February
27, 2007
Oakton Hosts Expert on Women and HIV
Dr. Mardge Cohen, one of the world's leading authorities on women and HIV, discusses her work in Chicago and Rwanda as part of Women's History Month at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines. Dr. Cohen's keynote address, "Caring for Women with HIV: Global and Local Challenges," takes place at 11 a.m., Monday, March 26, in Room 1610. The public is invited to this free event.
For 30 years, Dr. Cohen has worked at Cook County Hospital (now Stroger Hospital), where she founded the Women and Children HIV Program. In 2004, she began traveling to Rwanda to work with grass roots organizations to provide care for women and children with HIV. Dr. Cohen is currently director of women's HIV research at the CORE Center.
On Thursday, March 22, Oakton presents "Consuming Culture: The Art of Mary Ellen Croteau," a conversation about the bias of social icons, with one of Chicago's most prominent multimedia artists. This event begins at 9 a.m. with a light breakfast reception in Room 1610.
Additional Women's History Month events at Oakton include "brown bag" lunch discussions on contemporary books and topics, and a potluck supper and screening of Iron Jawed Angels, an award-winning film about suffragettes Alice Paul and Lucy Burns.
Women's History Month events are sponsored by the Women's Studies Program and the Oakton Chapter of the Association of Women in Community Colleges. For more information, contact Kathleen Carot at 847-376-7061 or kcarot@oakton.edu.
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