Calendar of Events

Applications and Auditions for V-Day Performance of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer
Mon., Nov. 2, 2009: deadline to submit general applications; please click here to apply
Tues., Nov. 10, 2009, MCWC: deadline to sign up for an audition
Thurs., Nov. 12 and Fri., Nov. 13: auditions held

The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center is excited to bring this new, dynamic performance to Vanderbilt. The 2010 V-Day College Campaign Production of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer contains a series of pieces using humor, vignette, and emotion to demonstrate the importance of speaking out about power-based personal violence. The pieces combine to create a powerful evening designed to encourage community action.
We invite you to complete the General Application for involvement, indicating your willingness to participate in as many roles as you are interested in holding. We are seeking individuals for performing, production, directing and publicity. Auditions for performing roles will be held on Thursday, November 12 and Friday, November 13, based upon a sign-up with specific times located in the Women's Center lobby. Additional information will be provided to those individuals indicated an interest in the director role. No experience with theatre productions, peer education or sexual violence awareness and advocacy are necessary.

The cast and production crew for A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer will meet twice a week during the Spring semester until the performances on February 12, 13 and 14. All participants will be required to attend a mandatory training on Thursday, January 22 from 4:00-7:00pm to prepare them for their role in this production.

For more information or questions, please contact kayti.protos@vanderbilt.edu

Film Screening of No! The Rape Documentary with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Mon., Nov. 2, 2009, Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Auditorium, 4:30pm

The documentary No! The Rape Documenary takes a powerful look at Black women's lives through a holistic lens and critically examines how the act of committing rape or sexual, physical, and/or verbal assault against Black women and girls is a race, gender, class, and sexual orientation issue. Director Aishah Shahidah Simmons is an award-winning independent feminist filmmaker, writer, international lecturer, and activist based in Philadelphia; she is the producer, writer, and director of No! This event is co-sponsored with the department of Women's and Gender Studies, the department of African American and Diaspora Studies, the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center, and the Office of LGBTQI Life.

VanDIY Workshop: Go Green and Save Big! (co-sponsored with Vandy Moms)
Thurs, Nov. 12, 2009, Sarratt Student Center, Room 116, 11:30am-12:30pm

Tara Biller, founder and owner of Green Proof your Home, a residential consulting service will share ways to use less energy, conserve water, and save money on your utility and grocery bills. Bring a sack lunch and join us!

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center is kicking off a new series of Do-It-Yourself workshops. At VanDIY, participants will learn practical skills related to a variety of interesting personal and professional topics. We’re all doing-it-ourselves more often these days, so come to one of our sessions and find out how you can, too!

11th Annual Take Back the Night at Vanderbilt
Tuesday, Nov. 17, Benton Chapel, 6-7pm resource fair, 7:00- 8:30pm event

Take Back the Night at Vanderbilt has a rich history of giving voice to individuals and advocating for social change to end violence. Join us this year we build on that history and create spaces for all of our experiences and ideas. Keynoting the event, Dr. Dorothy Edwards of the Violence Intervention and Prevention Center at the University of Kentucky will speak about power-based personal violence and the steps each of us can take to create a safer campus for everyone. RSVP for our Facebook event to receive reminders and updates about the event. Contact Anna Guest-Jelley for more information or to sign up as a co-sponsor.

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The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center is kicking off a new series of Do-It-Yourself workshops. At VanDIY, participants will learn practical skills related to a variety of interesting personal and professional topics. We’re all doing-it-ourselves more often these days, so come to one of our sessions and find out how you can, too! For more information, please contact Anna Guest-Jelley. Please join us for these upcoming workshops:

VanDIY Workshop: Budgeting
Mon., Dec. 7, 2009, location TBD, 11:30am-12:30pm

VanDIY Workshop: Defining Personal Wellness
Fri., Jan. 15, 2010, location TBD, 11:30am-1:00pm

VanDIY Workshop: Taxes
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, location TBD, 11:00am-1:00pm

VanDIY Workshop: Public Speaking
Wed., Mar. 17, 2010, location TBD, 11:30am - 1:00pm

VanDIY Workshop: Develop a home yoga practice
Mon., Apr., 19, 2010, location TBD, 11:30am- 1:00pm

VanDIY Workshop: Whole-foods cooking
Thurs., May 13, 2010, location TBD, 11:00am-1:00pm

VanDIY Workshop: Car Maintenance
Mon., June 14, 2010, location TBD, 11:00am-1:00pm

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Vandy Moms Lunch and Learn: Social media and your Kids
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Baker Bldg., Suite 850

Do you know what Twitter is? Facebook? Texting? Your kids do. Come join us for an informative talk from Vanderbilt's social media guru, public affairs officer, Melanie Moran. She'll share with us the benefits and pitfalls of social media and how to safeguard our kids.

V-Day Performance of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer
Friday, Feb. 12-14th, 2010, Sarratt Cinema

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center is excited to bring Eve Ensler's new, dynamic V-Day performance to the Vanderbilt community. Similar to The Vagina Monologues, this production contains a series of pieces that use humor, vignette and emotion to demonstrate the importance of speaking out about power-based personal violence. The pieces combine to create a powerful evening designed to encourage community action. For more information or to get involve, please contact Kayti Protos.

Panel Discussion: Title IX—Is Reform Necessary?
Tues., Mar. 23, 2010, 6-8:00pm, Vanderbilt University Law School, Flynn Auditorium

On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at 6:00pm in Flynn Auditorium at the Law School, the Hyatt Fund, Women Law Students Association, and the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center will co-sponsor a panel debate on the topic of Title IX reform. Panelists will include Senator Birch Bayh, Sports Law Professor David Williams, and a member of the Lawyers Association for Women, Nashville Chapter.

Cuninggim Lecture Luncheon
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 12-1:30pm, RSVP required

An annual tradition, the endowed Cuninggim Lecture on women in culture and society is given by a distinguished scholar each year. Lecturers are invited to address the broad topic from the perspective of their own discipline. Past lecturers have included Patricia Hill Collins, the Charles Phelps Taft Professor of Sociology and Professor of African-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati; Peggy McIntosh, Associate Director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women; Beverly Guy Sheftall of Spellman University; and Dr. Sue Rosser of Georgia Tech, among other distinguished scholars.

At the Cuninggim Lecture, the Mary Jane Werthan Award is granted. The Mary Jane Werthan Award is given annually to honor an individual who has contributed to the advancement of women at Vanderbilt on a systemic level. It is named in honor of Mary Jane Werthan, the first woman member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust.

Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center
Vanderbilt University
VU Station B #351513, 2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, TN 37235-1513
phone: (615) 322-4843 | fax: (615) 343-0940
email: womenctr@vanderbilt.edu