Calendar of OBOS Readings and Events

The calendar below lists events that feature participants from Our Bodies Ourselves, as well as other events that may be of interest to our web audience. Please check back often, as we frequently add events.

Friday - Sunday, January 22 - 24, 2010

• New Delhi, India
  OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will participate in a National Consultation on Reproductive Technologies, organized by Sama Resource Group for Women and Health. The conference is titled Unraveling the Fertility Industry: The commercial, economic and ethical aspects of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs): Challenges and Strategies for Movement Building. Judy will speak on strategies used by U.S. groups to combat the commercialization of reproductive and genetic technologies.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

• Ann Arbor, MI   2:15-3:45 p.m.
  University of Michigan Health Services Annual Breastfeeding Conference. Judy Norsigian will speak about the politics of breastfeeding.
  Location: Kensington Court Hotel.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

• Ann Arbor, MI   12-2 p.m.
  University of Michigan Health Service 15 year Anniversary Celebration Luncheon. Judy Norsigian's speech is titled Then and Now. She'll be discussing the transformation of women's health.
  Location: Michigan League. More info.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

• Ann Arbor, MI   7-9 p.m.
  Judy Norsigian will speak about Positive Aging and Menopause.
  Location: Ann Arbor Library, Pittsfield Branch. More info.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

• Ann Arbor, MI  11:15-1:15 p.m.
  Judy Norsigian will speak at the Breastfeeding Brown Bag for the University of Michigan Health Services faculty and staff.
  Location: Women's Hospital, L2020. More info.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

• Hamden, CT 
  OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be the keynote speaker at the Celebrating Women's Creativity Conference at Quinnipiac University. More info.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

• Branford, CT
  Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a house party to benefit Our Bodies Ourselves! Judy will describe the organization’s current projects, including the OBOS global translation/adaptation program. Learn how the book has grown into a global health movement that advocates for accurate, accessible information on health, sexuality, and reproduction. Please bring your friends to support this important work and for a lively evening of conversation! For more information or to RSVP, please contact Anne Sweeney at office@bwhbc.org.

Friday, February 26, 2010

• Amherst, MA  3 p.m.
  Celebration of the 35th anniversary of the University of Massachusetts Women Studies program. Judy Norsigian and Wendy Sanford will be part of a panel of scholars and activists that reflect on the changes in Women's Studies over the past three decades.
  Location: University of Massachusetts, Amherst. More info. 

Friday and Saturday, February 26 - 27, 2010

• Austin, TX
  Coalition for Improving Maternity Services 2010 Mother-Friendly Childbirth Forum & Annual Meeting. Judy Norsigian will be speaking on reforming maternity care in the U.S.
  Location: Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin-Town Lake. More info.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

• New Britain, CT  2 p.m.
  OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be the keynote speaker at the Women's History Month Luncheon.
  Location: Central Connecticut State University. More info.

Wednesday, April 7- Saturday, April 10, 2010

• Pennsylvania, PA 
  "Cities and Women’s Health: Global Perspectives" is a conference designed to deconstruct urban planning in terms af its potential to better support women’s health. Sponsored by the International Council on Women’s Health Issues and University of Pennyslvania. More info.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

• Amherst, MA
  Judy Norsigian will be speaking about Politics of Reproductive Safety at the Civil Liberties & Public Policy conference at Hampshire College. More info to come.

April 15, 2010

• Boston, MA
  OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will speak at a conference on Contraceptive Technology. Her talk is titled "So That the Dream Shall Never Die: Gestures Large and Small in Pursuit of Reproductive Justice."
  Location: Sheraton Boston, 39 Dalton Street. More info.

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