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What did we do in 2009???
Interested in 2010 events, check back early next year for a new schedule of events
Ongoing Events

Body Secret Viewing Booth!
Monday-Thursday
Rocklin: Campus Life Center - 9:00am-3:00pm
NCC: 1st floor of LRC - 9:00am-8:00pm
Take a peek at this year's body secret submissions -- a semi-private viewing experience to encourage personal reflection. Come once, twice or many times throughout the week. Bring your friends!

Exposed! Sierra College Student Photography exhibit
in the Picture Window Gallery on the second floor of Weaver Hall
Rocklin campus Monday-Thursday

Monday, March 23rd

Cross Cultural Perspectives on Beauty
Rocklin Campus, room V229
Monday, 3/23 9:30-10:50am

Every culture is a beauty culture but standards for beauty are quite diverse. Taken to extremes, some beauty rituals can even be dangerous. What is beauty to you, those around you and people from other cultures—do you share the same ideas and motivations? And what about those individuals that have more important things to worry about than which lipstick shade might be most suitable or the best skin lightening cream??? An anthropological perspective of beauty with contributions by Sierra College students and faculty. Presentation by Jennifer Molina-Stidger, Anthropology Professor.

HPV Vaccine Panel--What Every Woman Should Know
Rocklin campus Room M4
Monday 3/23 11-12:20pm
Join women's health experts from local, non-profit, feminist health center, Women's Health Specialists, to discuss this controversial new vaccine.

Love Your Body Poetry Reading
Rocklin campus LRC 201 (Rare Book Room)
Monday 3/23 12:30-1:50pm
Come listen as student poets, writers and dramatists read original and published works which explore the complex relationship with the body.

Real Body Story: The Importance of Externalizing Contentment with Your Real Body
Rocklin campus LRC 201 (Rare Book Room)
Monday 3/23 2-3:20pm
Have you ever considered how your body image dissatisfaction may influence others? Find out how the messages we communicate about body image acceptance are imitated by our peers, sisters and daughters. Hear Jen’s story---dying from anorexia she first learned disordered eating as she emulated her older sister’s behavior and now that same sister is fighting to save her life. With SC Professor Christy Magnani

Tuesday, March 24th

Coming Out Stories and Personal Experiences:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) Voices
Rocklin campus, Fireside Room
Tuesday, 3/24 9:30-10:50am
Please join the Rainbow Alliance and LGBT students of Sierra College as they candidly share their experiences as being part of the LGBT community. This will be a panel discussion and questions will be welcomed.

Meditation with Bhavani Girard
Roseville Gateway Room 606
Tuesday, 3/24 10-12noon
Come explore the body/mind connection through techniques of visualization, affirmation, concentration and meditation.

Pecks, Penises and Patriarchy: A discussion about masculinity and popular American culture facilitated by Dr. Matt Archer
Rocklin Campus, V229
Tuesday, 3/24 11-12:20pm
Join Sierra College Anthropology instructor, Matt Archer, for a film screening of Jackson Katz's dynamic film, Tough Guise. The film explores the impact of media and violence on our cultural definitions of masculinity. Discussion to follow.

Pecks, Penises and Patriarchy discussion continued
Rocklin Campus, V229
Tuesday, 3/24 12:30-1:50pm
...continue the conversation about American culture and masculinity in American society.

Peaceful Warriors with Andre Sims
Rocklin, Fireside Room
Tuesday, 3/24 2-3:20pm
Peace for Warriors is a remarkable process that allows the participant to gain a greater awareness of not only their body but their relationship with their, body, mind, and spirit.
It's a safe and magical experience that everyone can enjoy. Please come prepared to do low impact exercise, meditate, and relax.

Your Health is Your Wealth
with Catherine Bishop, Certified Massage Therapist
NCC Campus room L101
Tuesday, 3/24 3-5pm
Learn about maintaining wellness and well-being via the healing art of therapeutic touch. Through the observation of a full body massage, discover the differences in modalities of treatment and the techniques used to achieve optimum results. Experience the value and benefit of even a few minutes of "spot-treatment" for those in attendance of this presentation. Find out about the energy centers (chakra's) within the body and how to balance them. Enjoy some insights into aromatherapy along with the therapeutic use of color, and much, much more!

Film Series: Real Women Have Curves
Rocklin Campus, Fireside Room
Tuesday, 3/24 3:30-5pm
Join us for a viewing of this indie film portraying the life of a Mexican American teenager (America Ferrera) trying to cope with her dream of college and her quarrelsome relationship with her loving but problematic mother. Funny, touching and ultimately a triumph in full-bodied (no pun intended) protagonists without compromising it's illustration of how society and culture decide what is pleasing to the eye and therefore acceptable.

Love Your Body Reading and Art Reception
Roseville Gateway Study Center
Tuesday, 3/24 5:30-6pm
Come listen to poets, take in artwork and enjoy refreshments as we celebrate the complex relationships with mind and body.

Wednesday, March 25th
Author Peach Friedman and her book Diary of an Exercise Addict
Rocklin campus, Fireside Room
Wednesday, 3/25 9:30-10:50am
Author, eating disorder educator, and personal trainer, Peach Friedman joins us to share her new book, Diary of an Exercise Addict. In the book, Friedman recounts her descent into a life-threatening illness, her remarkable recovery, and the setbacks along the way. With refreshing candor she lays bare her relationships with family, friends, and lovers and the repressed desire that finally surfaced as she found her own way back to health. Following her book reading, Friedman will do a book signing. Books are available through our bookstore.

Info Faire
Rocklin campus in the Quad (cafeteria if raining)
Wednesday 3/25 10-4pm
Community organizations, student clubs, resources and student projects!!

