Let's here it for the women in our lives! Saturday March 8th, 2008 is International Women's Day. To celebrate and mark this occassion, the Dalhousie Women's Centre is hosting a gaggle of events:
1. Placard Making & Breakfast at the DWC (before the IWD Rally and March)
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Time: 9:30am - 11:30am
Location: Dalhousie Women's Centre, 6286 South Street
It's placard-making time! Come get an early start to International
Women's Day!
Enjoy some breakfast while creating powerful placards for the rally and march
at noon! What better way to start International Women's Day?
2. International Women's Day Rally and March
Saturday March 8th, 2008 at Noon - Parade Square in Halifax
International Women's Day (IWD) is a time for women around the world to
commemorate their struggles and celebrate their achievements. The United
Nations formally proclaimed March 8 International Women's Day in 1975. The
roots of IWD, though, can be traced back to the struggles of women workers in
the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This year, the Canadian Federation of Students ? Nova Scotia, the Canadian
Labour Congress, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Halifax-Dartmouth
& District Labour Council and the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour are holding
a Rally and March to celebrate International Women's Day.
International Women's Day (IWD) Rally and March
Saturday March 8, 2008
Noon - 1:00 PM
Grand Parade Square
Barrington Street, Halifax
The Rally will begin at Noon in Grand Parade Square (adjacent to Halifax City
Hall on Barrington Street), and will march to the Legislature to hear
additional speakers, etc.
Beginning with International Women's Day this year, the Canadian Labour
Congress
is launching a year-long campaign for women's economic equality which
is titled
"Equality Once And For All!" (see
http://canadianlabour.ca/index.php/womens_economic_equa).
For Information, contact:
Canadian Federation of Students (902) 425-4237 /email national@cfs-ns.ca
Canadian Labour Congress (902) 455-2965 / email ttracy@clc-ctc.ca
Canadian Union of Public Employees (902) 455-4180 / email jmccracken@cupe.ca
3. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION!
*Saturday, March 8th, 2008*
*5pm Potluck*
*6pm-8pm Entertainment*
*Saint Matthew's Church Hall (**Barrington Street - use glass doors on
the South
gate side)*
An *International Women's Day* celebration will be held at Saint Matthew's
Church Hall, on Saturday March 8th, 2008. *All *are welcome and there is no
cover charge. We will be accepting donations at the door in support of Bryony
House.
From 5pm-6pm, there will be a potluck dinner (no shellfish or peanuts please),
and from 6pm-8pm there will be an evening of diverse entertainment. From the
spoken word stylings of Taryn Della to the activist choral entertainment from
The Raging Grannies, and more - there is certainly something for everyone.
For more detailed information regarding International Women's Day,
please visit
the Status of Women Canada website, at http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/. For further
information regarding this year's social celebration, please contact Janet or
Corrie at halifax@oxfam.ca or 425-7877.
Sponsored by: *Oxfam; Voice of Women for Peace; SMU Women's Centre; Canadian
Labour Congress; DAL Women's Centre; Atlantic Council for International
Cooperation; Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health; & Canadian Red
Cross*
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Dalhousie Women's Centre
6286 South Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 1T8
Tel: (902) 494-2432
Email: dwc@dal.ca
Web: http://www.dalwomenscentre.ca
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