Authors Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards come to Concordia University Chicago Oct. 25 to speak on "Women Today/Women Tomorrow: Getting from Here to There," examining the state of the women's movement.
The talk is free and open to the public, beginning 7 p.m. in the Oak Park-River Forest Room of the Koehneke Community Center on Concordia's campus, 7400 Augusta Street, River Forest. Free handicapped-accessible parking is available in the visitors' lot north of the University parking structure off Bonnie Brae Street.
Baumgardner and Richards wlll discuss the meanings of feminism and feminist leadership today, bringing feminism into everyday life, and the barriers faced by women today, while observing the the 10th anniversary of their book ""Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future,"
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"Manifesta" is considered a primer on "Third Wave feminism," embracing contradictions and conflict while accommodating diversity and change. The book served as a platform for a national speaking tour taking the authors to dozens of community groups, bookstores and more than 200 universities and high schools.
Founders of Soapbox, Inc., Speakers Who Speak Out, Baumgardner and Richards co-authored a second book in 2005, "Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism." Additional joint writings are found in "The Nation" and anthologies including "Catching A Wave," and "Girls Rock!"
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Their Oct. 25 talk is coordinated through the Women and Genders Studies program at Concordia University Chicago. The interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program at CUC explores and how it affects psychology, sociology, art and a range of other disciplines. Courses strongly encourage critical thinking, analyzing gender roles and examining how gender issues impact society.
For more information, visit www.cuchicago.edu.
