Focus on Prisons Week at Vassar. March 31-April 5. Prison Art exhibit in the Aula, viewing hours in the afternoons and evenings. On Saturday, April 5, from 1pm-5pm, the public is invited to join the Green Haven/Vassar Reunion in workshops on developing a "College in Prison Program at Vassar" and "Women in Prison." The Green Haven/Vassar Reunion is an annual event that brings together formerly incarcerated men from Green Haven and Otisville prisons, formerly incarcerated women, Vassar alums who worked with them, community activists on prison issues, and current students, faculty, and administrators in a day long focus on prison issues.
Ely Hall, Aula
Main Building, Faculty Parlor
College Center, Villard Room
The Feminist Alliance and College Democrats will be hosting a panel featuring professors of the Women's Studies and Political Science Departments to discuss women in politics, especially pertaining to the upcoming presidential election.
Rockefeller Hall, 200
Ted Rybka, the Director of Sports Media for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), will discuss the media's role in shaping perceptions of LGBT people and the ways GLAAD works with the media and the public to increase the visibility and quality of LGBT-related stories. Free and open to the entire community. Kenyon Club Room. For information contact Roman Czula at roczula@vassar.edu or 437-7471. Auspices Department of Athletics and Physical Education, Blegen House, the Dance Department and the Dean of Planning and Academic Affairs.
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Environmental Studies Program lecture by Peter M. Groffman, of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. "Snow is Good, Worms are Bad: Winter Climate Change, Invasive Species and Ecosystem Services in Northern Hardwood Forests."
Rockefeller Hall, 300
Journalist and author, Mary-Beth Pfeiffer will speak about her book, "Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy of Our Criminalized Mentally Ill." A former editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal, Ms. Pfeiffer did a series of investigative articles exposing the treatment and problems of the mentally ill in New York State prisons, which she expanded nationwide. She is now permanently banned from New York State prisons.
Taylor Hall, 203
Come enjoy a relaxed filmscreening of the satirical comedy, "Thank You for Smoking," starring Aaron Eckhart.
Lathrop House, Multipurpose Room