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March 23, 2010 Women's Research & Resource Center @ Spelman College  NewsNotes Quick Links Donate To the Women's Center   About the Women's Center      Celebrating Women's History Month at the Center is always a joy. This year is even more special since we are honoring Toni Cade Bambara, whose birthday is March 25, for our 10th anniversary conference!!!! During the gathering we are premiering a documentary about the Digital Moving Image Salon and its founding director, Professor Ayoka Chenzira, as well as acknowledging publicly the Toni Cade Bambara papers which are housed in the Spelman Archives. We are excited about the broad range of activities associated with the Women's Center's endowment campaign, and are thankful for the recent campus visit of Anita Hill, one of our National Advisory Board members. As we honor the extraordinary work and vision of countless women here and around the globe, we urge you to remember in your own way those women who have helped to change the world as well as your own personal lives.   in gratitude, Beverly Guy-Sheftall          Donate to the Women's Center             RDI is pleased to announce its last talk  for this year in the New Frontiers in Race and Difference Lecture Series! Speaker: Dorothy Roberts, Professor Law at Northwestern University   March 29, 2010   Title: Race and the New Biocitizen Time: 4:00-5:30pm Location: School of Law, Tull Auditorium *Reception The 20th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Conference for Black Literature and Creative Writing Builder of Positive Reality:  A Celebration of the Lifelong Achievements of Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti  April 1-3, 2010  Featuring the legendary Nikki Giovanni Also featuring: Angela Jackson, Jan Carew, John Fountain, Staceyann Chin, Nnedi Okorafor, R. Dwayne Betts, Malik Yusef, Roger Bonair-Agard and many others.   Chicago State University Cordell Reed Student Union Rotunda 95th Street & King Drive Chicago, Illinois 60628-1598    Schedule information.   Free for High School and College Students with valid school identification.  For more information on this event, please contact the Gwendolyn Brooks Center via e-mail at gbrookscenter@gmail.com or at 773-995-4440.        Jacqueline Jones Royster Named Dean of Ivan Allen College    Following a national search, Georgia Tech Provost Gary B. Schuster has announced that Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster (WRRC Advisory Board Member and Spelman Alumna), a professor of English with interests related to rhetorical studies, women's studies and literacy, will be the College's next dean.      In addition to holding the dean's chair, Royster will be a professor in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture. She is expected to start by the fall semester. The University of Maryland, College Park Women's Studies Department presents   STILL BRAVE Black Women's Studies at 25+ Looking Backward to Move Forward    Friday, April 23, 2010   This symposium centers around Black women's studies, curriculum and program development, Black women's academic writing, and major issues of the day including:   HIV/AIDS and healthcare Human rights and violence against women Representations of Black women in the media There will be a workshop, a panel, and a luncheon. Events will take place on the sixth floor of McKeldin Library from 8:30am-4:00pm. This event is FREE and open to the public. You must register to attend. To register and find out about who will be presenting, please visit our website: www.womensstudies.umd.edu   Cosponsored with the Feminist Press, UM Libraries, and UM's African American Studies.    Beverly Guy-Sheftall Women's Research & Resource Center @ Spelman College