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YOU ARE SEPARATED BY SIX DEGREES FROM TEH GREATEST AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTERS
Lecture, Musical Entertainment and Hors D'oeuvres Buffet
Krya Hicks, self-taught like those who inspired her, has shown her work in the Fenimore Art Museum in
Cooperstown, N.Y.; the American Craft Museum in New York City, N.Y.; the Smithsonian Institute's Renwick Gallery
in Washington, D.C.; the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Ill.; and the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford,
Conn., and is included in the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Arts & Design in New York City. Her work
has been featured in more than a dozen books, newspapers and magazines, including Essence, Folk
Art, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. In her own quilting, Hicks uses cotton
to explore political, religious, family and romantic themes. Her original story quilts document her experiences
as a young, Black, single woman.
Thursday, March 10
6–8 p.m.
Fort Omaha Campus
The Institute for the Culinary Arts
Room 201
PROMISE IN A NEW LAND
Sponsored by Nebraska Humanities Council
Playing Mariah Monahan, with Irish brogue and period costume, Cherrie Beam-Clarke depicts a Nebraska settler
between 1847 and 1870. Based on historical fact, Beam-Clarke captivates the audience in a first-person
presentation. Through spellbinding rendition, viewers are transported in time to sail the ocean, walk the wagon
trail, live in a dug out, feel the loneliness and fight prairie fires.
Thursday, March 17
12:15–1:30 p.m.
Sarpy Center
Room 138
PASSIONATELY PINK FOR THE CURE
Susan G. Komen fought breast cancer with her heart, body and soul. Throughout her diagnosis, treatments and
endless days in the hospital, she spent her time thinking of ways to make life better for other women battling
breast cancer instead of worrying about her own situation. Learn more about the woman who inspired the Susan G.
Komen for the Cure Foundation, the global leader of the breast cancer movement and how you can participate in the
cause to save lives, ensure quality care for all, empower people and energize science to identify cures.
Wednesday, March 23
11 a.m.–noon
Fort Omaha Campus
Bldg. 10, Rooms 136B-D
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WOMEN IN COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Join women athletes, coaches and administrators to learn about their experiences before and after Title IX with
athletic programs and issues of equity.
Tuesday, March 29
Noon–1:15 p.m.
Fort Omaha Campus
Bldg. 10, Rooms 136B-D
50 YEARS OF SERVICE: WOMEN IN THE PEACE CORPS
In 2011, the Peace Corps is commemorating 50 years of promoting peace and friendship around the world. Join MCC
in supporting the agency's mission and legacy of service by honoring a panel of women who have served overseas.
Wednesday, March 30
10:30–11:45 a.m.
Elkhorn Valley Campus
Room 114
Reflections on For Colored Girls: Women, Work/Life Balance, Communication and Mental
Health
Nikita Y. Harris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Columbus State University in Columbus,
Ga., leads a panel of women to discuss the themes of Tyler Perry's screenplay For Colored Girls (adapted
from Ntozake Shange's 1975 award-winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow
Is Enuf). This panel will examine the complexities of gender and the many struggles and obstacles women face
in the 21st century. Topics to include images of women in the media, work/life balance, mental health and new
models/strategies for living today. The panel moderator is Dr. Cynthia K. Gooch.
Thursday, March 31
6:15–7:45 p.m.
South Omaha Campus
Conference Center
All events are free and open to the public unless noted. For more information, contact
bvelazquez@mccneb.edu or 402.457.2253. Groups of 10 or more, call to
reserve seating.
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