benzie area women’s history project

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The theme for this year's 29th annual Women's History Day will be The rising of the women is the rising of us all, a line from the song (and poem) Bread and Roses.

As a celebration of the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day, we showed the acclaimed feature-length documentary film, A Powerful Noise, on Tuesday, March 8, at the Garden Theater in Frankfort, with a pre-movie reception and art show at Studio on Main.

Our full-day program will take place at the Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 955 James Street, two blocks north of Glen's in Frankfort (see map), on Saturday, March 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with registration starting at 9:30.

The Song Spinners will be back again with a set of songs to start the day. For the morning program, Julie Guevara, a professor of social work from Grand Valley State University, will speak on a project she started as a graduate student working with women in El Salvador and documenting changes in their lives. After a lunch created by Still Grinning Kitchens, we will experience drumming with Dede Alderman and hear from women who went to Ethiopia in connection with the recent Run Across Ethopia project seeking money for schools. Then Susanne Glynn will speak about her trip to Nepal in 2004 and the work of the non-profit group ANSWER. Mary Anne Rivers will close the day with song.

The fee for our March 26 event is $20 with advance registration or $25 at the door. Students are $15 with advance registration. The fee includes lunch. We do have a reduced rate available if you contact BAWHP in advance.

Download this year's letter/registration form here. In addition, you can download a postable flyer here.

We welcome men, women, and children to all of our events.

For access (listening devices, interpreter services, or enhanced text for the day's program) contact Cindy Shapiro at 231-378-2588 (voice/tty) or 231-383-2125 (mobile) or email as soon as possible.

The Trinity Lutheran Church is wheelchair accessible.

To email us, or to be on the mailing list, please see the contact page.

The Benzie Area Women's History Project is a committee affiliated with the Benzie Area Historical Society.

http://www.bawhp.org