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Sept. 6:
Opening Exhibit Reception, Girls Gotta Run Foundation
Exhibit. This exhibit was organized to raise money to buy
shoes for Ethiopian girls who are training to be professional
runners in order to avoid being forced into early marriage. It
features art about shoes and information about the status of
girls and women in Ethiopia. The artwork is for sale by silent
auction, with participating artists donating at least 50 percent
of any sale. General donations will also be accepted. Time: 7
P.M. Place: The Sewall-Belmont House, Washington, D.C. For more
information, visit
http://girlsgottarun.org. Click here for “Shoe Art Gallery”
of participating artists’ work:
www.girlsgottarun.org/gallery_artists.php?nid=263.
Sept. 15:
9th Annual Women's Leadership Conference at
Babson College.
Sponsored by the Center for Women's Leadership at Babson
College. Keynote speakers: Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett
Packard, and Addie Swartz, founder of the Beacon Street Girls.
Time: 8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M. Place: Babson College, Babson Park,
MA. For more information, visit
http://www3.babson.edu/cwl/.
Oct. 10:
Women
in the Middle East: The Beacon of Change.
Experts explore the advancement of
women’s rights in the
Middle East, bringing together women of different nationalities,
ethnic backgrounds, and religious and secular convictions to
discuss the prospects for reform and radical change across the
region. Sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute for
Public Policy Research. Time: 9:15 A.M. to 3 P.M. Place:
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI, 1150
Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 2003. For more
information, visit
http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.1370/event_detail.asp.
Feb. 18 – 25:
Third Annual Ms. Magazine Cruise.
Join the Ms.
family for “sun and fun, politics and prose, enjoyment and
rejuvenation. Early bird special ends on Oct. 1. Book
reservations via the Cruise Authority. For more
information and pricing, visit
http://msmagazinecruise.com/bookcruise.htm.
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