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140 events found in United States of America
| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 9.00 to 13.00 |
| Event: | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING |
| About: | Join your community in planting fruit and nut trees in honor or International Women's Day at the Rose Village neighborhood community garden. |
| Venue: | Rose Village Community Garden, located at 29th & P Street in west Vancouver. Dress for the weather and mud, we'll provide the training and tools., Vancouver, 98668 |
| Organisation: | Urban Forestry: Vancouver’s Urban Forestry program mission is to maximize the aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits that trees provide by preserving, managing and enhancing our urban forest. |
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| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 11.00 to 11.45 |
| Event: | WALK FOR INDIA'S MISSING GIRLS |
| About: | Walk for India's Missing Girls is peaceful march to protest female foeticide and infanticide in India and to remember the victims of this genocide.
In the last century 50 million girls have been killed either before or after they are born simply because of their gender.
The goal of the walk is to create awareness among the Indian and International Community about this gender holocaust and challenge people to take action.
Please join us in the walk, so we can work together to save India's baby girls.
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| Venue: | The walk will start at 11AM in front of the Conservatory of Flowers, 100 John.F.Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park and end at the Indian Embassy, 540 Arguello Blvd, San Francisco, San Francisco |
| Organisation: | Walk for India's Missing Girls: |
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| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 10.00 to 15.00 |
| Event: | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AUSTIN CELEBRATION - CO-CREATING OUR EXPERIENCE |
| About: | Co-Creating Our Experience Un-Conference
Open to EVERYONE - all genders and orientations welcome
Celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) by participating in our un-conference where all of the content and sessions are created by YOU the participants.
This IWD event is a FREE one day gathering for anyone with the desire to contribute to the topic of Co-Creating Our Experience. This ad hoc event gives you the power of creating the sessions in an open environment. It is collaborative in nature with wide open topic areas. You can present or facilitate a session on any topic that you like as it relates to our shared experience.
Possible topics may include:
* Family
* Sustainability
* Art
* Technology
* Community
* Spirituality
* Laws & Rights
or any others that you desire to share or learn about.
We invite you to attend, share and learn. The un-conference model is a participant-driven event. YOU will create it on the fly through a facilitated process.
We will provide the space, timeframe and a simple structure through which the participants will offer to share their knowledge or let it be known that they desire to learn about a specific topic. The sessions will coalesce around the sharers and receivers so that a dialogue emerges. |
| Venue: | Austin Community College Eastview Campus
3401 Webbervllle Rd., Austin, TX 78702, Austin, 78702 |
| Organisation: | Anam Cara Founadtion: |
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| Event: | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY VIRTUAL FESTIVAL 2010 |
| About: | Web event featuring literature and art celebrating the feminine experience. Features include the One World Cafe Virtual Reading Series, and a special art exhibition, "More Than Fifty: Women's Labor and Migration in the 21st Century." |
| Venue: | www.hercircleezine.com, Global |
| Organisation: | Her Circle Ezine: an online portal of women's art and activism. |
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| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 11.30 to 2.00 |
| Event: | EDUCATION: THE POWER TO CHANGE €“ INTERNATIONAL WOMEN€™S DAY LUNCHEON |
| About: | Education is fundamental in reducing the effects of war-trauma, providing refugees and internally displaced persons with stability and structure during and after emergencies. |
| Venue: | Hyatt Regency, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, Baltimore, Maryland, 21224 |
| Organisation: | International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee of Baltimore is a non-profit, non-sectarian refugee resettlement agency dedicated to working together with legally admitted refugees to assist them in rebuilding lives and reuniting families in the greater Baltimore area. A committed staff of professionals and volunteers provide essential resettlement services to refugee families including basic necessities, education, employment, social services and advocacy. |
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| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 10.00 to 12.00 |
| Event: | CELEBRATING HISTORY THROUGH HER STORY |
| About: | The 2nd Annual "Celebrating History Through Her Story" event will honor five women entrepreneurs from Cobb County, Georgia. Sponsors: YWCA North Georgia & League of Women Voters Marietta |
| Venue: | Chattahoochee Technical Institute, Building H
Sandtown Road, Marietta, 30066 |
| Organisation: | YWCA Northwest Georgia & League of Women Voters Marietta: Our organizations exist to eliminate racism and to empower women for safety and success in life |
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| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 1.00 to 5.00 |
| Event: | MUNDO DE LAS MUJERES: LATINAS AND MENTAL WELLNESS |
| About: | Miracle Theatre Group will be coordinating an event with a resource fair and a presentation in Spanish of stories of Latina women and mental health. |
| Venue: | The presentation will followup with a themed panel discussion of professionals; civil rights attorneys, MD', therapist, and spiritual leaders guiding the audience., Portland, Oregon, 97214 |
| Organisation: | Miracle Theatre Group: Miracle's Mundo De Mujeres is offered free of charge, presented in Spanish, panel of Bilingual-speaking professionals and guests placing awareness in cultural competence. |
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| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 2.00 to 5.00 |
| Event: | EMBRACING THE CYCLES OF WOMANHOOD |
| About: | "That’s Right, I AM Hormonal!" - Three Good Reasons to Love Your Cyclic Body. Sliding scale $25-$10. This event is bi-lingual and scent-free. Women 18+. |
| Venue: | The Women’s Building
3543 18th St. San Francisco 94110
www.womensbuilding.org, San Francisco |
| Organisation: | Red Web Foundation: The Red Web Foundation is transforming society’s view of the female experience by recognizing the menstrual, menopausal cycle as integral to our health and well-being. |
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| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 13.00 to 18.00 |
| Event: | NINTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN€™S DAY CONFERENCE |
| About: | Distinguished women scientists and science professionals will gather at Bard Collge at Simon’s Rock on Saturday, March 6 for the Ninth Annual International Women’s Day Conference, Women in the Sciences: Making a Difference. The conference will take place at the Daniel Arts Center from 1 to 5 p.m.
The day will be dedicated to celebrating the important contributions of women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as to exploring why and how girls and women have historically been discouraged from achieving in the STEM fields.
Opening the event will be Berkshire County native Adeline Perkins, CEO of a multi-million dollar Boston-based biotechnology firm specializing in developing oncology medications. Perkins, who combined her B.S. in chemical engineering with a Harvard MBA in business, will use her own story, beginning with her early math and science education at Taconic High School in Pittsfield, to underline the importance of STEM education in propelling women into fields where they really can make a difference. |
| Venue: | Daniel Arts Center, Great Barrington, 01230 |
| Organisation: | Simon’s Rock: Simon’s Rock was founded by Elizabeth Blodgett Hall in 1966. In 1979 we became part of Bard College (established in 1860), one of the country’s outstanding (and most innovative) liberal arts colleges, located 50 miles away, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. |
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| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 9.00 to 17.00 |
| Event: | 15TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION |
| About: | The 15th Annual International Women's Day Celebration will take place on March 6th, 2010, at Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota. Organized by The Advocates and the Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts at the U of M, this day-long event is expected to draw between 500-700 participants for an exciting day of workshops, plenary sessions, and performances. It is an occasion to highlight advancements in women's rights and equality, to encourage activism, and to educate participants about human rights issues that affect girls and women locally, nationally and internationally. The event is free, and a light lunch is also provided free of charge for all participants. |
| Venue: | Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
| Organisation: | University of Minnesota: The University of Minnesota. Founded in 1851, the University has a presence throughout the state with its five campuses and numerous research and outreach centers. |
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