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10th Annual International Women's Day Conference
Women Write the World
When: Sat Mar 05 • 1:00 pm
Where: Daniel Arts Center, McConnell Theater
Contact Name: Dr. Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez
Contact Email: iwd@simons-rock.edu
Contact Phone: 413-528-7394
Keynote speaker will be acclaimed ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, whose trailblazing book, Living Downstream, makes a lyrical, personal and scientific case for banning poisons now pervasive in our air, our food, and our bodies. ( http://steingraber.com/ )
Readings and discussion by women using the power of their writing to right the world, including:
- Native American poet Deborah Miranda
- Chicana novelist Demetria Martinez
- Journalist Christina Asquith, on Iraqi and American women in the Iraq War
Special panel of women writers from Nigeria, Congo, Cameroon, and Ghana
Dance choreographed by Anni Crofut on the stories of Berkshire women
Registration: $25 paid in advance; $30 at the door; $10 with student ID; Scholarships available.
Co-sponsored by Bard College at Simon's Rock and Berkshire Women for Women Worldwide
BERKSHIRE FESTIVAL OF WOMEN WRITERS
Throughout the month of March: county-wide readings, workshops, performances and films by accomplished local writers.