2005 Events

February 2, March 23, May 4, June 22, August 3, and December 14, Women and Politics Book Group
Throughout 2005, we continued our enormously successful Women and Politics Book Group. This year, we read: Kristin Rowe Finkbeiner's The F Word: Feminism in Jeopardy, Women, Politics, and the Future, Laura Flanders, Bush Women: Tales of a Cynical Species, Nell Irvin Painter, Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol, Jennifer Baumgartner and Amy Richards, Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism, Beth J. Harpaz, The Girls in the Van: Covering Hillary, Barbara Goldsmith, Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull.

February 25, Pre-International Women's Day Movie Showing
The Center on Women & Public Policy showed a documentary film as a pre-event for the Celebration of the International Women's Day. The film, Breaking the History of Silence: The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery, documents a revolutionary tribunal representing people from all across Asia and the power of the women-centered NGOs and survivors as agents for change. About ten students from inside and outside the Humphrey School gathered in the Humphrey Forum and had a lively discussion afterwards.

March 12, International Women's Day
The Center on Women and Public Policy was once again a co-sponsor of The Tenth Annual International Women's Day Celebration, organized by Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, the Human Rights Program at the University of Minnesota and The Women's Foundation of Minnesota. We helped plan, promote, and fund the event which included workshops presented by women's rights scholars, community activists and advocates, highlighting the twelve areas of concern and strategies for the advancement of women, as articulated by the United Nations Beijing Declaration Platform for Action. This year made the Tenth Anniversary of the Forth World Conference on Women in Beijing and the Day was celebrated in Coffman Memorial Union. Professor Sally Kenney chaired the panel on "Women in Power and Decision-Making." Between workshops, participants learned from informational displays from over forty co-sponsoring community and campus women's organizations, including the Center on Women & Public Policy table. Approximately 500 people attended.

March 29 and April 14, Congressional Fellowships on Women & Public Policy Information Sessions
The Center on Women & Public Policy held two informational sessions for the Humphrey students interested in the Congressional Fellowships on Women & Public Policy. Professor Sally Kenney met with interested students to brief the information. Women's Research & Education Institute (WREI) awards annual Congressional fellowships to a selected number of graduate students with a proven commitment to women and public policy. Several students from the Humphrey School have been awarded the fellowships and worked on the Capitol Hill for eight months.

May 11, 2005, Donna Brazile Addresses the Minnesota Women's Campaign Fund's Annual Luncheon
The Minnesota Women's Campaign Fund (MWCF) celebrated its 23rd Annual Luncheon as 1,000 women and men listened to author and political consultant Donna Brazile speak about the importance of women in politics. In addition to Brazile, the program featured Gail Schneider, Executive Director of The WISH List. It was held at the Historic Milwaukee Depot in Minneapolis. Humphrey students attended the luncheon with funding from the Leadership for Black Women endowment.

August 26-7, Ready To Run
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September, Twin Cities Women's Centers Consortium
Members of the Twin Cities Women's Centers Consortium represent all of the women's programming centers on campuses across the Twin Cities. We work together on conferences and keep each other informed about programs.

September 21, Center on Women and Public Policy Curriculum Meeting
Second year women and public policy students hosted a breakfast meeting with potential WPP concentrators to discuss curriculum issues and answer questions about what it means to concentrate in women and public policy at the Humphrey.

October 20, Center on Women and Public Policy Pizza Lunch
The Center on Women and Public Policy welcomed both first and second year Women and Public Policy students back for the fall semester, and others at the Humphrey School who were interested to learn more about the Center's research projects, advocacy initiatives, and upcoming events.

October 24, Center on Women and Public Policy Happy Hour
A group of first and second year Women and Public Policy students gathered for beers at a nearby bar to discuss politics, policy, and feminism.

November 16, Feminist International Internship Session
The Center organized a meeting for students to hear reports from fellow students about their summer work abroad.

November 6, North Country Viewing and Discussion
More than a dozen students gathered to watch North Country together. Afterward, the group traveled to a nearby coffee shop where MPP student Kate Troy, author of a case study of the sexual harassment lawsuit against Evelyth Mines, led a discussion about the film.

December 13, Lunch with Sally
Sally hosted a luncheon to reconnect after her three months away with the twenty women and public policy students.