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Monday, July 25 - Wednesday, July 27, 2011

  • Tarrytown, NY
    The Tarrytown Meetings will take place. These meetings bring together people and organizations working to ensure that human biotechnologies and related emerging technologies support rather than undermine social justice, equality, human rights, ecological integrity and the common good.  OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian and OBOGI program manager Sally Whelan will be speaking. More information.  

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

  • Boston, MA  7 - 9 p.m.
    Fundraising house party for Our Bodies Ourselves. Join a conversation with co-founder and current Executive Director Judy Norsigian, who will speak about OBOS's current work and key collaborations on a wide variety of critical women’s health issues.  For more information, email office@bwhbc.org.

Monday, July 11, 2011

  • Woods Hole, MA 7 - 8:30 p.m.
    Fundraising house party for Our Bodies Ourselves. Join a conversation with co-founder and current Executive Director Judy Norsigian, who will speak about OBOS's current work and key collaborations on a wide variety of critical women’s health issues.  For more information, email office@bwhbc.org.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

  • Westport, MA
    Judy Norsigian will be presenting at the annual fundraising event for Planned Parenthood of Southern New England as they celebrate the 80th anniversary of Planned Parenthood Rhode Island.
    Location: Private Residence

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

  • Greenwich, CT
    Judy Norsigian will be leading a luncheon discussion sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Southern New England.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

  • Somerville, MA
    Community Works, a coalition of social justice organizations in Massachusetts, is holding their 4th annual comedy benefit. Tickets can be purchased online; to have your ticket benefit Our Bodies Ourselves, choose us in the “Direct My Ticket Proceeds To” menu when you make your purchase. When you do, $20 of your $25 ticket price goes directly to Our Bodies Ourselves.
    Location: Somerville Theatre

Saturday, April 9, 2011

  • Cambridge, MA
    Judy Norsigian will be presenting the keynote for the American Humanist Association Conference.
    Location: Cambridge Hyatt

Wednesday, April 6, 2011.

  • Boston, MA  12 - 1 p.m.
    BC Law presents the documentary Eggsploitation. Discussion following the film with producer Jennifer Lahl and OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian.
    Location: Boston College Law School, Stuart 411.
  • Cambridge, MA
    A luncheon panel discussion about the history of Our Bodies, Ourselves. Founders of the book will be speaking. This event is sponsored by the Women's Law Association. 
    Location: Harvard Law School 

Saturday, March 5, 2011

  • Framingham, MA 10:00 a.m.
    The League of Women Voters of MA conference. Judy Norsigian will be presenting the keynote titled "Women's Health in the 21st Century: What We Need to Know"
    Location: MetroWest Medical Center, McPherson Hall in the Medical Arts Building, 25 Lincoln Street 

Thursday, February 24, 2011

  • Boston, MA 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. 
    Boston Reproductive Health Happy Hour
    Location: Mantra Bar and Restaurant, Temple Place

Monday, February 14, 2011

  • Lebanon, NH 1:15p.m. 
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will give the luncheon keynote at the Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network. 
    Location: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center  

January 31, 2010

  • San Francisco, CA 
    Screening and discussion of Absolutely Safe with filmmaker Carol Ciancutti-Leyva and OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian
  • Palo Alto, CA 
    Judy Norsigian discusses women and girls' health issues at a school presentation.
    Location: Castillejea School for Girls
  • Palo Alto, CA 
    Judy Norsigian discusses international women's health issues at a brown bag luncheon for Women's Studies students.
    Location: Standford University

January 27, 2010

  • Los Angeles, CA 
    Screening and discussion of Absolutely Safe with filmmaker Carol Ciancutti-Leyva and OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian
    Location: UCLA

December 6 - 8, 2010

  • San Diego, CA 
    Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) is holding their 2010 conference, Advancing Ethical Research Conference: Uniting People, Principles and Practices. OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be moderating a panel titled Research on Pregnancy: A Necessary Risk?
    Location: The San Diego Convention Center

Friday, November 12, 2010

  • Chicago, IL  6:00 a.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will give the Doris Conant Lecture on Women and Culture at the Chicago Humanities Festival. 

    Location: Francis W. Parker Auditorium, 2233 N Clark Street 

Thursday, October 14, 2010

  • Palm Desert, CA  8:30 a.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will give the keynote address at the Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health 13th Annual Premier Women's Healthcare Conference. Her speech is titled "Our Bodies, Ourselves Turns 40: Revisiting Our Past Successes and Responding to Present Challenges in Women's Health"
    Location: Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort & Spa 

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 

  • Boston, MA  7 - 8:30 p.m
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a panel discussion titled Women in Politics - How / If The Role of Women is Changing in the 21st Century.
    Location: Boston University, Women's Resource Center in the basement of the George Sherman Union (775 Commonwealth Ave). 

