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SSU's Women's Center
Recognizes Domestic
Violence Awareness Month

Oct. 7, 2011

The month of October is recognized nationwide as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Women's Center at Shawnee State University has several events planned during the month.

At the end of the month, an award-winning journalist and poet, Katha Pollitt, will be the featured speaker of the 2011-12 Leslie Williams Symposium and part of the Jane M.G. Foster Distinguished Lecture Series. Her lecture, "What Do You Mean I'm Not Equal Yet? Women in the 21st Century" will be presented at 7 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 27 in the Main Theatre of the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts.

Pollitt writes a bimonthly column for "The Nation" and is the author of six books, among them the essay collection "Learning to Drive" and two volumes of poetry, "The Mind-Body Problem" and "Antarctic Traveller: Poems." She has received the Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Maggie award and the American Book Award's Lifetime Achievement Award, among many other honors.

Several other events are planned throughout the month, including:

  • Wednesday, Oct. 12 from 6 to 9 p.m. University Center's East Ballroom, experts in martial arts and personal defense will present a 'Self-Defense Workshop' to help women learn how to get away and defend themselves from attackers.
  • Thursday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. To raise awareness of sexual violence against women and girls, women can "Take Back the Night" by designing T-shirts to wear that evening for a rally.
  • Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. a rally and march to the Scioto County Courthouse for a "Candlelight Vigil for Domestic Violence Awareness." This community event is sponsored by the Southern Ohio Shelter for Domestic Violence to remember victims of domestic violence and their families.

The events are free and open to the public. For more information about the Women's Center and scheduled activities, contact Ann Linden, director, at alinden@shawnee.edu or (740) 351-3738.