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November 2009

Wednesday
November 4
7:00 PM Hovorka Atrium

Project on Men and Gender

Click it or Kick it:
The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality, and Relationships (film)

Each fall, the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women at Case Western Reserve University sponsors their annual Project on Men and Gender (PMG). PMG features programs and workshops that explore masculinity, men’s violence, gender stereotypes, and healthy relationships in the interest of reducing violence against women.

This year’s PMG program will feature a film screening of The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality, and Relationships. The Price of Pleasure features interviews with scholars of mass media, economics, psychology, writers on pornography and popular culture, as well as producers and performers from the pornography industry.

The movie will be followed by discussion and a Q & A with Dr. Robert Jensen, Professor at the University of Texas. Dr. Jensen served as a consultant on the movie and serves on the faculty at the School of Journalism at the University of Texas. Dr. Jensen is also the author of The Price of Pleasure: Pornography and the End of Masculinity. Dr. Jensen has been an activist in the feminist movement against sexual violence and the exploitation of the commercial sex industry.

Case Vox and Spiritual youth for Reproductive freedom

Letter-writing workshop

For more information, contact Sarah at srm40@case.edu

Thursday
November 5
10:00 am-2:30 pm
Case Quad

Introduce a Girl to Science Day

WISER will host 45 students from Citizen's Academy and E Prep School for a day of hands-on science in 4 different CWRU labs. Our academic hosts include: Dr. Kathy Kash (Physics), Dr. Alexis Abramson (Engineering), Dr. Michael Kenny (Chemistry) and Dasha Leary (Center for Proteomics).

We are seeking WISER students to serve as hosts and coaches. You do not need to be available for the whole day. To volunteer, please email: wiser@case.edu.

Friday
November 6
12:30pm-2:00pm Guilford Parlor

Mather Spotlight Lecture Series

Reena Mehta, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Adult Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Secondary appointment in the Center of Clinical Investigation in the Department of General Medical Sciences

President, Women Faculty of the School of Medicine

Living the Dream: A Sleep Specialist’s Perspective

Dr. Mehra will discuss the underpinnings of her interest and research pursuits in exploring mechanisms of sleep disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease. She will also discuss balancing the multipronged roles of an academician: clinician, educator and researcher. She will describe her position as Director of the Adult Sleep Disorders Center and the instrumental role she has played in rebuilding this program. In relation to her work, Dr. Mehra will also discuss her experience of leading the Women Faculty of the School of Medicine organization.

Speaking personally, in line with the “How She Does It” component of the Spotlight Series, Dr. Mehra will share her life experience of decision-making along the course of her career and personal paths highlighting the utility of perseverance and striving to achieve life balance.

In accordance with the Spotlight Series tradition, the presentation will be informative and accessible to a broad, interested audience not necessarily in the speaker’s field of discipline.

About Dr. Mehra
The focus of Dr. Mehra’s research involves identification of specific pathways of oxidative stress implicated in the pathogenesis of the sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease relationship as well as exploring sleep disordered breathing-arrhythmia associations. Dr. Mehra received her B.S./M.D. from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Master of Science in Clinical Research in Epidemiology and Biostatistics through the Clinical Research Scholars Program at Case Western Reserve University. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Loyola University Medical Center and clinical Fellowship in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and then enrolled in a Sleep Medicine Neurobiology and Epidemiology research fellowship for 2 years. She has received numerous awards for her work and is the author of over 35 publications and book chapters, and is a member of multiple professional organizations. She and her husband, Dr. Thomas Gildea, are the proud parents of their 2-year old son, Rohan.

The Spotlight Lecture Series, begun in 1989, is funded by the Mather Centennial Endowment Fund generously provided by the Flora Stone Mather Alumnae Association.

Friday
November 6
7:00-8:00 pm Little Italy

Sweet Treat Friday- Anthony’s

Meet at 6:30 at either Wade Commons or Fribley to walk over together. We'll try out one of Little Italy's best bakeries!

