Lehigh University Women's Center

This will be a semi-structured, organic conversation for discussing
issues facing women's empowerment (both on an individual and group level). All Brown Bags will feature multiple facilitators from varying backgrounds. The object is to provide a safe, open space for sparking a continuous on-campus dialog toward pos...itive solutions regarding women's empowerment and self-confidence.

* * * PIZZA will be PROVIDED. * * *

Co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs & the Women's CenterRead More

2009 Lehigh University Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation Awards Criteria

Lehigh University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation Award recognizes recipients whose abilities and achievements uphold and exemplify the teachings and ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King’s commitment to seeking racial, s...ocial, and economic justice through non-violent struggle benefited not only the victims of oppression, but society as a whole. Annual awards in the categories below are intended to acknowledge demonstrated achievements of the awardees in the spirit of Dr. King's dreams. The MLK Celebration Planning Committee seeks your nominations for these awards by December 31, 2009. The awards will be presented during the annual Lehigh University Convocation ceremony on January 20, 2010.

Nominees must exemplify one or more of the following:

· Demonstrating Dr. King’s ideals and principles

· Promoting social justice

· Increasing awareness and reducing prejudice

· Commitment to scholarship and education that promote principles of social justice

· Demonstrating a commitment toward an inclusive Lehigh community

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The award categories are as listed below:

Faculty Award – Nominee in this category must be a current faculty member

Student Award - Nominee in this category must be a current student in good academic standing

Alumni Award

Student Organization Award

Community Organization Award

Community Member Award

Local Business Award

Corporation Award

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*** Please use link below to nominate individuals and/or organizations for the awards listed above. ***

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Thursday, November 19th
Maginnes 105
4:00-5:30 PM

* Please RSVP by emailing: inwnc@lehigh.edu *

Overt barriers to women in positions of leadership exist, and can be
quite difficult to overcome. Perhaps even more insiduous are the ways in
which ...those barriers may be internalized. In this workshop participants
can begin to eplore their own internal inhibitors through individual
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ATTENTION all "Libra de Feminae" members!

Our latest read, "Kissing the Virgin's Mouth," by Donna M. Gershten is now
available to members at 20% off of the cover price @ the LU Bookstore.

Next meeting: Thursday, November 19, 2009
LU Bookstore Cafe
5:00-6:00 PM

NEW ME...MBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!!!!!
[Contact: inwnc@lehigh.edu]


Brief Synopsis of "Kissing the Virgin's Mouth:

[ http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Kissing-the-Virgins-Mouth/Donna-M-Gershten/e/9780060933586/?itm=1&USRI=kissing+the+virgin%27s+mouth ]

Here is the inspiring story of Guadalupe Magdalena Molina Vásquez, a
savvy woman--wife, scoundrel, and mother. In a society in which gender and class roles are unbending, and religion predominant, Magda climbs from the poor barrio of a Mexican town to American affluence, from wide-eyed childhood to worldly courtesan life, from full-blooded youth to oncoming blindness in middle age. With intelligence and humor, she bends the restraints of religion and culture to support her own drive for
independence and, ultimately, passes along her earthy wisdom to her
half-American daughter. A novel about love, the power of sex, and the
struggles of women, Kissing the Virgin's Mouth is an extraordinary first
novel from a major new literary talent.

About the Author:

Donna M. Gershten has previously published short stories in literary
journals. She lives in Denver, CO.


Bringing Back the 'Art' of Reading for Pleasure!
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“Women’s Status, Men’s States”

What is the gender of the international legal system?

Noted teacher, scholar, lawyer, writer, and sex equality activist Catherine A. MacKinnon will trace developments in women’s human rights on the international stage and inquire about the direction of international law on gendered concerns....

Lecture is FREE & OPEN to the public!

(Sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa & Women’s Studies; Co-sponsored by the Globalization & Social Change Initiative, International Relations, Political Science, and the Women’s Center)Read More

On September 17th, Lehigh had the chance to meet T.J. Leyden, a neo-Nazi white supremacist activist and recruiter who experienced a profound change of heart, turned away from hate, and began teaching tolerance.

Leyden's experience raises certain profound questions: what does repentance look like? When has a person done... a "sufficient" amount of atonement? At what point are we required to forgive a person for his or her misdeeds?

We'll be exploring these issues at a brown-bag lunch discussion on September 24th at 12 p.m. in the M Room on the second floor of the UC.

We hope you'll be able to join us.Read More