Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women

Dinner and Presentation of

The Misunderstood Illness: Depression

Join your fellow congregation and community members to fight against the enemy that has clouded the minds of many believers and led them to lives of hopelessness. This presentation will equip you with tools from the Word of God to defeat depression and take back your life.  The Bible teaches that the enemy comes to kill, steal and destroy, but Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)

Saturday, May 29, 2010

4–6 p.m.

Gainesville Church of God by Faith Fellowship Hall

Bishop J. E. McKnight Sr., Host Pastor

735 SE 15th Street | Gainesville, FL

SPEAKER:

Mrs.Caronne Rush, M.Ed., Ed.S.

Childcare services available — must register in advance

Deadline to RSVP is May 24th (limited to the first 200 people)

Dinner provided by Ralph McKnight’s Garden of Eatery Catering

(ph)352-392-5551 ext 1134 | (e-mail) pshamel@wuft. org

2010 Sexual Battery Conference Brochure

The 2010 SBC is Thursday, May 20, 2010.  Early registration is open until May 10, 2010. This year’s conference theme is Examining Societal and Systemic Revictimization. Please email gcoswinfo@gmail.com for more information.

Thank you.

The Women’s Career Expo will be held on Wednesday, March 31st from 9 am to 1 pm at the Center for Innovation and Economic Development.   Topics covered will include updating resumes, computer skills, mock interviews, re-connecting with networks, starting the job search process, and more.  The Expo will be composed of booths from local community resources, workshops on resumes, computer literacy, and interview skills, and a panel discussion.

For more info:

http://www.womenscareerexpo.ufsife.com/

Gainesville Area NOW’s feminist Friday Happy Hour is tomorrow, Friday 3/19, at Sisters Restaurant in Haile Village Center. 5212 SW 91st Terr.

Join us at 6:00 for good food, good friends, and good fun.

Please let us know if you are planning to attend so we can get a big enough table. Ask for the NOW table when you arrive.

See you then,
Lisa
Gainesville Area NOW

Dear Folks,

Please see the attached flyer from Peaceful Paths about their Economic Empowerment Series for women presentation  on March 23, 6:30-8:30pm at LifeSouth at 1221 NW 13th Street. Mary Harker, Gainesville Parks and Recreation, will share information on Summer Camps, Childcare, Summer Scholarships, and other options for kids this summer.

Please pass this along to anyone who you feel may benefit.

wrkshp Planning for Summer

Dear Folks,

Christy Finnegan, the new executive director at Arbor House, asked me to pass this information along to you all:

I am the new Executive Director of Arbor House.  I look forward to meeting you!  I wanted to let you know that Arbor House is currently taking applications and we have openings for pregnant women and single women with children under 6 years old.  Please encourage women with housing needs to call Arbor House (352-371-2229) and we will do our best to accommodate them!  Please help me get the word out!  Thanks so much,

Christy Finnegan, Executive Director

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Two at a Time

Arbor House, Inc.

PO Box 12363

Gainesville, FL  32604

www.arborhouse. org

(352) 371-2229

(352) 371-4011 FX

“Activists Among Us: the Gainesville Women’s Movement Across Generations.”

A public history program sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010, 6:30 to 8:30

LOCATION: Matheson Museum, Gainesville, Florida

Co-sponsors and volunteers needed for this event. Please help us spread the word!

“Activists Among Us: the Gainesville Women’s Movement Across Generations” will take place on Thursday, April 8, 2010 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Matheson Museum. Sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, the panel discussion will bring together local activists from the 1950s through the present to discuss the ongoing struggle for social justice, gender equality, and human rights. The panel will also serve as a springboard for the collection and preservation of historical materials on the history of women’s activism in Gainesville.

Moderated by Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn, this event will include members from Gainesville Women for Equal Rights, an interracial organization of women whose active work for civil and human rights changed the course of history in Gainesville. It will also include Gainesville activists in the pivotal women’s liberation movement of the 1960s. Serving as one of the main centers of feminist activity nationwide, Gainesville feminists posed radical challenges to male authority, and ushered in a new era of social change and opportunity for women.

Welcome: The Mayor of the City of Gainesville, The Honorable Pegeen Hanrahan

Panelists: Vivian Filer, Kathie Sarachild, Jane Hiers, Rosa B. Williams, Sallie Ann Harrison and Corky Culver.

Co-sponsors include: the University of Florida Department of History, the UF Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, George Smathers Libraries,  UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere (Yavitz Fund), the Women’s Studies Graduate Student Association, the History Graduate Society, The Gainesville Women’s Commission, The Emily Dickinson Society, and the Civic Media Center.

For more information please call the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at 352-392-7168 or email portiz@ufl.edu

In our efforts to acknowledge the outstanding contributions of women to our community, the Education Committee of the Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women, Inc. invites you to submit nominations for our 2009 Ida B. Wells and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Awards. For the past two decades, these awards have honored women who, in working for women’s and/or civil rights, have also benefited the community, but whose efforts have not yet received recognition.

Ida B. Wells (1863-1932) was a crusading journalist who fought against racial injustice and lectured around the world about the lynching of African Americans. She also worked for suffrage and helped to found the first black suffrage organization. Despite segregation, Wells argued that black and white women should work together to achieve equality.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was instrumental in calling the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1848 and became a leader of the women’s movement. The convention passed the Declaration of Sentiments, which set the agenda for the women’s movement well into the 20^th century. Stanton also helped to found the National Woman Suffrage Association and edited The Woman’s Bible.

Last year the Commission was pleased to present the Ida B. Wells Award to Deloris E. Rentz for her educational outreach programs and her community leadership activities. Mickie Edwardson received the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Award for her leadership in the Gainesville Chapter of the United Nations Association and her work with the Social Justice Council of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

This year the awards are scheduled to be presented at a special celebration of Women’s History Month on Thursday, March 25 at the UF President’s House.  The event is co-sponsored by both the University of Florida and many community organizations. Please find the nomination form enclosed, and note that the nominations are due by February 12, 2010. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me at 378-4853 or ejrenner at hotmail dot com.

Sincerely,

Lisa Renner

Chair, Education Committee

GCOSW Nomination Form

The Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women cordially invites you to our Annual Holiday Dinner*

Tuesday, December 15^th, 2009

Cocktail hour will begin at 5:30 pm

Northwest Grill

5115 NW 39^th Avenue

Cost $25.00 per person

Come and be social with the Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women (GCOSW). Join us for a meet and greet at The Top Restaurant, 30 N Main Street, Tuesday September 22^st at 5:30pm. “Meet up” for members and those interested in finding out more about us.