International Women’s Day Event
This is a Passport Premiere Event!!
East Carolina University students, faculty, staff, local invited guests, and partners from our global community join together to celebrate International Women’s Month throughout a day of women-focused discussions.
Thursday, March 3, 2016 Mendenhall Great Rooms
Please register for sessions you plan to attend or for the whole day at http://bit.ly/1UgAfrU.
| Session Time | Session Title/Description. All sessions are Passport Events. |
| Session 1
9:00-11:00AM |
How healthy gender roles have been subverted by society and the media.
Excerpts from Misrepresentation and The Mask We Wear. Panel discussion will follow. |
| Session 2
11:00-11:50 am |
The Myth of the Slut Speaker: Kat Bursky, ECU Victim’s Advocate |
| Lunch
12:00-1:30 pm |
Sexual trauma and healing
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis |
| Session 3
1:30-2:30 pm |
Perils of Prosecution
Speaker: Pitt County Assistant District Attorney Jay Saunders |
| Session 4
2:30-3:15 pm |
The New Frontier: Transgender
Speakers: Mark Rasdorf and Ashten Shope |
| Session 5
3:15-4:00 pm |
See the Triumph—Remedy for violence
Speaker: Allison Crowe |