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

  • Santa Fe, NM 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 
    Join us for a free screening of Absolutely Safe. Director Carol Ciancutti-Leyva and Judy Norsigian will lead a discussion following the film. There will also be an opportunity to join a new outreach program and host your own film screenings with support from Our Bodies Ourselves.  
    Locaiton: Dane Smith Hall, Room 125 at the University of New Mexico.

July 2-4, 2010

  • Boston, MA 
    Join us at the National NOW Conference as the founders of Our Bodies Ourselves are honored with the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Women's Health Award. The award ceremony will be on Friday, July 2 beginning at 1:00 p.m.
    Locaiton: The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers Ballroom
Wednesday - Friday, June 9 - 11, 2010
  • Boston, MA
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will give the opening keynote address at the World Congress Leadership Summit on Women's Health. Her talk is titled, "Knowledge is Power:  Improving Womenís Health Services through Evidence-Based Information."
    Location: The Lenox Hotel. More info.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

  • New York, NY 
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will speak on Women and Health Care Reform: What Should We Do Now? Sponsored by Physicians for a National Health Program, NY Metro Chapter.
    Location: Beth Israel Medical Center, Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, 10 Union Square East (between 14th and 15th Streets), Second Floor ï Lecture Hall.

Friday, April 23, 2010

  • Boston, MA
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will participate in a panel after a viewing of the film "Shame." The film is part of the 2010 Muslim Film Festival.
    Location: Suffolk Law School,120 Tremont Street.  More info.


Thursday, 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.

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.

Wednesday, April 7- Saturday, April 10, 2010

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

Thursday, March 18, 2010

  • Waltham, MA  3 - 4:30 p.m.
    Join OBOS co-founders Paula Doress-Worters, Vilunya Diskun and Jane Pincus and current OBOS staff Ayesha Chatterjee and Kiki Zeldes for a panel discussion of Our Bodies Ourselves: Four Decades of Activism. The panel is part of a larger conference, The Personal is Political: Feminist Activism over Time.
    Location: Brandeis University, Epstein Bldg Lecture Hall. 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.

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.

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 organizationís 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

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.

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. 

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.

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

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.  

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.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

  • Beverly Hills, CA  7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a house party to benefit Our Bodies Ourselves! Judy will describe the organizationís 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.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

  • Nashville, TN 4 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian and blogger Rachel Walden at a house party benefitting Our Bodies Ourselves.  More info.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 

  • Boston, MA  6:30 - 8 p.m.
    Eugenia Lopez Uribe, Mexican activist and MARIA Abortion Fund for Social Justice coordinator, will be speaking about her role in the liberalization of the abortion law in Mexico City and the critical role of funding for women to exercise their right to abortion.
    Location: 87 Seaverns Ave, Hope Church (in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood).

November 7-11, 2009

  • Philadelphia, PA
    The American Public Health Association (APHA) holds its annual meeting.  OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be part of a panel Healthcare Reform: What Do People with Disabilities Need? on Tuesday, November 10 at 4:30 p.m. More info

Friday, November 6, 2009

  • Rhode Island
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be speaking at the 100th anniversary celebration for the Northwest Community Health Care Center.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

  • WBAI radio  10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be the guest speaker on Joy of Resistance,  WBAI's dedicated feminist program. The interview can be streamed live at www.wbai.org.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

  • Storrs, CT  1 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
    10th Annual International Conference on Health and Human Rights. OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be part of the panel Health & Wellbeing: Focus on Women and Children.
    Location: University of Connecticut. More info.

  • Attleboro, MA  7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
    OBOS Founder Wendy Sanford will be the guest lecturer for a class on parenting. Free and open to the public.
    Location: Bristol Community College, Auditorium, 11 Field Street.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

  • Medford, MA   1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be speaking on women's health in a Tufts University course on Social Movements in Public Health. 

Saturday, October 10, 2009

  • Waltham, MA  all day conference
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian and OBOS co-founder Joan Ditzion will speak as part of Women-Speak: An Empowerment Conference for Women About Women ñ Mind, Body, and Spirit. More info
    Location: Bentley University, Waltham MA

Friday, September 25, 2009

  • Richmond, VA  1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be speaking on women's health and signing copies of our books.  Sponsored by the Virginia Commonwealth University's Institute for Women's Health National Center of Excellence. Admission is free but registration is required (by Sept. 18). More info.
    Location:  Science Museum, 2500 W. Broad St. in the RF&P Forum Room.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

  • Richmond, VA 7 - 9 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a fundraising house party for Our Bodies Ourselves. Judy will give a brief talk about pregnancy and birth issues and health care reform, and talk about how both impact the LGBT community. Please bring your questions, your ideas and your checkbook!
    Location: Gay Community Center of Richmond's Art Gallery Space, 1407 Sherwood Ave.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

  • Boston, MA  10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be part of a panel, Barriers to Delivering Health Information to the Public, at the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication conference. More info.
    Location: Sheraton Boston Hotel, 39 Dalton Street.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

  • Boston, MA  7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian and ob/gyn Lolly Delli-Bovi for a fundraising house party for the translations and adaptations program at Our Bodies Ourselves.  For more information, contact Anne.

