Slippery Rock University

Women's Center

Events For Spring 2007:

Cyberspace and Stalking

Guest Speaker: Michelle Garcia

                  (National Center for Victims of Crime)

Date: February 27th

BSB Room 111

7 PM

• Find out how safe your accounts are online
• Learn about other ways stalkers use to gain access to your information
• Discover the latest devices stalkers are using to trace their victim's every move

Women In Leadership

Monday March 5

7PM-9PM

Fran Harris

• former WNBA Championship play with the Houston Comets
• Spiritual Leader
•  Fortune 100 Sales Coach
•  Executive with Proctor and Gamble
• former ESPN and Lifetime Television sports announcer

Becca's Closet Dress Collection

March 19th-March 30th

Monday thru Friday

9.A.M. - 4 P.M.

Becca's Closet is an organization that collects dresses for girls that can not afford dresses for Prom and other dances.  This gives less fortunate girls the opportunity to live their own dream! 

• Dresses can be brought to the Women's Center monday through friday anytime from 9AM-4PM
• Please feel free to call the center at 724-738-2992 with any questions or further information.
• Once the dresses are collected at SRU, they will be driven to the nearest Becca's Closet organization

Equal Pay Day

Date:TBD

• Come learn about why women do not make the SAME amount of money for the SAME job
• It is your own fault, now come and learn how to get what you are worth

Clothesline Project T-Shirt Making Day

Date: TBD

1. WHITE: women who have died from violence
2. YELLOW or BEIGE: women who have been battered or assaulted
3. RED, PINK, or ORANGE: women who have been raped or sexually assaulted
4. BLUE or GREEN: women who have survived incest or child sexual abuse
5. PURPLE or LAVENDER: women who have been attacked because of their sexual orientation
6. BLACK or GRAY: women who are attacked for political reasons

The Clothesline Project

Date: April 9th-April 12th on the QUAD

10 A.M.-2 P.M.

• Bearing Witness to Violence Against Women
• Started in Cape Cod, MA in 1990
• Come to the Women's Center to sign up to Volunteer

Check back to find out about other activities and events going on through the Women's Center for Spring 2007

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Events For Fall 2006

Clothesline Project OCTOBER 9- 12  

• From 10 am to 2 pm on these four days, there will be a clothesline hanging in the union.  
• Come down and make a shirt.  This display bears witness to violence against women.  
• We also need volunteers to help monitor the tables where people decorate the T-shirts.
• Call x2992 to sign up to watch the table for an hour or two.  It'll make you feel good about your day!
• For more information, visit www.clotheslineproject.org.                      

  Health Fest OCTOBER 24          

• Come join us at the ARC from 9 - 2:30 to talk about Women's Health Issues!

Love Your Body Day OCTOBER 24   

• Are you tired of the media telling you that you should be thinner?  Tired of all this unecessary plastic surgery and these needless eating disorders?  
• Well, then come CELEBRATE your body at the ARC on Oct. 24.
• Call x2992 for details.
• For more information, visit http://loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org.

Breast Cancer Awareness OCTOBER 30th-31st

• Did you know as a SRU student you can get a FREE breast exam through the healthcenter?
• Come over to Weisenfluh dining hall and support Breat Cancer Awareness
• Plenty of Candy and Informational Brochures

Please feel free to call or stop by the Women's Center any time... open to all!

Women's Center x2992, Lower Level BSB