Tullius)
SUB
168
Gratitude
is a powerful magnetic force that attracts to us the good we desire.
Having a spirit of gratitude helps in healing, in bringing about our
intended hopes and dreams, and is a pre-requisite for living a rich
and fulfilling life. Jill davis, creator of Imagine That! Coaching
and instructor of English at MSU, will share radical gratitude exercises
from her workshops and forthcoming book: Joyful Manifesting: Make
it Happen! Join us for some fun and leave with your personal
cultivating gratitude plan in order to live more joyously.
"What
I am proud of, what seems so simply clear, is that feminism is a way
to fight for justice, always in short supply."
-Barbara
Strickland
Sack
Lunch Seminars are free, fun, informal, and open to everyone!
Sponsored by the Women’s Center, a department in the division
of
Student
Affairs and Services
SUB 372, 406-994-3836
Bring your lunch and join us!