Saturday,  May 30, 2009

  • Boston, MA  9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
    Massachusetts Teach-In on Health Care Reform. OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will participate in a teach-in to educate the public about the Massachusetts heath care reform law and its use as a model for the nation. 
    Location: Walter Amphitheater, Tosteson Medical Education Center (TMEC)
    Harvard Medical School, 260 Longwood Avenue.  More info.

May 19, 2009

  • Marlborough, MA  
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be receiving the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Partners Award on the first day of Partners in Perinatal Health Conference. She will be signing copies of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth from 3 - 3:30 p.m. More info on the conference.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

  • Anchorage, Alaska  12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: Title Wave Books.  More info.

Monday, May 4, 2009

  • Anchorage, Alaska  5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth and a screening of the film Orgasmic Birth. 
    Location: Bear Tooth Theatre Pub. More info.

Tuesday, April 28 + Wednesday, April 29, 2009

  • Washington, D.C.  9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. both days
    A Call to Action for Breastfeeding Expert Panel Meeting. OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be participating.
    Location: LíEnfant Plaza Hotel, 480 LíEnfant Plaza, SW phone:  202-484-1000 

Saturday, April 18, 2009  

  • Stevenson, WA  11 a.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be the keynote speaker at a retreat for Kaiser Permanente staff. She will be speaking about "Challenges in Providing Evidence-Based Women's Health Care: A longtime advocate's perspective."
    Location:  Skamania Lodge in the Columbia Gorge 

Thursday, April 16, 2009

  • Portland, OR   7:30 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. She will be joined by pediatrician Mark Sloan, author of the book Birth Day.
    Location: Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.  More info.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

  • Boston, MA  12 - 1:30 p.m. 
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be the featured speaker at the Health Law Advocates Law and Policy Forum Brown Bag Luncheon Series.  The topic of her speech is "Women's Health and Policy Changes: Advocacy Priorities for 2009." 
    Location: AARP of Massachusetts, One Beacon St, Suite 2301.
    Free, but must RSVP. For more info, call 617.338.5241 or email tboland@hla-inc.org.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

  • Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada  7 p.m
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: St. Francis Xavier University, Millennium Centre Conference Room A.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

  • Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada  7 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location:  Al Whittle Theatre, 450 Main Street, Wolfville.

Monday, April 6, 2006

  • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  7 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: Mount Saint Vincent University, Multipurpose Room, Rosaria Student Centre.

Thursday, April 2, and Friday, April 3, 2009

  • Washington, DC
    Childbirth Connection is sponsoring a day-long conference, Transforming Maternity Care: A High Value Proposition.  OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be speaking.
    Location: Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center. More info.

Friday, March 27 - Sunday, March 29, 2009

  • Cambridge, MA
    Women, Action & the Media: A Conference for Activists, Journalists & Everyone. OBOB blogger Christine Cupaiuolo and OBOS web manager Kiki Zeldes will be presenters at the conference.
    Location: MITís Stata Center.  More info.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

  • Indianola, IA  7 p.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be speaking on The Impact of Media on Women's Health.
    Location: Simpson College. More info.

Friday, March 20, 2009

  • Boston, MA  7:30 a.m - 3:30 p.m.
    Women's Health Forum presents a day-long conference, Getting Healthy, Staying Healthy: Knowledge is Everything. OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will give the closing remarks.
    Location: Marriott Copley Place, 110 Huntington Ave.  More info.

March 17, 2009

  • Las Vegas, Nevada
    OBOS founder Joan Ditzion will be co-presenting a workshop "On Being an Aging Woman: A Conversation" at the "Aging in America 2009: American Society on Aging and the National Council of Aging Conference."  More info on the conferenceMore info on Joan's session

Wednesday March 4, 2009

  • St Louis, MO  2 p.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will speak at the opening panel of the conference, Seeking New Dimensions and Strategies for Women's Health Research. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the Office of Research on Women's Health.
    Location: Washington University. More info.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

  • Indianola, IA  7 p.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be speaking on The Impact of Media on Women's Health.
    Location: Simpson College. More info.

Monday, Feb 23, 2009

  • New York, NY   6 - 8:30 p.m.
    Books for a Better Life Awards Ceremony. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth has been nominated for an award in the "Wellness" category.
    Location:  Millennium Broadway Hotel, 145 West 44th Street.  More info

Saturday, December 13, 2008

  • Nashville, TN  9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be part of a conference titled "Our Bodies, Our Babies: Exploring Birth and Parenting Choices for the Whole Family. "
    Location: Vanderbilt School of Nursing, Frist Hall, rm 140.  More info.

Monday, November 17, 2008 

  • Tallahassee, FL  6 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: Florida State University. The Atrium, FSU College of Medicine, 1115 West Call Street. 

