The article notes Augsburg’s Koryne Horbal Lecture Series in which the College welcomes prominent feminist speakers including Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Winona LaDuke, and The Guerilla Girls. Horbal has been a consultant for the Women’s Resource Center at Augsburg and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the College in 2008.

This year, the lecture will take place on March 9 and feature Nekima Levy-Pounds, president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP. More information on the event is available on the Convocation Series website.

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In the mid-eighties, a group of women artists took to the streets (with clever and politically devastating posters) to protest the lack of work by women artists and artists of color in museums. Working anonymously to expose sexism and racism in the art world, these women adopted the names of famous female artists and wore gorilla masks to protect themselves from the angry art world elite. Calling themselves The Guerrilla Girls, they have taken their activism from the U.S. to Canada, Japan, Ireland, Germany, and elsewhere—and have expanded their repertoire to include an attack on sexism and racism in Hollywood as well as in global politics.

And now, The Guerrilla Girls are coming to Augsburg for a discussion/lecture/performance with Guerrilla Girl, Frida Kahlo. T-shirts, books, and posters will be on sale before and after the performance, with a book-signing after the performance, as well. The performance is free and open to all.

Limited spaces are also available for a special “Aestheticize Your Activism” workshop for students on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 10am-noon. If you are interested, contact nathanso@augsburg.edu.

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Koryne Horbal Lecture Series

The Anne Pederson Women’s Resource Center is also committed to bringing quality women speakers to Augsburg College. This lecture series features women speakers of national prominence who address important issues that especially impact women. The series is named after Koryne Horbal, former ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and consultant to the Anne Pederson Women’s Resource Center.

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Winona LaDuke works on issues of sustainable development, renewable energy, food systems, and environmental justice with Indigenous communities. She is the founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, one of the largest reservation-based nonprofit organizations in the country. In this project, she also continues national and international work to protect Indigenous plants and heritage foods from patenting and genetic engineering. The author of five books, including Recovering the Sacred, All our Relations, and a novel, Last Standing Woman, she is widely recognized for her work on environmental and human rights issues.

There will be a student discussion and Q&A with Ms. LaDuke from 2:10-3 p.m. in the Marshall Room, Christensen Center.

Convocation Class Schedule:

1st Period 8:00-9:20

2nd Period 9:30-10:50

Convocation 11:00-12:00

3rd Period 12:10-1:20

Remaining classes follow regular schedule

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Fonda has long been known for advocacy on environmental issues, human rights, and the empowerment of women and girls. In 1994 she was named Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund. Her work on stage and screen has earned her numerous nominations and awards, including Oscars for “Klute” and “Coming Home” and an Emmy for her performance in “The Dollmaker.” Her other stage and screen credits include: “The China Syndrome,” “Nine to Five,” “Rollover,” “On Golden Pond,” and “The Morning After.”

The Koryne Horbal Lecture is part of the 2007-08 Augsburg College Convocation Series and is free and open to the public.

About the Augsburg College Convocation Series

The 2007-2008 Augsburg Convocation Series: the eighth annual series incorporating long-standing endowed and special programs of Augsburg College.

Location

All events take place in Si Melby Hall, 23rd and Riverside Ave. S. in Minneapolis.

Public Transportation

A light-rail station is 6-7 blocks from Si Melby Hall, and buses make frequent stops in the campus area. Please visit to plan your trip.

Parking

Limited on-street parking is available around the Augsburg campus.

Fairview/University of Minnesota Medical Center Riverside Campus is near Augsburg and has two visitor ramps (they charge a fee), labeled red and yellow.

The University of Minnesota has two visitor ramps (they also charge a fee) nearby – one off of 21st Ave. and the other off of 19th Ave.

For Further Information

612-330-1180

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