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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Greetings from the Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in Arts
and Media at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hello, my name is Sheree Greer. As the graduate research assistant for
the Institute, I’ve been asked by our director, Jane Saks, to send this
Upcoming Events Announcement detailing several events we are co-presenting in
the coming weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Please take note, save the date, and distribute this announcement among
your students, faculty, organizations, and communities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Questions and comments can be sent via normal reply to this email
address and will be received by K. Suzanne Saulsberry, Assistant to the
Executive Director.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thank you for your time and hope to see you at one or all of these
exciting events!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sheree Greer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Graduate RA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in Arts and Media<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Columbia</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>======================================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>SHE SPEAKS VOLUMES, Panel Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>"Where Do We Draw the Line?
Creative Expression vs. the Perpetuation of a Rape Culture"<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Date:
Thursday,
April 26, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Time:
Noon to
1:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Location:
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Conaway</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>,
1104 <st1:place w:st="on">S. Wabash</st1:place>, First Floor<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Admission:
Free, RSVP required at </span></font></b><a href="http://www.ywcachicago.org/"
title="http://www.ywcachicago.org/">www.ywcachicago.org</a> or 312.762.2743.<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Description<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Creative expression represents one's ideas, opinions and personal views
as illustrated through various art forms: music, poetry, writing, film,
etc. For artists, having the right to express his/her self through their
artistry is what drives their passion. However, some forms of creative
expression stimulate covert and overt messages of sexual violence, which in
turn can have an effect on the perpetuation of a rape culture. As part of
the “Arts, Advocacy, and Activism” collaboration between the Institute
for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College
Chicago, and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, the two organizations are co-presenting
a panel discussion addressing the question “where do we draw the line
between creative expression and the perpetuation of a rape culture?”
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Panelists<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Spoken word trio <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Diva Diction</span></b>
(Bassey, Amalia Ortiz, and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ishle</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hip-hop emcees <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ang13</span></b> and <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Unmuvabo Vendetta<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Moderated by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Misty DeBerry<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This program is co-presented by the Institute for <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>, and YWCA Metropolitan <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>.</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>RSVP at <a href="http://www.ywcachicago.org/"
title="http://www.ywcachicago.org/">www.ywcachicago.org</a> or 312.762.2743. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For more information, call 312.344.8829 or visit <a
href="http://www.colum.edu/institutewomengender"
title="http://www.colum.edu/institutewomengender">www.colum.edu/institutewomengender</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>SHE SPEAKS VOLUMES, Poetry Slam with
Diva Diction<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Date:
Thursday, April 26, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Time:
Doors open at 5:30, program 6:00pm – 8:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Location:
Hothouse, 31 E. Balbo<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Admission:
$15.00 general admission. RSVP at </span></font></b><a
href="http://www.ywcachicago.org/" title="http://www.ywcachicago.org/">www.ywcachicago.org</a>
or 312.762.2743.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Description<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“She Speaks Volumes” is the cornerstone of the “Arts,
Advocacy, and Activism” collaboration between the Institute for the Study
of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College Chicago, and YWCA
Metropolitan Chicago. Held in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness
Month, “She Speaks Volumes” aims to raise awareness about issues of
sexual violence, to engage students to speak out, and to show how art and
activism can impact social change. Performing live will be <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Diva Diction</span></b>, a spoken word trio made up of
poets Bassey, Amalia Ortiz, and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ishle</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Diva Diction
has appeared on HBO’s Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry and is
recognized as one of the most powerful poetry groups on the page and on
stage. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This program is co-presented by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>the
Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>, and YWCA Metropolitan <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City></span></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>RSVP at <a href="http://www.ywcachicago.org/"
title="http://www.ywcachicago.org/">www.ywcachicago.org</a> or 312.762.2743. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For more information, call 312.344.8829 or visit <a
href="http://www.colum.edu/institutewomengender"
title="http://www.colum.edu/institutewomengender">www.colum.edu/institutewomengender</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>GENDER AND HIP-HOP COMMUNITY DIALOGUE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>"Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and
Rhymes” Film Screening and Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Date:
Friday, April 27, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Time:
6:00pm reception, 7:00pm screening with panel discussion to follow<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Location:
Doc Films, Ida Noyes Hall, Max Palevsky Theater, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">1212 East 59<sup>th</sup> Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Admission:
$5.00 at the door<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Film Screening<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In his 2006 documentary film “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats &
Rhymes,” award-winning producer and director Byron Hurt exposes and
explores the structures of violence, hyper-aggression, and misogyny in much of
today’s hip-hop, interviewing a number of prominent artists and producers
along the way, including Chuck D, Mos Def, Jadakiss, and Russell Simmons.
In collaboration with the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chicago</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>’s Center
for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, the Institute for the Study of
Women and Gender in the Arts and Media co-presents a public screening of the
film followed by a panel discussion with Director Byron Hurt. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Panelists<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Byron
Hurt</span></font></b> (award-winning director, “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats
and Rhymes”)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Natalie Hopkinson</span></font></b>
and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Natalie Y. Moore </span></b>(co-authors
of “Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop
Generation”)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Stephanie Shonekan (</span></font></b>Professor
of Humanities and Cultural Studies; Director, Black World Studies Program, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Chicago)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Moderated by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cathy Cohen</span></b>
(Professor of Political Science, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chicago</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This program is co-presented by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>the
Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>, the Center for the Study of Race,
Politics and Culture at the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chicago</st1:PlaceName>, and Doc Films at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For more information, call 312.344.8829.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>GENDER AND HIP-HOP COMMUNITY DIALOGUE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>"Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?”
Panel & Community Roundtable<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Date:
Saturday, April 28, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Time:
1:00pm – 3:00pm, reception to follow<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Location:
International House Assembly Hall, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1414
East 59<sup>th</sup> Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Admission:
Free and open to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Panelists<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Byron
Hurt </span></font></b>(award-winning director of “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats
and Rhymes”)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Joan Morgan</span></font></b> (author
of “When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: My Life as a Hip-Hop
Feminist”)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Mark Anthony Neal</span></font></b>
(author of “New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity”)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tracy</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Sharpley-Whiting</span></b> (author of
“Pimp’s Up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black
Women”)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Moderated by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bakari Kitwana</span></b>
(author of “Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop”)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This program is co-presented by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>the
Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia
College Chicago, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the
University of Chicago, and International House Global Voices Performing Arts
Program. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For more information, call 312.344.8829.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>K. Suzanne Saulsberry<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Assistant to the Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Institute for the Study of Women and Gender<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>in the Arts and Media, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>33 East Congress
Parkway, Suite 530</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chicago</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, <st1:State w:st="on">IL</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">60605-1996</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>ph: 312.344.8829 f: 312.344.8433</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Effective immediately, our new location is: 218 S.
Wabash, 7th Floor</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Chicago</span></font></b></strong></st1:City><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">, <st1:State w:st="on">IL</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">60604</st1:PostalCode></font></b></strong></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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