Women’s History Month Events

Thursday, March 8

NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE
12 noon, NVC Book Store, Huisache Hall
Book signing: “Teaching with Joy: Educational Practices for the 21st Century,” by Dr. Sharon Shelton-Colangelo, Mimi Duvall and Dr. Carolina Mancuso. “Voices of Student Teachers: Cases from the Field,” by Dr. Sharon Shelton-Colangelo and Dr. Muriel Rand.

12:30 p.m., Huisache Hall Student Lounge
Discussion Panel: The Women’s Movement in the Sixties and Seventies.
Speakers: Mimi Duvall, Dr. Sharon Shelton-Colangelo and Dr. Sharla Jones

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
9:25 a.m. - Visual Arts & Technologies Center, Room 120
"Memoir: Reflections by Patricia Portales and Melinda Zepeda." Portales is an Assistant Professor of English at San Antonio College, and Zepeda is an Assistant Professor of English at Northwest Vista College. They will present their perspectives on Mexican-American female childhood and adolescence.

11 a.m. - Visual Arts & Technologies Center, Room 120
"Trust Your Parents: Arranged Marriages in Indian Culture," presented by Kalpana Iyengar, Adjunct Instructor of English at San Antonio College, who will discuss the still contemporary practice of arranged marriages in India.

PALO ALTO COLLEGE
11:30 a.m., Student Center
Girl In A Coma - Live Concert

Friday, March 9

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
9 a.m . - Visual Arts & Technologies Center, Room 120
"When Women Create Women: Hollywood Screenwriters and Reel Women in Film," a presentation by Denise Stallings, Instructor of English at San Antonio College.

10 a.m. - Visual Arts & Technologies Center, Room 120
The San Antonio College Women's Center: Presentation of scholarships and screening of Gloria Steinem's fall 2006 presentation at San Antonio College to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Women's Center.

11 a.m. - Visual Arts & Technologies Center, Room 120
"Woman, Muslim, My Last Name is Hussain and I Live in the United States of America," a presentation by Sarwat Hussain, President of the Council on American Islamic Relations - San Antonio.