Date: Mar 13, 2008

Hofstra Celebrates Women's "Herstory" Month

Multicultural Film Series, "Beauty Pageant", Women's Issues In Politics Town Hall Meeting and A Feminist Play

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – Hofstra University’s Women’s “Herstory” Month, a month devoted to honoring women and their impact in the world, features a multicultural film series, "Beauty Pageant", a town hall meeting and a feminist play.

In 1987 Congress declared March Women’s History Month.

Some of the Women’s “Herstory” Month events are listed below and opened to the Hofstra Community only.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

6 p.m. Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater: Real Women Have Curves.
Sponsors: Office of Multicultural and International Student Programs.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

8 – 10:30 p.m. Hofstra U.S.A.: Women Who IMPACT the World
Sponsors: Integrating Multicultural People and Coming Together (IMPACT)


9- 10 p.m. Plaza Room West, Mack Student Center: Prisoners of the Ritual
Sponsors: Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc., Collegiate Women of Color                     

Friday, March 28, 2008

11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Mack Student Center Atrium: Women’s Recognition Station
Sponsors: Women of Action     

8 p.m. Monroe Lecture Center Theater: Womanless Beauty Pageant
Sponsors: Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc., Student Government Association


Monday, March 31, 2008

4:30 p.m. Student Center Theater: Women’s Issues and the Upcoming U.S. Presidential Election: An Educate ’08 Townhall Meeting
Sponsors: Office of Multicultural and International Student Programs

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

9-10 p.m. Plaza Room West, Mack Student Center: What’s Up Down There?
Sponsors: Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc., Women of Action

For more information on Women’s History Month events please visit the website at www.hofstra.edu or call The Office of Multicultural and International Student Programs at 516-463-6796.

Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution where students can choose from about 145 undergraduate and 155 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business, communication, education and allied human services, and honors studies, and a School of Law.