We Have to Dream While Awake

Saturday, December 5

2:00-5:00 p.m.

Abbott Auditorium, Darden School

The Young Women Leaders Program invites parents and friends to celebrate a fantastic fall semester! Meet the Program Directors and enjoy presentations by each of the mentoring and alumnae groups. Come see what the Young Women Leaders have accomplished!

State-wide showing of the traveling bilingual exhibit “We Have to Dream While Awake: Courage and Change in El Salvador,” in Richmond, Alexandria, Arlington, Harrisonburg, and Galax. January through May

Cosponsored with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Richmond, and the Galax Public Library.

Global Women and Social Justice Series: Women and Social Change in Pakistan Today

Details to be released soon. Cosponsored with the Center for South Asian Studies and the International Center.

Sexual Assault Recovery Group (weekly)

Thursdays, starting February 11

3:30 p.m.−5:00 p.m.

Screening appointments for the group should be made before February 2.

Women’s Center

Sexual assault is a traumatic event that impacts women physically, emotionally, spiritually, and socially. This group will offer an opportunity for women to meet in a safe environment to support one another in the recovery process.

For an intake appointment to discuss whether this is the right group for you, please call Margaret Edwards at 434.982.2252.

Thursdays, starting February 113:30 p.m.−5:00 p.m. Screening appointments for the group should be made before February 2.Women’s CenterSexual assault is a traumatic event that impacts women physically, emotionally, spiritually, and socially. This group will offer an opportunity for women to meet in a safe environment to support one another in the recovery process.For an intake appointment to discuss whether this is the right group for you, please call Margaret Edwards at 434.982.2252.

U.Va. Women in Leadership Conference

Thursday, February 18 and
Friday, February 19
For registration, locations, and schedule
see: www.virginia.edu/womeninleadership/conference
Hear about ”Leading by Example” from featured speakers Sara James (Col ’83), award-winning correspondent for Dateline NBC, and Cheryl Mills (Col ’87), Counselor and Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is appearing in conjunction with her selection as the U.Va. 2010 Distinguished Alumna.
Sponsored by the Women in Leadership & Philanthropy Initiative at the University of Virginia.

U.Va. 2010 Distinguished Alumna Award Recipient Cheryl Mills (Col ’87)

Friday, February 19

12:45 p.m.

Newcomb Hall Ballroom

Cheryl Mills is currently Counselor and Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Ms. Mills graduated Phi Beta Kappa with her BA from the University of Virginia (Col ’87) and went on to complete her JD at Stanford Law School in 1990. While working as an associate at the Washington D.C. law firm Hogan & Hartson, she also worked in 1990 with DCWorks, an innovative non-profit, supporting the academic and social development of inner-city students of color.

Ms. Mills has worked with numerous civic and charitable organizations. She served on the boards of the See Forever Foundation, the National Partnership for Women and Families, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and the Center for American Progress.

Cheryl Mills will be on Grounds all day. Please contact the Women’s Center at WCevents@eservices.virginia.edu or 434.982.2911, by February 12 if you want to be part of one of the several events at which she is speaking. Note that there is limited seating.

Cosponsored with Women in Leadership & Philanthropy and the College of Arts

& Sciences.