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Series opens Wednesday
By Diana Matusewic
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Monday, September 30, 2002
The Women’s Center presents “Violence in the Workplace” this Wednesday as part of its “Women in the Workplace” themed fall semester programming.
The speaker on this topic will be Sgt. Lori Irvin, from the St. Cloud Police Department, who was referred by Miles Heckendorn, director of SCSU’s Public Safety Department.
According to Tamara Hennes, graduate assistant for the Women’s Center, the event isn’t just for women.
“It will definitely take men getting involved with the cause to get total equality,” she said.
Besides violence, a variety of other workplace topics will be covered throughout the semester, including: legal issues in the job search, how to prosper in work and life, women trying to advance at work, sex discrimination at the workplace, finance management as it pertains to the wage gap between men and women, and sexual harassment laws. These issues will be addressed every Wednesday from Wednesday through Nov. 13 in the Atwood Little Theater.
The topics covered in the “Women on Wednesdays” programs are decided by the Women’s Center committee and by the results of surveys handed out at the “Women on Wednesdays” meetings to see what issues are the most appealing.
The spring semester’s theme will be, “Women in Activism — changing the world piece by piece.”
The Women’s Center is working on bringing Julia Butterflyhill, who protested deforestation of the Redwood forest by living in one for two years.
Hennes said that besides educating the community on issues that affect women’s lives, Women on Wednesday’s serves another purpose.
“Women on Wednesdays represent the strong women in the community, the women who don’t get enough recognition,” she said.
Amber Norcutt, a work study student in the Women’s Center, said the workplace theme of the fall semester’s Women on Wednesdays is particularly relevant for female students about to graduate.
“We’re all going to be graduating and getting jobs. All these topics pertain to each and every one of us as women,” Norcutt said.
