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Book Group: open to new members at all times, the Book Group is for anyone who loves to read. Meets the second Monday of each month, 5:15-6:15pm, Women’s Center Gallery (first floor).  For more information, contact Jane Du Bose at jdubose@bellsouth.net or Carmen Gherman at cggherman@yahoo.com.

Creative Life Planning Group: a group for all dedicated to living life intentionally and creatively. Free and open to everyone, the Creative Life Planning Group is usually attended by women between 40 and 90 years of age.  For more information, contact the Women’s Center.

IMAGE: an organization dedicated to supporting positive body and self-image issues in the Vanderbilt community. IMAGE provides a forum for interested community members to advocate the adoption of healthy body-image concepts and the reduction of eating disorders. Meets the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month, Sarratt Room 341, at 6pm.  For more information, contact images@vanderbilt.edu

L.I.F.E. (Lessons Inspiring Female Empowerment): free and open to any students interested in these issues, L.I.F.E. is group dedicated to mentoring young girls and women on a variety of issues important to them. This group will work with a group of teen girls in the Nashville community covering topics such as economic empowerment, girls and women’s health, self-esteem, leadership and more. For meeting dates and times, please contact sharissa.m.tobias@vanderbilt.edu.

Vanderbilt Feminists (Vandy Fems): open to all students of any gender concerned about women’s issues on campus, and promoting equality between genders. For more information, please contact kathryn.g.edwards@vanderbilt.edu.

Vandy Moms: open to all mothers of any age, partnered or single. This is a fun support network that provides advocacy for moms in the Vanderbilt and larger communities. It also provides programming to inform, empower and enrich. For more info, contact amy.kendall@vanderbilt.edu.

Women’s Faculty Organization: open to faculty women at all levels, this group sponsors topical brown-bag lunch meetings and potluck dinners to connect women faculty with one another. The WFO is also active in recruiting and mentoring women faculty, and in advocating for all women at Vanderbilt University. For more information, please contact the Women’s Center.