Case Vox and Spiritual youth for Reproductive freedom

Cookies and Condoms

For more information, contact Sarah at srm40@case.edu

Faculty Development Workshop

"Four Patterns of Gender Bias and Strategies for Handling Them"

Conducted by Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor, Hastings College of Law and Director, Center for Worklife Law, Lunch provided.

Registration required: Jana.Krasney@case.edu

Co-sponsored by the Women Faculty of the Medical School, Program in Women’s and Gender Studies, and the Office of the Provost.

Joan Williams Public Lecture and Reception

"Beyond the Academy in Pink and Blue: Constraints and Possibilities for Women and Men"

conducted by Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor, Hastings College of Law and Director, Center for Worklife Law, Lunch provided.

Registration required: Jana.Kresney@case.edu

Co-sponsored by the Women Faculty of the Medical School, Program in Women’s and Gender Studies, and the Office of the Provost.

Friday
November 13, 2009 12:30 - 2:00 Spartan Room Thwing Center

Information Session - CWRU Funding for Bryn Mawr Summer HERS Institute

CALLING ALL WOMEN FACULTY AND STAFF!

The Office of the Provost and the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women invite you to an information session on the 2010 HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute on Friday, November 13 from 12:30-2:00 p.m. in the Spartan Room in Thwing Center.

The Institute is a prestigious professional development opportunity that prepares and advances women for leadership in higher education. The University will sponsor a participant to the Institute, which is a 12-day intensive residency program on the Bryn Mawr campus from June 18-July 2, 2010.

Learn about the program, the application and selection process, and ask questions. Most importantly, hear from former participants how the experience has empowered and transformed them professionally.

Bring your lunch! Beverages and cookies served.

Click for more CWRU information and to download a copy of the CWRU application

For more information about the institute, go to: http://www.hersnet.org/hershighereducationresourceservices.htmsisihtm.asp

Event sponsored by the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and the Office of the Provost

November 16th & 17th, 2009

WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD? Op-Ed Project Trainings November 16th & 17th, 2009
The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, The ACES+ Program and the Office of the Provost are hosting 2 training sessions with The OpEd Project, an innovative program to expand public debate and increase the voice of women thought leaders.
The first seminar will be held at the School of Law on November 16th from 10 am to 4 pm This is open to all women faculty members and senior administrators. Catherine Orenstein, founder and director of the OpEd Project will lead the seminar. This session is limited to 20 people and costs $150 to attend. If you are interested in attending please contact Prof. Laura McNally at the School of Law at laura.mcnally@case.edu or 368-5136.
	Catherine Orenstein
The second seminar, held in two sessions at Dively on November 16th & 17th from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm, is open to the public, women only.
Connie Shultz	Maura Casey
This seminar will be co-led by Connie Shultz, a Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist for The Plain Dealer, and Maura Casey, an award-winning columnist and editor who left the Editorial Board of the New York Times in 2009. This session is limited to 20 people and costs $300 to attend. The Op-Ed Project provides scholarships to 40% of participants in every seminar. To register and to view the scholarship policy visit: www.theopedproject.org.

The OpEd Project’s highly interactive and energetic seminar will push you to hone the ideas and causes that you care about, and write about them to make a difference. We will explore the source of credibility and how to establish it quickly; the patterns and elements of a powerful argument; the difference between being “right” and being effective; how to preach beyond the choir, how to think bigger about what we know, and how to make a bigger impact on the world.

Time permitting, we will also develop these concepts into concrete op-eds or op-ed drafts for each participant; explore strategies for increasing impact; discuss etiquette and strategies for pitching and how to build relationships with editors and publishers.

Why should you attend: The OpEd Project’s position is not that women need our help, but just the opposite: we think public debate needs women. Our national conversation currently reproduces the voices and opinions of only a small fraction of society: 85% male. Worse among academics: a 2008 Rutgers University study found that 97% of op-eds by scholars in the Wall Street Journal are written by men. What is the cost to society when half of the nation’s best minds and best ideas – women’s minds and women’s ideas – are missing?