Sunday, November 16, 2008 

  • Orlando, FL  2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. 
    Location: Whole Foods, 1180 Turkey Lake Road.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

  • Boston, MA  6:30 p.m.
    In honor of Love Your Body Day, OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be speaking about health issues that relate specifically to college age women, including egg donation, body image issues and sexuality. 
    Location: Boston University, Gasson 305 (on Middle Campus).

Thursday, October 30, 2008

  • Boston, MA  6:30 - 9 p.m.
    Join OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth editor Heather Stephenson, and childbirth book contributor Debbie Issokson at a celebration of the opening of the Boston location of Isis Maternity. 
    Location: The Shops at Prudential Center.

Monday, October 27, 2008  

Thursday, October 23, 2008

  • Dallas, TX  6 p.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will speak on "The Impact of the Media on Women's Health: Sorting Fact From Fiction."
    Location: University of Texas at Dallas; McDermott Suite, MC. 4.4, McDermott Library.  More info.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

  • Denton, TX  6 p.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will speak on "The Impact of the Media on Women's Health: Sorting Fact From Fiction," followed by a book signing.
    Location: University of North Texas, Room 130 of the Environmental Education, Sciences and Technology Building. More info.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

  • Columbia, Missouri 
    Judy Norsigian will be speaking on "Our Bodies Ourselves--Then and Now:  Four decades of Women's Health advocacy"  at noon. In the evening she will be hosting a house party in support of Our Bodies Ourselves; the topic of discussion will be presidential politics and women's health. More info.

Monday, October 6, 2008

  • Columbia, Missouri  6:30 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: Historic Senior Hall, Stephens College. (Turn south on Waugh Street, which is the first street west of the College Avenue and Broadway intersection. Click the Tour of the Campus at the top of www.stephens.edu main page for a map and a virtual tour.) More info.

Monday, September 15- Tuesday, September 16 

  • Atlanta, Georgia
    The Symposium on Infertility as a Public Health Issue sponsored by the CDC's Infertility Working Group. OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian is a sponsored guest.
    Location: Tom Harkin Global Communication Building (GCC) at the CDC Main Campus.

Monday, September 15, 2008 

  • Atlanta, Georgia
    House party in support of Our Bodies Ourselves. OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be attending.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

  • Portland, OR  5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be speaking at Planned Parenthood's Major Donor Appreciation Event.
    Location: Hotel deLuxe, The Screening Room, 729 SW 15th Ave.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

  • Tucson, Arizona  4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
    The American Association for Birth Centers is holding its second annual Birth Institute, What is Optimal? The conference will be held September 4-7, 2008 at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort; OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be speaking Saturday at 4:45.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

  • Albuquerque, NM  2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
    Policy Briefing on Pregnancy and Birth Issues
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be a panelist.
    Location: 300 San Mateo NE, Commission on the State of Women Conference Room
    Free and open to the public.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

  • Washington, DC
    Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare (CUE) holds its annual meeting. More info

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

  • Chautauqua, NY
    OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be speaking at a weeklong conference titled The Ethical Frontiers of Science at the Chautauqua Institution.  Advance registration is required.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

  • Washington, DC  6:30 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will be part of a panel discussion on Intentional Motherhood: The Connection Between Abortion, Pregnancy and Birth.  Alexis Zepeda of the DC Abortion Fund and Jill Morrison of the National Women's Law Center will also speak. The event is a fundraiser for the DC Abortion Fund.
    Location: Hawk 'n' Dove, 329 Pennsylvania Ave SE,  Capital South Metro. More info. 

 Tuesday, May 27, 2008

  • Hyattsville, MD 7 - 8 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a book release party for Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: Book Nook Bookstore,  5606 Baltimore Ave.  Parking: in addition to the three assigned spots behind the store, parking is available in the lot across the street.

Friday - Thursday, May 23-29, 2008

  • Boston, MA

ACNM expo  American College of Nurse-Midwives annual meeting & exhibit, with educational sessions on more than 100 topics given by womenís health experts from around the world. 
Location: Boston Sheraton Hotel and Hynes Convention Center. More info.
Thursday, May 22, 2008

  • Brooklyn, NY   7 - 9 p.m.
    Book release party for Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. Sponsored by Planned Parenthood. The event will take place at the Old Stone House, located on 5th Ave in the Park Slope neighborhood, between 3rd and 4th streets.  More info.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

  • Bal Harbour, FL 7:30 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location:  Books & Books. Details to come. 

Saturday, May 17, 2008

  • Newington, NH  9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
    Birth & Baby Fair sponsored by the Seacoast Doula Group.  Free, educational event where moms/families can learn more about the services of doulas, midwives, holistic childbirth educators, and breastfeeding counselors. More info. 

Friday, May 16, 2008

  • Tuscon, AZ  7 p.m. 
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: Antigone Books.  More info.

