International Women's Day 2018: Press For Progress
Event Information
Description
You are cordially invited to attend the 5th annual International Women's Day on the theme Press For Progress
This International Women’s Day Annual Event celebrates women from all walks of life, highlights and reflects on the work of those who have been engaged in improving conditions for women locally, nationally, and internationally. Another goal of the event is to inspire and mentor others to think of ways for reducing gender inequality in the Madison area and other places around the world.
AFRICaide is co-sponsoring this year's event with the UW-Madison 4W (Women & Wellbeing in Wisconsin & the World) Initiative. The event highlights and reflects on the work of those who have been engaged in improving conditions for women locally, nationally, and internationally, to encourage others, and to think of ways for reducing gender inequality all over the world. The purpose of the event is to bring together women of all backgrounds, nationalities, races, economic levels, ages, languages, religions, educational attainments, and all sexual orientations to celebrate International Women's Day. If you are wondering whether you will be welcome, this event is for you.
“Now, more than ever, there’s a strong call-to-action to press forward and progress gender parity. There’s a strong call to Press for Progress motivating and uniting friends, colleagues and whole communities to think, act, and be gender inclusive.” –International Women’s Day website, 2018.
As we celebrate our 5th anniversary, our goal is to make this event more international and more participatory than in previous years. Attendees are encouraged (though not required) to wear purple.
We will feature 2 engaging speakers, Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, Community leader and long-time social justice advocate. The other speaker will be Josephine Kulea, a Kenyan women's and girls’ rights campaigner who founded the Samburu Girls Foundation. The day will start with a global marketplace, cultural performances and a Women’s Walk Around the World. Trailblazer awards will be given during lunch before we transition to sharing our stories.
When: Saturday, March 3, 2018 9:00am – 4:00pm
Where: DeJope Residence Hall on the UW-Madison campus
640 Elm Dr
Madison, WI 53706
Contacts: Emilie Songolo, AFRICAIDe
ensongolo@gmail.com
608-217-6497
Lori Diprete Brown, 4W
dipretebrown@wisc.edu
(608) 262-5742
SCHEDULE
9:00 ~ Doors open
9:00 ~ Networking, Global Marketplace, & Performances from around the World
10:00 ~ Drum Circle performance
10:15 ~ Featured Speaker Josephine Kulea
10:40 ~ Photo Shoot
10:45 ~ Women’s Walk around the World
11:15 ~ Featured Speaker Shiva Bidar-Sielaff
12:00 ~ Lunch and Awards
1:30 ~ AFROFIT Warm-Up and Spoken word
1:45 ~ Sharing our Stories and Open Mic!
3:45 ~ Closing: When will we meet again?
