The 14th Annual Black Women’s Conference

Anna J. Cooper Mary McLeod Bethune Doris Wilkinson The 14th Annual Black Women's Conference

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"Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired:  Addressing Health Disparities among Black Women"

March 22, 26 & 27, 2008

March 22, Saturday
Village Experience
11:00 am to 3 p.m.
Shiloh Baptist Church,
237 E. 5th Street, Lexington, Ky.

March 26, Wednesday
Town Hall Meeting
6:30 p.m.
UK Student Center

March 27, Thursday
Anna J. Cooper Address
10:00 a.m.
(9:30 a.m. Registration)
UK Student Center, Small Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Speaker: Dr. Bonnie Mitchell, Professor,
Chief Pathologist,
Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Lexington, KY

March 27, Thursday
Mary McLeod Bethune Luncheon and Lecture
Noon
UK Student Center, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Speaker:  Dr. Yvette Cozier
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University,
Luncheon buffet tickets-$15
859-257-3593

March 27, Thursday
Community Engagementy
2:30 p.m.
UK Student Center, Small Ballroom
Speaker:  Dr. Regina Washington
Director, Division of Prevention and Quality Improvement
Kentucky Dept. for Public Health
    
March 27, Thursday
Doris Y. Wilkinson Distinguished Lecture
     5:00 p.m.
UK Student Center, Center Theater
     Speaker: Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Former U. S. Surgeon General, Clinton Administration

All events, except where noted, are free.  For information on any of these events, please contact the African American Studies and Research Program, 102 Breckinridge Hall, phone 859-257-3593. 

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The annual Black Women's Conference was initiated in the spring of 1995 in observance of Women's History Month and in an effort to especially recognize, highlight, and examine issues that are central to the lives of Black women including their historical and contemporary roles in the black community and beyond. Toward this end, each year the conference focuses on a theme relevant to the physical and mental well being of Black women in an effort to offer information that can be used to empower them on a daily basis. We additionally seek to examine contemporary challenges facing Black women and historicize their struggles while also celebrating their contributions to society. In order to promote dialogue on theses issues, each year prominent African Americans from the local and national community are invited to participate in the conference as facilitators, discussants, and keynote speakers. It is also our goal to involve groups and individuals from both the local and university community as both participants and audience for the conference.