  • Bethesda, MD
    The Office of Research on Women's Health is presenting an NIH Community Forum to recognize OBOS. The forum is called "Seeking New Dimensions and Strategies for Womenís Health Research: Recognizing the Contributions of Our Bodies, Ourselves"
    Location: Lipsett Auditorium, NIH Clinical Center.  More info.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

  • Albuquerque, NM  7 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. 
    Location: Bookworks book store. More info.

 Tuesday, May 13, 2008

  • Bloomington, Indiana  6 - 8 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: Monroe County Public Library. More info.

Monday, May 12, 2008

  • Portsmouth, NH   7 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location:  River Run Bookstore. More info.

Wednesday - Saturday, May 7ñ10, 2008

  • Ann Arbor, MI
    "Hope and Healing ConferenceóCollaborating to Bring Midwifery and Mental Health Care to Women Who Are Survivors of Sexual Abuse," a conference sponsored by Midwifery Today. For more information or to register, visit their website or call  (800)743-0974 .

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

  • Minneapolis, MN  5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian and contributor Andy Steiner for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location:  University of Minnesota. Walter Library, Room 401/402. 117 Pleasant Avenue SE. More info

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

  • Madison, WI  6 - 8 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: A Room of One's Own bookstore, 307 West Johnson Street. More info. 

Thursday, May 1, 2008

  • Los Angeles, CA  7 - 8:30 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will be part of a panel discussion on pregnancy and birth.
    Location: Westside Pavilion Mall - Conference Room A, Level 3 (behind food court) 10800 W. Pico Blvd.

  • Providence, RI  7 p.m.
    OBOS founder Norma Swenson is the keynote speaker at the "Beyond the Birds and the Bees" public humanities project.
    Location: Brown University, Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106. More info.

Tuesday, April 29, 2006

  • San Francisco, CA   12 - 1 p.m.
    University of California, San Francisco
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: The Nursing Building, 530 Parnassus Ave, Room N225.

  • San Francisco, CA   7 - 9 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian, along with Suzanne Arms (author of Immaculate Conception and Bestfeeding), will speak on "Natural Childbirth: New Horizons, New Hope." This is a benefit for the Midwives Alliance of North America and a $10 donation is requested.
    Location: San Francisco Waldorf School, 2938 Washington Street (between Divisadero and Broderick).

Monday, April 28, 2008

  • Seattle, WA  7 p.m.
    An Evening Lecture with Judy Norsigian. Vice President Dick Cheney espoused what he called the "one percent" national security policy following 9/11, repeatedly invoking the principle that if there's even a one percent chance of a terrorist attack, America must prepare as if this were a certainty. As births are increasingly treated as potential emergencies requiring expensive, high-tech interventions, Judy argues that Cesarean sections represent the most recent example of how this same extremist doctrine is playing out in women's health today.
    Location: Seattle Midwifery School, 4000 NE 41st St, Bldg. D, Ste. 3.  More info.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

  • Seattle, WA  1 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: University Book Store, 4326 University Way NEMore info.

  • Seattle, WA  7 p.m.
    Preview the award-winning feature-length documentary, A Walk to Beautiful, which tells the stories of five Ethiopian women who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries and embark on a journey to reclaim their lost dignity. A discussion will follow featuring Judy Norsigian.
    Location: Seattle Art Museum. This event is free, but please donate generously when asked to support the Fistula Foundation and Seattle Midwifery School. Seats are limited; please register online.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

  • Portland, OR   9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will be speaking on womenís health at the Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Women's Health Conference.
    Location: Oregon Convention Center.

  • Portland, OR   4 - 6 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: In Other Words Bookstore. 

Friday, April 25, 2008

  • Portland, OR   4 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will be speaking on the impact of media on womenís health.
    Location: Portland State University. Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 294.  More info.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

  • Vancouver, BC   6:30 - 10 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will be speaking about the many translations and adaptations of Our Bodies, Ourselves. The event will be broadcast live over the web. 
    Location: Paetzold Auditorium, Vancouver General Hospital. More info.

Monday, April 21, 2008

  • Philadelphia, PA  12 - 1 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. 
    Location:  Temple University. Walk Auditorium, which is in Ritter Hall (on Temple University Main Campus) on 13th St. between Montgomery & Cecil B. Moore Aves.

  • Philadelphia, PA  5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: 5:30-7:30pm
    Univeristy of Pennsylvania Campus Bookstore, at 36th and Walnut Streets.  View campus map.

Thursday - Friday, April 17-18, 2008

  • Boston, MA  two-day conference
    "Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need" : a conference designed to "raise womenís voices in local, state and national debates over health care reform, so that womenís perspectives about their health care needs and those of their families can be powerfully articulated, genuinely considered and incorporated into health care reform policy." Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth editor Kiki Zeldes will be part of a panel on "Making Our Own Childbirth Choices."  More info.

