Women’s History Month, March 2009
We were very proud to present and co-sponsor five events for this year’s Women’s History Month:
- 3/4 Film: The Business of Being Born
- 3/4 Panel discussion: Birth as Feminist Practice
- 3/4 Lecture: Women and Social Movements in San Jose
- 3/10 Film: A Sense of Wonder
- 3/17 Panel: What Every Girl Needs to Know About the U.S. Military
The first two events were videotaped and are available here – you must have RealPlayer to watch, which you can download here free
Our 2009 poster (at right) included artwork from the San Francisco Women’s Building Mural, titled Maestrapeace. The mural was completed in 1994 as the culmination of a multi-cultural, multi-generation collaboration of seven women artists including Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman, Edythe Boone, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton and Irene Perez, and many helpers. We appreciate the artists’ support for our program and their sharing of this beautiful artwork. Learn more about the mural here.
The Business 
of Being Born [post-film] Panel Discussion
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Panel speakers included:
- Allana Moore, doula, SJSU alum
- Kay Smoller, Certified Midwife
- Christine Morton, research sociologist, California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Stanford University;
Moderator: Susana L. Gallardo, Women’s Studies lecturer
Event held March 4, 2009 for Women’s History Month, SJSU Women’s Studies
Program, co-sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center.
What Every Girl Needs to Know About the U.S. Military
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watch panel here
Panel discussion with members of the Service Women’s Action Network, featuring
- Eli PaintedCrow, veteran and founding member
- Maryam Roberts, member and program admin for the Women of Color Resource Center, Oakland
Moderator: Shahin Gerami, Professor of Social Science/Women’s Studies.
Event held March 17, 2009 for Women’s History Month, SJSU Women’s Studies Program, co-sponsored by MOSAIC and the Women’s Resource Center.