Women’s Week Preview
By Sara Jane Sheehan
Transcript Reporter
Womenâs Week, an annual series of programs started in the 1980s, has begun again this year and will soon make history.
Friday nightâs program will be a performance of âButterfly Confessionsâ – the first time it has been read without the direct involvement of its author Yetta Young.
âButterfly Confessionsâ is a series of monologues on the experiences of women of color and raising awareness about violence against women and the effects of HIV/AIDS.
It is being performed in conjunction with âThe Vagina Monologues,â a similar set of readings that has been held on campus for several years.
The Womenâs House (WoHo), House of Peace and Justice, House of Black Culture and Citizens of the World House have all collaborated in planning the week.
For WoHo, led by junior moderator Meredith Harrison, the main focus has been on Thursdayâs Take Back the Night.
At Take Back the Night, an annual event, students share experiences with sexual violence and march afterward.
âThe event has become so well attended that we have been breaking fire code in Bishop Cafe, where the event has been held for a long time,â Harrison said.
âMoving Take Back the Night to Benes (Room) B allows greater attendance at the event.â
Harrison also said that Womenâs Week is collaborating with Green Week by giving points to Green Week teams who attend events.
Junior Lauren Rump, a WoHo resident, said she is excited for all of the events that are offered this week.
âI hope the week brings continued awareness to a variety of womenâs issues that women are dealing with at our campus, nationally and globally,â Rump said.
âI hope the week can also serve as a way for people to come together to celebrate, heal, empower and act.â
Harrison said she hopes this week will bring OWUâs attention to womenâs issues that people do not necessarily think about.
âWomen of color, global women, women in poverty, queer women and many other women are often left out of the conversation when it comes to womenâs issues,â Harrison said.
âI hope people attend all the events, but especially the events that discuss some of the intersecting identities.â
Green Week Preview
By Megan Dill
Transcript Reporter