  • Boston, MA  multiple times
    Join filmmaker Jennifer Fox for a screening of the film Flying: Confessions of A Free Woman. Fox traveled the world to understand how diverse women define and understand their lives. According to a review,  "[the women's] consciousness-raising conversations are so frank and intimate they could be an update for a global Our Bodies, Ourselves."  The film is being shown Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave.  Tickets can be purchased at the MFA websiteMore info about the film.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

  • Houston, TX  5:30 - 7 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a discussion of childbirth today and of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.  Sponsored by Texas Medical Center Women's Health Network.
    Location: The Houston Academy of Medicine-TMC Library, 1133 John Freeman Blvd, Ground Level Conference Room. More info.  Or contact Joey Fisher Weiner.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

  • Houston, TX  10:30 - 12 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a discussion of childbirth today and of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. This is a women-only event.
    Location: Sojourner Truth Room, 3rd floor of the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin at Southmore.  More info.  Or contact Courtney.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Friday, April 11, 2008

  • Dallas/Fort Worth, TX  1 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: Barnes and Noble Bookstore, 401 Commerce Street in Fort Worth.

  • Newton, MA  3:45 - 5:15 p.m. 
    OBOS founder Joan Ditzion will be leading a workshop "Myths and Realities of Midlife Women: Menopause and Beyond" at the 10th Biennial Social Work Symposium.  More info.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

  • Austin, TX   1:30 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. 
    Location: BookWoman,  5501 North Lamar #A-105 (between North Loop and Koenig Ln.)  More info.

  • Austin, TX   7 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: Book People Bookstore. 603 N. Lamar.  More info.

Monday, April 7, 2008

  • Chicago, IL  12 - 1 p.m. 
    Judy Norsigian will be speaking on ìThe Needle in the Haystack:  Finding Accurate Medical Information to Guide Womenís Health Policy.î The event is free and open to the public.
    Location: The Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W. Adams.

  • Chicago, IL   4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian and Carrie Klima, a professor at the UIC College of Nursing, will be speaking on "Historical and Social Perspectives: Childbirth in the U.S." The event is a celebration of the publication of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth
    Location: Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 800 S. Halsted Street.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

  • Chicago, IL  4:30 - 6 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian and OBOS blogger Christine Cupaiuolo will be speaking and signing books at a book release party for Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
    Location: Women and Children First bookstore.  More info

Thursday, April 3, 2008

  • Ann Arbor, Michigan   6 - 8 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will be speaking about menopause and signing books.
    Location: Borders Books/ Arborland. 3527 Washtenaw Ave.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

  • Berkeley, CA  4 - 5:30 p.m.
    Author Kathy Davis will speak about her book, The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminism Travels Across Borders.
    Location:  U.C. Berkeley, 370 Dwinelle Hall ó Level F.  More info.

Monday, March 31, 2008

  • Bethesda, MD  2 - 3:30 p.m.
    Professor Susan Wells will be speaking on "Reading the Written Body: Our Bodies, Ourselves." The reading is part of the "history of medicine" seminars sponsored by the National Library of Medicine.
    Location:  Lister Hill Auditorium, Bldg 38A, National Library of Medicine. More info. 

Friday - Sunday, March 28 - 30, 2008

  • Cambridge, MA  two-day conference
    Women, Action & the Media present WAM2008: a conference for journalists, activists & everyone.
    More info.  

Friday, March 28, 2008

  • Washington, DC   1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
    OBOS founder Joan Ditzion will be part of a panel discussion, "On Being an Aging Woman: A Conversation", as part of the Aging in America conference.  More info.
  • Nantucket, MA  6 - 9 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will be speaking about different aspects of women's health and signing books.
    Location: Preservation Institute of Nantucket, 11 Centre Street. For more info, email Gennifer Costanzo.

  • Boston,  MA  6:30 p.m.
    Screening of Absolutely Safe, a documentary film on the controversy over breast implant safety.  Free screening and Q&A with the film's director.
    Location: Boston University: Sargent College, Room 101. 635 Commonwealth Avenue. More info on the film.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

  • Washington, DC  2 - 2:30 p.m.
    OBOS founder Joan Ditzion will be leading a workshop, "Myths and Realities of Midlife Women: The Menopause Transition", as part of the Aging in America conference.  More info.

  • Somerville, MA  6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
    "Womenís Health Workshop for 40+ Women: health signs of menopause, heart attack, and ovarian cancer."  OBOS contributor Marcie Richardson will be leading this workshop.
    Location: Central Library,  79 Highland Avenue. For more info, contact the Somerville Commission for Women, email  scw@somervillema.gov; phone:  (617) 625-6600 , x2406.

Wednesday - Sunday, March 26ñ30, 2008

  • Philadelphia, PA
    "The Healing Touch of Midwifery and Birth," a conference sponsored by Midwifery Today. For more information or to register, visit their website or call  (800)743-0974 .