The nation’s key opinion forums feed all other media and drive thought leadership in America. The op-ed pages and commentary forums of major media outlets – whether print, online, or broadcast – are followed by diplomats, business-people, scholars, and those in the highest levels of government. They can sway public opinion and change the world. And these forums are open to all of us – including those without publishing experience.

Case Vox and Spiritual youth for Reproductive freedom

Planned Parenthood Phone Bank

For more information, contact Sarah at srm40@case.edu

Multicultural Series: Who's Your Mama?

Culture clash or creative collaboration?
Parenthood is challenging enough, but what happens when you add race, culture and ethnicity into the mix?
How do you raise children to understand their multicultural background?
How do you teach them to appreciate cultures besides their own?

Join us for an interactive panel discussion.

Meet moms and moms-to-be to share experiences and exchange tips and advice.

Lunch Provided

Co-sponsored by the Department of Women's and Gender Studies and Share The Vision.

Thursday November 19
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

December 2009

Case Vox and Spiritual youth for Reproductive freedom

World AIDS Day movie screening

For more information, contact Sarah at srm40@case.edu

Thursday December 3
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

WISER Study Break---part of Thwing Study-Over

Look for WISER at the Study Over!

Thursday December 17
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

January 2010

January is National Stalking Awareness Month

January is National Stalking Awareness Month, a time to focus on a crime that affects 1.4 million victims a year. This year’s theme, “Stalking: Know It. Name It. Stop It.,” challenges everyone to combat this dangerous crime by learning more about it. Stalking can happen to anyone. It is a crime in all 50 states. The more you know about stalking, the more you can do to stop it.

If you or anyone you know is being stalked, contact Katie Hanna (katie.hanna@case.edu), Women’s Health Advocate at the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women on campus, at 216-368-8639.

Stop by the Center for Women in January to get your free awareness button, resources and information about stalking.

For additional resources to help promote National Stalking Awareness Month, please visit http://stalkingawarenessmonth.org and www.ovw.usdoj.gov.

How much do you know about stalking? Take the quiz… http://www.stalkingawarenessmonth.org/quiz

Get the Facts on Stalking:
http://www.stalkingawarenessmonth.org/awareness

"Are You Being Stalked?" brochure (in English and Spanish)

Stalking Fact Sheet (in English and Spanish)

Ten Things You Need to Know about Stalking (in English and Spanish)

Thursday January 21
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

February 2010

Thursday February 4
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

Friday
February 10
12:30pm-2:00pm Guilford Parlor

Mather Spotlight Series Lecture

The series highlights the work of women faculty, promotes understanding of women’s accomplishments (and struggles) in the academy, and promotes networking among women faculty and students. The series features lectures by CWRU women faculty and an annual awards reception honoring outstanding women scholars.

Thursday February 18
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

February  21-27

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

It's Time to Talk About It

http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

March 2010

Women's History Month

Every March, the FSM Center for Women hosts programs, events, and displays in honor of Women’s History Month, with programmatic emphasis on women in the arts and media literacy.

Thurday March 4
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

Thurday March 18
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

April 2010

National Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Prevent Sexual Violence...on our campuses

The month of April has been designated Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The goal of SAAM is to raise public awareness about sexual violence (focusing on sexual assault and rape) and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.

By working together and pooling our resources during the month of April, we can highlight sexual violence as a major public health issue and reinforce the need for prevention efforts. National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

https://www.nsvrc.org/

Thurday
April 1
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

Thurday
April 15
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

Administrative Professional's Day

FSM Center for Women's celebration of CWRU's women administrative staff

May 2010

Thurday
May 6
4-5:30pm, 309 Thwing

ACT III

Act III - a drop-in group for women of retirement age.
Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. Please join the discussion!

To be added to the Act III distribution list, please contact us at centerforwomen@case.edu

Thursday
May 13,
11:3-1:00

Thursday
May 20, 11:30 – 1:00

The benefits of breastfeeding

Multicultural Series: Celebrating the Contributions of Multicultural Women

A panel showcase of the many contributions of multicultural women and the impact they have had on the world and their communities.