Women's Health Student Projects
on display during the Information Faire
Rocklin Campus Quad
Wednesday, 3/25 11-12:20 pm
Join the students of the Sociology of Women's Health class for the presentation of their class projects.

Psychology of Women Student Projects
on display during the Information Faire
Rocklin Campus Quad
Wednesday, 3/25 11-2pm pm
Join the students of the Psychology of Women class for the presentation of their class projects.

History of Women in Art Student Projects
on display during the Information Faire
Rocklin Campus Quad
Wednesday, 3/25 11-2pm pm
Join the students of the History of Women in Art History for the presentation of their class projects.

Great Jean Exchange
Rocklin Campus in the Quad (cafeteria if raining)
Wednesday 3/25 10-3pm
Donate and swap, or just donate, your old pair of jeans!!

The Physiology of Pleasure
With Dr. Charlie Glickman of Good Vibrations
Rocklin Campus, V222
Wednesday, 3/25 12:30-1:50pm
There’s a lot more to sexual response than the Latin names for the various parts! Dr. Charlie Glickman, the Education Program Manager at Good Vibrations, will tell you all sorts of useful facts about sexual anatomy, offer useful info about sexual response & diversity, and explain how a little know-how can help you have a lot more fun. The more information you have, the easier it is to have hot, safe, and pleasurable experiences. Come get your questions answered and discover something new!

Let’s talk about Pornography:
Reactions to porn on our college campus
Rocklin Campus, NEW LOCATION...WEAVER 110
Wednesday, 3/25 2-3:20pm
While mainstream pop culture grows increasingly pornographic, the pornography industry produces hardcore material that is both more overtly cruel toward women and more widely accepted than ever. Pornography today is a multi million dollars cultural industry. Yet it is surrounded by controversies. Is it empowering or is it degrading to women? Is it a dangerous addiction or a harmless fantasy? Is porn all about freedom of speech and sexual liberation or should it be subject to censorship? What impact does pornography have on our sex lives and relationships? Join the distinguished Sierra College faculty, students and community members as they engage in a multi faceted debate on various issues related to pornography.
Moderator: Soni Verma. Professor of Psychology.

Safe & Healthy Relationships: Breaking the Cycle of Violence
with the Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition: Sara Raskie, Elisa Digeon
NCC Campus Room L101
Wednesday 3/25 4-6 pm
Having a sense of self-worth is as big of a component of a healthy relationship as good communication. When you feel good about yourself you are prone to choose good partners in your life. Learning to recognize unhealthy signs and tips on keeping yourself safe can help
break the cycle of violence in our society. Everyone deserves to feel safe, supported and cared for in a relationship.


Film Series: Killing Us Softly 3
Rocklin Campus room W110
Wednesday, 3/25 3:30-5pm
How does advertising objectify women's bodies? Are images of male violence against women still used to sell products? Does the beauty ideal tyrannize women? Join us for a viewing of Jean Kilbourne's phenomenal Killing Us Softly 3 followed by a discussion of what the advertising industry is really selling.

Tough Guise
NCC Campus Room L 101
Wednesday 3/25 6-8pm
Join Sierra College instructor, Jason Giuliani, for a film screening of Jackson Katz's dynamic film, Tough Guise. The film explores the impact of media and violence on our cultural definitions of masculinity. Discussion to follow.

Good Looking: Art, Beauty and Selling Desire
Rocklin campus Room D12
Wednesday 3/25 7-8:15pm (presentation again on Thursday, see below)

What connects the curves of Venus de Milo to women who flash their bodies for the cameras of Girls Gone Wild ? In this media presentation by Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Art History Professor, and Kathleen Taylor, Psychology and Women’s Studies Professor, the object is woman.







Thursday, March 26th

Good Looking: Art, Beauty and Selling Desire
Rocklin campus Room D12
Thursday 3/26 11-12:20pm
What connects the curves of Venus de Milo to women who flash their bodies for the cameras of Girls Gone Wild ? In this media presentation by Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Art History Professor, and Kathleen Taylor, Psychology and Women’s Studies Professor, the object is woman.



Student Activism
Rocklin campus, Fireside Room
Thursday, 3/26 12:30-1:50pm
Student facilitated workshop aimed at showing students the consequences of eating disorders and how the role of media institutions influences these disorders. With SC Student Chelsea Johnson.

Bodies and Gender with Markee Slagel
NCC Campus Room L 206**
Thursday 3/26 12:30 – 1:50 pm Join UC Davis graduate student and transgendered activist Markee Slagel for a personal dialogue about her life experiences and the socially constructed meaning of gendered bodies. **Room may change

A Wrinkle in Time: Ageist Language in Advertising
Rocklin campus, Fireside Room
Thursday 3/26 2-3:20pm
Gaining momentum in our society is a new anti-aging campaign, its message: you can control and defy age. The role of the mass media in cultivating a culture of ageism is evidenced in the language used in skin-care advertisements; using words such as age, wrinkle, line, young and old. See how ageist language has evolved in American magazine advertisements from 1988 to 2008. With SC Professor Christy Magnani

Peace for Warriors with Andre Sims
NCC Campus Room L 101
Thursday 3/26 4-6pm
Peace for Warriors is a remarkable process that allows the participant to gain a greater awareness of not only their body but their relationship with their, body, mind, and spirit.
It's a safe and magical experience that everyone can enjoy. Please come prepared to do low impact exercise, meditate, and relax.







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raesaphine The videos 0 Mar 29 2009, 7:53 PM EDT by raesaphine
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These videos are wonderful . . . I wish I could have been here to participate in the events and go to the readings and debates. I will be there no matter what next year!!!!
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are spectacular!!
Can't wait to take in the entire week with my students.
Thanks for everyone who has helped put this together.
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