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

  • Cambridge, MA  4 - 7 p.m.
    Join several contributors for a book signing and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. Location: Whole Foods at Fresh Pond, 200 Alewife Brook Parkway. More info. (Scroll down to March 26.)

  • Atlanta, GA  7 - 9 p.m.
    Panel discussion of birth in the United States: "What Women REALLY Want: Current Controversies in Pregnancy and Birth."  Judy Norsigian will be speaking and signing books.
    Location: The Feminist Women's Health Center.  More info. 

Thursday, March 20, 2008

  • Chapel Hill, North Carolina  1 - 2:30 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. 
    Location: Bull's Head Bookshop at the UNC-Chapel Hill. More info.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 

  • Charlotte, North Carolina  4 - 6 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will be speaking about the state of maternity care, and excerpts from the film "Born in the USA" will be shown.
    Location: College of Health and Human Services building, room 159, on the UNC Charlotte campus.

March 15, 2008

  • Cleveland, OH  2 - 5 p.m.
    Join Judy Norsigian for a reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth
    Location: Neighborhood Family Practice. More info.

March 13, 2008

  •  Amherst, MA   7 - 9 p.m.
    Reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth with Judy Nosigian, executive director of OBOS, Kiki Zeldes, co-editor, and Julie Feinland, contributor.
    Location: Food for Thought Books.

  • Waltham, MA  4 - 6 p.m.
    Disability activist Marsha Saxton will present the Annual Irving Kenneth Zola Memorial Lecture. Her topic will be "Improving Communication with Medical Providers: Hot Tips for Patients and Doctors from People with Disabilities." 
    Location: Zinner Lounge, Heller School, at Brandeis University.

March 10, 2008

  • Oneonta, NY  7 p.m.
    Linda Layne, author of the chapter on childbearing loss in the 2005 edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves will be speaking on "Menstrual Suppressing Birth Control Pills: A Feminist Technology?"
    Location: Craven Lounge of the Morris Conference Center at the State University College at Oneonta. More info.

March 8, 2008

  • Boston, MA  2:00-5:30 p.m.
    "Crisis, Creativity, and Courage: Protecting Womenís Rights / Promoting Womenís Health"  A symposium in celebration of International Women's Day. Judy Norsigian will speak as part of a panel of experts. Free and open to the public.
    The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston.  More info.
     
  • Washington, DC  2-day conference Mar 8-9
    National Young Womenís Leadership Conference: Whatís at Stake in 2008? More info.

March 6, 2008

  • Philadelphia, PA   8 a.m. ñ 3 p.m.
    Kathy Davis, author of The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminism Travels Across Borders, will present the keynote address at the Womenís Health Interdisciplinary Research Symposium.
    Location: Mitten Hall, Great Court at Temple University. More info.
  • Brooklyn, NY  7 - 9 p.m. 

    CANCELLED


    Book release party for Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. Sponsored by Planned Parenthood. The event will take place at the Old Stone House, located on 5th Ave in the Park Slope neighborhood, between 3rd and 4th streets. 

    THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO BARBARA SEAMAN'S MEMORIAL.

March 4, 2008

  • New York City  7 p.m. 
    Reading, book signing, and discussion of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth with Judy Norsigian. Bluestockings book store. Lower East Side of Manhattan at 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington.

March 3, 2008

  • New York City  5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will take part in a discussion of birth today sponsored by Brooklyn College. 
    Location: 25 Broadway in lower Manhattan. Details to come.

February 28, 2008

  • Boston, MA   6 - 8 p.m.
    Come celebrate the release of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth with the book's editors and contributors, and the board and staff of Our Bodies Ourselves!
    Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates at Kenmore Square.
    1 Fenway, 3rd Floor, Conference Room 3B & C
    Boston, MA
    Garage parking is available for $5.00.
    MBTAís Green Line/D Train to the Fenway stop.
    For more info, contact anne@bwhbc.org.

February 27, 2008

  • Boston, MA   6 - 7:30 pm
    "Being Born in Massachusetts: Pushing for More Midwives" a panel discussion of maternity care policies. Optional film previews (sample clips from classic and recent birth films) will be shown from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. The event will be held at the C. Walsh Theater, 55 Temple Street, Suffolk University, Boston. More info.

February 24, 2008

  • Falmouth, Maine   3 - 5 p.m. Gilsland Farm Environmental Center
    Join Our Bodies Ourselves for a winter afternoon celebration of our bodies -- and learn what our organization is up to! We'll have a sneak preview of the new OBOS publication about pregnancy and childbirth, as well as information about OBOS' work with grassroots women's groups around the world. Come meet OBOS' executive director, Judy Norsigian, enjoy hot drinks and cookies, and consider how you can help OBOS forge the next wave of the women's health movement. If you would like to receive further information about this event, please email Karin Anderson.

