Sunday, March 2^nd @ Arellano Theater, in Levering Hall,

Homewood Campus, JHU, 3400, North Charles St, Baltimore.

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Opening Comments, Social Histories Group

Presentation on IWD, Social Histories Group

Sebahat Tuncel (Keynote Speaker-deputy of Turkish Parliament)

Nadine Bloch (anti-war activist)

Joanne M. Martin (Co-Founder and Director of Great Blacks in Wax Museum

Susan Pearce (Global Women of Baltimore)

Edythe Jones (Women in Black)

Steven Strauss (Freedom Socialist)

United Workers

Susan Black (Worker's World)

Paula Robbins (Women of Palestine)

Esra Saríoglu (Binghamton University-feminist/socialist movement in Turkey)

Katie Allston (Marian House)

Open Discussion

Closing Comments, Social Histories Group

Food Service

5:30 PM

Film Screening: Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Women (Documentary, 2005, 27 minutes).

Organizations with Tables:

Women in Black

United Workers

Spark

Amnesty International (JHU)

Marian House

Ladyfest Baltimore

Red Emma's

International Women's Day Around the World - 2

International Women's Day Around the World

Open Invitation Letter:Bringing Forgotten Social Histories Back Home

Celebrating and Reengaging the International Women’s Day and Mayday in 2008

In 2008 a new community-building project will embark upon a process, which aims at establishing a space of communication among international students, American students and community organizations in Baltimore around two “forgotten social histories of the United States”, namely the March 8th International Women’s Day, and May 1st, Mayday.
This will involve two separate but interconnected events, one on the International Women’s Day (March 8, 2008) and one on the Mayday (May, 1, 2008), with a common theme to reengage the historical legacy of social movements in the United States with the social problems of today. Both originated from the United States at critical moments in the history of the social movements in the USA, then gained significant meaning in many other countries as “people made their own history.” However, they have been since forgotten in the United States, their political homeland and place of origins.

International Women's Day traditionally brings people together collectively to oppose the norms that have discriminated against women. Mayday or International Workers' Day recognizes social and economic achievements of labor groups and the working class.

Each of these two events will cover panels, speeches, movie-shows and musical performances. These events will construct a link between the historical and the contemporary, and the global and the local, by creating solidarity between different groups and as many possible perspectives on these events as exist within our own community. In celebrating International Women’s Day and Mayday, we hope to create a dialogue inclusive of the many groups within the Baltimore community.

On March 8th 2008 we will embark on the first of these events. In addition to movies and musical performances we will be organizing a series of speeches and discussion panels on the following themes:

-Conditions of women struggle worldwide: International experiences on contemporary women’s struggle
-The forgotten history of the women’s day: Historical specificity of International Women’s day and its forgotten history in the USA
-Historical and contemporary struggles of women in Baltimore
-Oppression and struggle of diverse sexualities
-On women and working class: Theoretical, practical and historical puzzles:

We would like to have thorough and informative speeches and presentations for a broad audience, which will cover not only academics in the Baltimore-Washington DC area but also include the broader Baltimore community as well.

If you would like to make a presentation or join in a discussion of any of these themes listed above please contact us by January 10, 2008 at socialhistories@gmail.com. Based on the responses we receive, we will reorganize these themes accordingly to facilitate the best discussions possible.

Furthermore if you would like to take part in this event either personally or as a community organization, or would like to contribute in any way, please contact us at socialhistories@gmail.com or from the contact addresses listed below.

Sincerely,
Social Histories Group
Johns Hopkins University

For more information:
http://socialhistories.blogspot.com

We invite you to come learn about the Social Histories Community at JHU! (revised)

Social Histories Community is a new student group on campus that aims to bring together international students, American students, and the greater Baltimore community to bring awareness to two "forgotten histories" of the United States. This spring, we plan to host two events: International Women's Day (March 8th) and Mayday (May 1st), both of which originated in the US, are celebrated around the globe, but are ironically no longer widely recognized in this country.


International Women's Day traditionally brings people together collectively to oppose the norms that have discriminated against women. Mayday or International Workers' Day recognizes social and economic achievements of labor groups and the working class.


The aim of the SHC is to bring help re-form the link between these two celebrations and the country in which they originated. We envision that each of these two events will include panels, speeches, film-showings, and musical performances, but we need your help and ideas in making these days a success at JHU and in the Baltimore community. This project is awarded by KSAS Community Grant this year and it is being supported by various departments.


We would like to invite you to join us at our next planning meeting on Friday, December 7th at 5:00 pm at Coleman Seminar Room, Mergenthaler Hall, 5 th Floor.


We are looking for ideas to bring to the table, energy to help plan these events, or just general interest in learning more about why we believe these days are important. We would like this to be a collective effort of many groups on our campus and in our community, so please help us spread the word and join us if you can!


http://socialhistories.blogspot.com/
socialhistories@gmail.com

We invite you to come learn about the Social Histories Community at JHU!

SHC is a new student group on campus that aims bring together international students, American students, and the greater Baltimore community to bring awareness to two “forgotten histories” of the United States. This spring, we plan to host two events: International Women’s Day (March 8th) and Mayday (May 1st), both of which originated in the US, are celebrated around the globe, but are ironically no longer widely recognized in this country. International Women’s Day traditionally brings people together collectively to oppose the norms that have discriminated against women. Mayday or International Workers' Day recognizes social and economic achievements of labor groups and the working class. The aim of the SHC is to bring help re-form the link between these two celebrations and the country in which they originated. We envision that each of these two events will include panels, speeches, film-showings, and musical performances, but we need your help and ideas in making these days a success at JHU and in the Baltimore community.

We would like to invite you to join us at our next planning meeting on Tuesday, November 27th at 7:30 pm in Kreiger 300. We are looking for ideas to bring to the table, energy to help plan these events, or just general interest in learning more about why we believe these days are important. We would like this to be a collective effort of many groups on our campus and in our community, so please help us spread the word and join us if you can!