Dallas Library events Saturday will celebrate Women’s
History Month
Dallas - A project to
digitally preserve the experiences of women who have marched for equality;
panel discussions on the impact of women’s marches and Womanist and Black
Feminist themes; and a “Women of Power” photography exhibit highlight the Dallas
Public Library’s celebration of Women’s History Month.
All events will be held at the Central Library,
1515 Young St. on Saturday, March 10:
Our
Voices: The Oral History Project, will be held from 11 a.m. to noon and from 3
to 4:30 p.m. in the third floor Study Room. The library will record oral
histories from women who have participated in marches or protests, which will
be digitized and kept in the library’s collection. To request an oral history
or for more information call (214) 670-1435 or email texas@dallaslibrary.org.
A Year Later: Dallas,
Diversity, and the Women’s March, will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Community Exchange room on the
first floor. The impact of women’s marches on society and
politics and efforts to increase diversity and inclusiveness within these
movements will be discussed. Panelists include State Representative Victoria
Neave, organizer of the Dallas Women’s March; Dr. Candice Bledsoe, SMU faculty
member and director of the Action Research Center; Rhetta Bowers, chair of the
Dallas Women's March; Portia Cantrell, Municipal Library Board member; and
attorney Jayla Wilkerson.
Drinking Lemonade: Feminism, Womanism & Beyonce, will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in
the Laurie Evans Studio, third floor. Panelists will discuss Womanist and Black
Feminist themes illustrated in Beyonce’s Lemonade visual album. Panelists
include Dr. Angela Ards, Associate Professor of English and Journalism at
Boston College; Dr. Phillips-Cunningham, Associate Professor and Director of
the Undergraduate Department of Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies at
Texas Woman’s University; and Akwete Tyehimba, member of the United States of
Africa Revolutionary Party.
Powerful
Women Photography Exhibit, will be on
display on the fourth floor from March 10 to March 31. The exhibit will include works by Dallas area
photographers representing women or womanhood as powerful.
Women’s
History Month programs are also being held at these branch libraries:
Renner Frankford Library, 6400 Frankford Road,
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. March 10.
“Women’s History with Tea.” Celebrate women's
historical achievements over a cup of tea!
Bachman
Lake Library,
9480 Webb Chapel Road, 1 p.m. March 10 and March 24.
Family craft time “Celebrating Women in
Our Lives.”
White
Rock Hills Library,
9150 Ferguson Road, 2 to 4 p.m. March 18
Share photos, food and stories of women
who have impacted your life
Highland
Hills Library,
6200 Bonnie View Road, 10:30 a.m. March 6 and March 20
"Who Am I?" Family trivia game
celebrating and honoring famous female figures who helped shape our nation.
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