February 18, 2008

  • Washington, DC  10:30 a.m.  -  4  p.m.
    Conference: When the Law Meets OB GYN: The Intersection of Jurisprudence and Medical Ethics in Womenís Health.  Judy Norsigian will speak on the social and medical implication of the HPV vaccine. American University Washington College of Law. More info

January 31, 2008

  • Boston, MA  4:15 p.m.
    Screening of Absolutely Safe, a documentary examining the safety of breast implants.  The Museum of Fine Arts. More info.

  • Davis, CA   4 - 5:30 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will speak on "The Women's Health Movement: Then and Now"
    University of California, Davis. More info.

January 26, 2008

  • Iowa City, Iowa
    Judy Norsigian will speak at the Emma Goldman Clinic for Women 35th anniversary dinner.

January 27, 2008

  • Boston, MA   2:15 pm
    Screening of Absolutely Safe, a documentary examining the safety of breast implants. After the film there will be a discussion with director Carol Ciancutti-Leyva and OBOS Executive Director Judy Norsigian.  The Museum of Fine Arts. More info.

  • Davis, CA  4:10-5:30 p.m
    Judy Norsigian will speak about "Bodies, Politics, Revolution: How the Women's Health Movement Changed and is Changing Perception, Policies, and Medical Treatment."   The Lounge at the University Club, University of California Davis School of Law. More info.

December 8, 2007

  • St. Petersburg, Florida, Saturday December 8th from 1:30-3:00.
    OBOS founder and Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause contributor Joan Ditzion will give a workshop entitled "Myths and Realities of Mid-life Women: Menopause and Beyond" at the 2007 National Positive Aging Conference at Eckerd College. More info.

December 2, 2007

  • Boston, MA  3:15-4:30
    Judy Norsigian will be speaking on a panel at a conference sponsored by Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIMR). The session is titled, "Opportunities, Obligations, and Restrictions when Conducting Research on Women's Health:the Inclusion of Pregnant Women, Contraception Research, and More."  More info

November 7, 2007

  • Washington, DC  12:50 p.m.
    Judy Norsigian will speak at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition. The topic will be "Marketing drugs to healthy women with certain risk factors: What might the FDA do to prevent doing more harm than good?"  More info.

November 13, 2007

  • Boston, MA  6 - 9 p.m.
    Original musical  composition by Berklee faculty member Beth Denisch - "One Blazing Glance " - performed by 5 women also on the Berklee faculty.  Held at Simmons College, this event is a fundraiser for the OBOS Global Translation/ Adaptation Program and is co-sponsored by Berklee College of Music, OBOS, and Simmons College. View  the flyer. Additional info.

November 15, 2007

  • Boston, Ma  7-9 p.m.
    Join Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause contributor Marcie Richardson for "Getting Flashed: The Before, During and After of Menopause."
    Fenway Community Health Center, Boston.

October 25, 2007

  • Waltham, MA 10 a.m.
    Judy Norsigian will be the keynote speaker for the Massachusetts Association for Women in Education's Fall Conference,  ìWomen, Work and Wellness.î Judy will speak about  ìThe Media and Womenís Health."
    La Cava Conference Center at Bentley College in Waltham.  Directions.

    October 23, 2007

    • Bowling Green, Ohio  6 p.m.
      Judy Norsigian will on "The Media and Women's Health: Sorting Fact From Fiction"
      More info

    October 19, 2007

    • Cambridge, MA 3 p.m.
      OBOS collaborator Kathy Davis will be reading from her new book, The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminism Travels Across Borders.
      Harvard Book Store  

    October 3, 2007

    • Worcester, MA 4 p.m.
      OBOS collaborator Kathy Davis will lecture on "Feminism as Traveling Theory: The Case of Our Bodies, Ourseves"
      Clark University, Higgins University Center, Grace Conference Room
      950 Main St. For more information, see the Clark website.

    October 10, 2007

    • Toronto, Ontario  4:30 p.m.
      OBOS collaborator Kathy Davis will lecture on "Feminism as Traveling Theory: The Case of Our Bodies, Ourseves"
      York University, The Harry Crowe Room, 109 Atkinson College
      4700 Keele Street

    October 12 to 15, 2007

    • Santa Fe, NM
      Judy Norsigian will present at the annual Institute of Ecotechnics conference, Microcosmos: Body, Brain and Behavior.
    • Sante Fe, NM
      Houseparty to inform people about the work of Our Bodies Ourselves and to raise money. Judy Norsigian will be present. For more information, contact anne@bwhbc.org.

    • New Brunswick, ME  7 p.m.
      OBOS collaborator Kathy Davis will lecture on "Feminism as Traveling Theory: The Case of Our Bodies, Ourseves"
      Bowdoin College

    October 15, 2007

    • Boston, MA  1 - 2 p.m.
      BWHBC founder and Our Bodies, Ourselves and Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause contributor Joan Ditzion will be speaking about the books.
      Kessler Library at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston.

       

       

       

       

       

       
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