The Reel Girls | The Vagina Monologues | Women's History Month

Women Change Wilmington

Monday, March 24, 2008
6:30 to 8:00 pm
UNCW Lumina Theatre in the Fisher Student Center
followed by Q&A and
reception in the Clocktower Lounge

A panel of prominent women in the community will be discussing the changes they have seen in womens' status over the years.

Guest Panelists:

Rhonda Bellamy

WGNI News Director, Rhonda Bellamy, has over 12 years experience in print and broadcast journalism and has been recognized for numerous awards and commendations.  She presently serves as vice-president of the North Carolina Associated Press Broadcasters and is a founding board member of the Black Arts Alliance Inc.

Minerva Glidden

With over 35 years experience working on women’s issues, Minerva Velez Glidden is a committed Latina feminist who helped establish Wilmington’s Voces Latinas and currently serves as their board Chairperson.  She is also a member of the New Hanover County Board of Social Service and volunteers as a medical interpreter for Tileston Clinic.

Sandra McLaurin

President of the Wilmington branch of the American Association of University Women, Dr. Sandra McLaurin worked within the UNCW Department of Mathematical Science for nearly 27 years and retired as a full professor in 2003.  She served many roles within the department over the years including graduate coordinator, assistant department chair and was also very involved in the development of the masters program in mathematics.

Sandra Spaulding-Hughes

Co-author of The Young Woman’s Guide for Personal Success, a guidebook of teaching and inspiring young women, Sandra Spaulding-Hughes has received numerous awards and was a member of the Wilmington, North Carolina City Council from 1999 to 2003.  She is a retired educator who currently conducts parenting, leadership, time management, and etiquette and social graces workshops.

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Reel Girls

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Mini-documentaries, focusing on the real lives of middle school girls compared to images of girls in media.  UNCW Women’s Studies and Film Studies assisted DC Virgo Middle School girls in the creation and production of their own Documentaries.  The films will be screened at UNCW’s Lumina Theatre on April 29. 

Lumina Theatre:  Four UNCW students and four UNCW faculty members have paired up with twenty-four D.C. Virgo middle school girls to create mini-documentaries focusing on their own lives in comparison with the ways in which women and girls are portrayed in the media. From the films created in The Reel Girls Project, student members, both college and middle school, will coordinate and promote an on-campus screening that will allow the girls to share their vision and voices with the community. The screening, which is free to the public, will be shown at Lumina Theatre at 6:30 on April 29.  The screening will be followed with a discussion by the students. 

Purpose:
The Wilmington and UNCW communities are very involved in film. The Reel Girls Project is a non-profit mentoring project which encourages girls to take a critical look at the portrayal of women and girls in the media and to motivate them to consider the creative and technical roles in the film industry that are typically filled by males.

The Vagina Monologues

When: Sunday, February 17 @ 2 & 7pm

Where: Lumina Theater

Pre-show performances by Someone's Sister

Tickets are on sale now at FSC Box Office (962.4045), and the WRC

$5 (students)

$10 (faculty/staff/alumni)

$15 (general public)

All proceeds go to Wilmington's Domestic Violence Shelter and Rape Crisis Services of Coastal Horizons, Inc.